Cowardly robbers followed elderly couple home before trying to prise watch from man s wrist. they didn t count on him fighting back - and kicking them in the testicles They showed a total disregard for their victims, demonstrated by the utterly cowardly targeting of a man in his 80s
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Jack Meek, left, and Niall Whittaker (Image: GMP)
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Footballer Marcus Rashford reveals how only those closest to him knew that his family sometimes struggled for food when he was growing up in a new documentary.
The Manchester United star, 23, has spoken about how his family did not always have an evening meal on the table, despite his mother Melanie working full-time in a bid to support her children.
He wrote in a letter to Boris Johnson: As a family, we relied on breakfast clubs, free school meals and the kind acts of neighbours. Food banks and soup kitchens were not alien to us.
In new documentary Marcus Rashford: Feeding Britain s Children, the footballer explains his Manchester United youth teammates and coaches did not appreciate the full extent of the family s situation.
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Marcus Rashford MBE is the man of the moment, having won the battle to have a free school meal voucher scheme extended for around 1.3million children in England this summer.
It was a personal victory for the 23-year-old, who received free school meals as a youngster growing up in Wythenshawe, Manchester, and he was rightfully lauded for his campaign, which prompted the government to make a complete U-turn on the extension of the scheme. As a result of his campaigning work, the footballer was made an MBE in the Queen s Birthday Honours list and was recognised at both the Best Fifa Football Awards and the BBC s
Father accused of murder admitted kicking victim twice but says he urged his friend to stop, warning him you re going to kill him
Joseph Stott, 33, was giving evidence at the trial where he and Aiden Matthews, 30, are accused of murdering David Allan
David Allan (Image: GMP)
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