Noah has a lot of energy for a toddler who’s just marched around Manchester. He’s pestering his mum, Chantelle I’Anson-Hughes, to go and play on the roundabout in Piccadilly Gardens.
After three or four dashes to the play area, she relents and unclips him from his harness so he can run around. Like most four-year-olds, Noah wants adventure — and toys. But toys are not something Chantelle can afford. Fresh fruit and vegetables aren’t either — the mum-of-two from Accrington has to grow her own.
“He has been asking for toys and I cannot afford it,” she tells the Manchester Evening News . “It is now everything, it’s ridiculous. We are all feeling it. I cannot afford these things any more.
