Uber bosses are working with police to identify a driver a student claims left her injured in the street after hitting her with his car. Laura Murphy, 22, says she is 'traumatised' following the incident in Manchester city centre last weekend.
30.04.2022 - 10:43 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A soldier who returned home with nowhere to go has spoken out about his struggle to survive – and how he has turned his life around in the last year.
Ex-infantryman Liam Cary, whose mother died from non-Hodgkin lymphoma when he was 16 years old, returned home to Moston from his military service in Harrogate and Catterick to find that his father had 'lost the family home'. He spent years sofa surfing and sometimes even slept on public benches.
Desperate, he started dealing drugs after he 'got in with the wrong crowd'. But his life changed when £4,000 worth of substances was stolen from him – by a member of his own family.
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"That was actually the turning point", he said. "It made me realise you can't even trust your family.
"So I thought, you know what? I need to look at the bigger picture and start doing things for myself."
Liam had been in contact with Manchester council, but after 'getting nowhere with them', he was referred to a new homelessness prevention programme. The pioneering project which aims to prevent young people from becoming homeless in Greater Manchester provides support for those most at risk.
As part of the Pathfinder programme, Liam was assigned progression coaches – support workers who he says saved his life by helping him at his lowest point. Soon after he was introduced to Michelle and Alan, Liam contemplated suicide – as he has many times since leaving the army, saying, 'every day is a battle'.
Within an hour of ringing to say he was in A&E, Alan was by his side. "If it wasn't for them, I'd probably be dead by now," he said.
The young people who take part in the programme decide what support they need and determine some
Uber bosses are working with police to identify a driver a student claims left her injured in the street after hitting her with his car. Laura Murphy, 22, says she is 'traumatised' following the incident in Manchester city centre last weekend.
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