A single mum fears she and her son have 'lost everything' after fleeing their home when neighbouring houses collapsed into a sinkhole.
The front of two houses crashed into a street the morning after a car was 'swallowed' by the gaping crater on Walmer Street in Gorton, Manchester.
Bernie Scanlon could do nothing but watch as two homes beside hers collapsed, the Manchester Evening News reports. Although her immediate neighbours were evacuated from their houses, Bernie claims she wasn't told to leave her home, which she says started buckling.
The 56-year-old mum stayed in her house while officials reviewed the row of terraces. But as she nervously waited - trying to gather her possessions in case she had to leave - the home she shares with
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