A man who says he waited nearly four hours for his takeaway to arrive claims he was told days later that the order was never placed to begin with. Iain Lucas, hoped to spend his Saturday night enjoying the takeaway with his family.
20.09.2022 - 21:05 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
On the streets of Oldham where two police scenes appeared just yards from each other this morning, residents say they are scared for their lives.
Belmont Street lies in St Mary's, just a stone's throw from the town centre. Last night (September 19), residents reported hearing gunshots on the quiet, residential road, and fearing the worst, called the police. This morning, officers confirmed they got the call at 11.15pm and rushed to the scene, but nobody was injured in the incident.
At around midday today, a second cordon was erected on Radcliffe Street, just metres away from the first. It is currently unknown whether the two incidents are connected, but for residents, the reality of living in an area where two scenes can appear within such a short timeframe, is 'scary'.
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"It's just too much, what is happening here now," one woman who lives on Radcliffe Street, who says she heard gunshots last night, told the Manchester Evening News . "I've got to go and pick up my little girl soon, and I worry for her. It's got really bad around here."
"You know there's something wrong when you can't go to sleep at night because you're worried," her partner added.
People living on nearby Belmont Street, where it has been confirmed that a gunman opened fire, were similarly concerned. "It's a bit scary," a long-time resident told the M.E.N. "It's lucky nobody got hurt. Anybody could've got hurt, we have kids around here too."
She said she has CCTV cameras installed in her windows because she is so worried about crime in the area, and felt sure she would've caught the perpetrators on them last night. But she told the M.E.N she was
A man who says he waited nearly four hours for his takeaway to arrive claims he was told days later that the order was never placed to begin with. Iain Lucas, hoped to spend his Saturday night enjoying the takeaway with his family.
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