'I wake up and I'm so cold I can't breathe': Life on the streets as temperatures plummet to -5
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukJoe David sits in the doorway of the Market Street branch of Greggs . He is holding a cardboard sign. It reads: "I am grateful for the help and support when I need £15 for a bed.
Thank you. God bless." A woman bends down and drops some spare change into his paper cup. The 52-year-old is originally from Glasgow.
He is freezing and exhausted, the reality of life on the streets written across his face. Issues with alcohol and relationship breakdowns mean he has been sleeping rough on the streets for the past eight years.
Joe normally beds down in a sleeping bag in a doorway on the opposite side of the retail hotpot. In the last week, life on Market Street has been even more difficult than usual.
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