A housing association has agreed a £13m contract for new ‘affordable’ family homes in Middleton.
20.07.2023 - 06:23 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Frankie Hough was a fiercely-protective mother. She would protect her boys - nine-year-old Tommy and two-year-old Rocky - 'with everything she had'.
And her family was growing. Frankie was over the moon to be expecting another baby - a little sister for her sons.
But on May 13, just a week after celebrating finding out her unborn baby's gender, the 38-year-old's life was snatched in a split second. She was driving on the M66 motorway, near Bury, when she pulled over onto the hard shoulder with a punctured tyre.
Moments later, as she tried to make a phone call, Adil Iqbal ploughed his BMW 140i into the back of her car. He was driving at speeds of up to 123mph in the lead up to the devastating crash, filming himself on his phone.
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Frankie, from Chadderton in Oldham, was in the car with Tommy, Rocky and her four-year-old nephew Tobias. She suffered catastrophic 'unsurvivable brain injuries' and died in hospital two days later. Her baby girl, Neeve, also died. Tommy and Tobias had to be put into induced comas.
They spent weeks in intensive care, before being moved to the rehabilitation ward and then finally, being able to go home. Frankie's loved ones said she was 'shining down on them' while they were in hospital.
A testament to her devotion, they said 'if anyone was to go she would have picked herself'. "She was a dedicated, fierce mother and she was a fighter for her kids", brother-in-law Arron Welby said previously.
When Frankie wasn't looking after her boys, she worked as a reiki practitioner. She was also a talented actress, previously starring in Hollyoaks and playing Jess Holt in the Channel 4 soap.
Paul Dadan, one of
A housing association has agreed a £13m contract for new ‘affordable’ family homes in Middleton.
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