‘There’s people chanting outside my house and filling my bin with beer cans - it can only mean one thing’
I’m sitting on the sofa in my flat on Thursday evening, laughing to myself as I rewatch Ariana DeBose's ‘Angela Bassett did the thing’ BAFTAs rap for the eight-hundredth time in a row when I hear a massive bang from outside followed by chants and cheers from, what I can only presume, a group of rowdy men.
Like clockwork, our bins become communal as they are filled to the brim with beer cans and chip wrappers, our entrances become unofficial car parking spaces, and our streets become glorified parade routes - either filled with good or bad chanting depending on the outcome of the game. I’m fortunate enough that I’m yet to witness anyone using the outside of my flat as a toilet, but that’s certainly not the case for others as you’ll soon find out.
In most cases, I don’t actually mind living near the football ground. Sure, I have to be aware that it might be difficult for me to gain access to my road when a game is on or that the trams will be absolutely rammed but, with a bit of forward thinking, it’s generally okay. "I've actually written to our MP because anyone that lives along here or on the street behind us needs a permit. But that doesn't mean you have a reserved space. It's a joke," Ali explains.
“However, there is a small minority of anti-social people so we want to find out the impact their behaviour has on the lives of people in our communities around Old Trafford football stadium.”A new life in Wigan A former asylum seeker says he can now start his life over - 12 years after escaping from the Iraq war and struggling with homelessness.
Mo says the project, which launched in 2021 to provide services to people who are homeless, has been fundamental in helping him ‘go forward’ in life.He added he is now going to college to learn English in the hopes of gaining a full-time job. He also hopes to be able to find a way to make contact with his family back home.
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