Staffordshire mum spent £6,400 getting codeine from a drug dealer for 40-a-day addiction

Manchester Evening News - Sep 20, 2026

Mum-of-five Terina Moretto said she needed the tablets to 'function'

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M62 traffic RECAP as queues build with lanes shut on motorway amid crash

Two lanes are closed off near junction 20 for Rochdale

Channel 4 series hailed 'deeply moving' and is a heartbreaking watch starts tonight

Sep 20, 2026

Channel 4 series hailed 'deeply moving' and is a heartbreaking watch starts tonight

A new 10-part series of 999: On The Front Line begins on More4 tonight, here's everything you need to know.

'My pain levels were never below 7/10... I had no choice but to have my leg amputated aged 20'

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'My pain levels were never below 7/10... I had no choice but to have my leg amputated aged 20'

“For me it wasn’t a difficult decision to be made... it was the only option that could actually lessen my pain."

Oxfordshire village tensions mount over asylum seeker plans as minister says 'all women in society are unsafe'

Sep 20, 2026

Oxfordshire village tensions mount over asylum seeker plans as minister says 'all women in society are unsafe'

Residents in Piddington, Oxfordshire, voted for 'independence' from the UK last week

'We've had young men fall for this': Asylum seeker charity teaches migrants how not to have sex with underage girls in Britain during 'deeply concerning' age of consent lesson

Sep 20, 2026

'We've had young men fall for this': Asylum seeker charity teaches migrants how not to have sex with underage girls in Britain during 'deeply concerning' age of consent lesson

Footage shared online shows a woman, believed to be the teacher, telling asylum seekers that they should ask young people for their 'ID card' when approaching them.

This is not just a shanty town, it's an M&S shanty town: How homeless migrant camps are turning Oxford Street into a nighttime no-go zone

Sep 20, 2026

This is not just a shanty town, it's an M&S shanty town: How homeless migrant camps are turning Oxford Street into a nighttime no-go zone

Oxford Street is increasingly being transformed into the sort of squalid slum more associated with the London of Charles Dickens than 21st century commerce.

Three sisters who died in sea in Brighton visited the lake where their mother drowned just 48 hours before the tragedy

Sep 20, 2026

Three sisters who died in sea in Brighton visited the lake where their mother drowned just 48 hours before the tragedy

Jane Adetoro, 36, Christina Walters, 32, and Rebecca Walters, 31, were found dead in the early hours of May 13, 16 years after their mother also drowned.

Police deal with real-life Hot Fuzz moment as they try and capture runaway swan on busy road

Sep 20, 2026

Police deal with real-life Hot Fuzz moment as they try and capture runaway swan on busy road

The white bird brought traffic to a halt on the aptly named Swannery Bridge in Weymouth, Dorset, at about 7.30pm on Thursday.

Our 83-year-old Christian grandmother was euthanised against her will under Canada's assisted dying system - she died covered in blood with her hands clasped in prayer

Sep 20, 2026

Our 83-year-old Christian grandmother was euthanised against her will under Canada's assisted dying system - she died covered in blood with her hands clasped in prayer

Two days before her Christian grandmother's assisted dying procedure in Ontario, Canada, Brigitte Kranendonk sat her down to make sure she knew exactly what was going to happen.

Jittery Republicans weigh Trump's turnout energy with just 44 DAYS until midterms: 'He's not gonna help'

Sep 20, 2026

Jittery Republicans weigh Trump's turnout energy with just 44 DAYS until midterms: 'He's not gonna help'

President Donald Trump was back on the campaign trail Wednesday night, firing up a roaring crowd of Republican supporters in North Carolina.

Church leader confronted over exhibition that honoured Hamas terrorists triggers outrage for claim 'history is complex'

Sep 20, 2026

Church leader confronted over exhibition that honoured Hamas terrorists triggers outrage for claim 'history is complex'

On Saturday night it emerged that Canon Maybury told Jewish protesters at the exhibition that 'history is complex' when asked to denounce the terrorists' kidnapping and killing of civilians.

Councils buy thousands of £3,500 ROBOTS which 'represent' anxious schoolchildren in classrooms so they can join lessons from home

Sep 20, 2026

Councils buy thousands of £3,500 ROBOTS which 'represent' anxious schoolchildren in classrooms so they can join lessons from home

The AV1 robot, pictured below, has a camera, microphone and speaker enabling a child at home to see, hear and speak to classmates via an app.

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