The suburb of Manchester where people struggle to live

Cafe owner Colin Wood looks up at his faded sign, his eyes narrowed under the bright February sun. "I can't even afford a new one," he says. "Everything just goes up."

Colin knows his café can't survive much longer. Tucked away in the most deprived part of Manchester, the Longsight restaurant is unlikely to see Christmas.

"I just live from day to day," the 56-year-old told the newspaper Manchester Evening News. "It's constantly on my mind. Things have to change."

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