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  • 1 month ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Beth Abbit

    “Order! Order!” shouted the Speaker in my direction as I walked into the House of Commons. She wasn’t speaking to me but rather the larger than life friend I was with, who had tripped and fallen into the lap of a frontbench MP. “Come and sit with me, you’re in the Cabinet now,” he said, shuffling up to make space for her next to the Deputy Prime Minister. Raucous laughter rang out. I was just six-years-old and probably the youngest person to walk into the chamber that day.

  • 1 month ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Beth Abbit

    The famous director was visiting a friend at the old Granada Studios when he stepped onto the cobbles and popped his head around the door of the famous boozer. As the beating heart of Coronation Street, the Rovers Return has been the setting for secret trysts and clandestine discussions. From Bet Lynch yelling: “You’re poison, Tanya” to Elsie Tanner telling Ivy Tilsley she’s a ‘nasty, narrow-minded old bag’, it’s also been the scene for some almighty showdowns.

  • 1 month ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Beth Abbit

    Hundreds of babies and toddlers with serious breathing problems PLUS Oasis fans lose £2m in ticket fraudsThere’s an epidemic of serious lung problems in Greater Manchester - and our children are the worst affected. That’s according to a group of mums who are trying to get local politicians like Andy Burnham to take urgent action to get air pollution under legal levels.

  • 1 month ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Beth Abbit

    How times have changed PLUS Airport delays average 20 mins AND A fallow year“This woman is giving bare dirtys saying s**t to me."That’s the message a teenager sent to her dad when an ‘old woman’ asked her to take her feet off the seat in front of her on the 610 bus from Leigh to Golborne. But far from siding with her, the youngster’s dad decided to shame his girl's behaviour on social media, as Emma Gill reports. You can read her message above.

  • 1 month ago | manchestereveningnews.co.uk | Beth Abbit

    PLUS Glory for Bury FC AND The eighth wonder of the world? As Catholics across the world mourn the death of Pope Francis, one Mancunian theoligan has shed some light on what he was like behind closed doors. Anna Rowlands spent two years seconded to the Vatican during his papacy and has praised him for having a ‘common touch’ that heralded a new era for the church. She said the religious leader had roared with laughter when she told him she was a Manchester United fan.

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Beth Abbit
Beth Abbit @BethAbbitMEN
8 Nov 23

RT @AdamMaidment: The ACTUAL Bernie Sanders is coming to Manchester. Reckon he'll fit right in when he gets a taste of the weather here. ht…

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30 Oct 23

RT @AdamMaidment: Absolutely adore this from @BethAbbitMEN about sneaking out to cinemas to watch spooky films and being put off her lunch…

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Beth Abbit @BethAbbitMEN
30 Oct 23

RT @ukpapers: 🇬🇧 Shocking Plight Of Families On The Breadline ▫Living by candlelight and queuing for leftovers - across Greater Manchester…