The Mancunian Way: 'Where else are we supposed to go?'

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

As we were putting the finishing touches to yesterday’s Mancunian Way the news broke that the Post Office was planning to close 115 branches - including eight here in Greater Manchester.

Coming in the wake of the Horizon scandal union bosses have condemned the move, which puts around 2,000 jobs at risk, as ‘immoral and tone deaf’.

Our reporters spent yesterday afternoon talking to customers at the closure-threatened branches. And the mood was largely one of anger and dismay, with many fearing they would be left behind by the closures. “I’m bloody livid,” said Linda, from Prestwich, who teared up when asked for her thoughts. “I’m 75.

Because I’m disabled, I don’t have a car anymore. Every single bank in Prestwich has shut down.. I’m so furious I’m nearly crying.” In Didsbury, 85-year-old Mrs McConnachi, said she uses the post office ‘for everything’, from getting money out to paying her bills. “I walk with a stick and I've got heart problems, I can’t walk very much further than this.