The nation wakes up to Falinge

FALINGE residents have hit back after Rochdale was portrayed as one of the toughest and bleakest places to live in the UK.

GMTV’s Jonathan Swain reported live from Spotland Road on Thursday morning when he investigated why 76.4 per cent of the local population are claiming benefits.

He revealed that he was verbally abused and told to leave the estate as he filmed a piece in the area, dubbed by the national media as ‘the scrounging capital of the UK’.


 



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