To keep up with Rochdale news sign up to the MyRochdale newsletter here It's a damp summer evening in Rochdale. Just near the town's railway station, a young woman, no older than 20, approaches me. "Do you want business?" I politely decline, but ask if I can talk to her for a few minutes. READ MORE: Outcry over crime wave in Rochdale - Victims claim police are 'dragging their feet' and missing opportunities She agrees, but as soon as I tell her I'm a Manchester Evening News reporter, she scuttles away. "I need to make some pennies, love," she says. "Have you got any change?" I'm at the junction of Miall Street and Lincoln Street, not far from the terraced homes on Durham Street, where residents and businesses owners are familiar with
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