Standing outside her backyard in Oldham, Susan Bartie lifts her finger and glides it across the roof of her car.
The thin layer of dust leaves her fingertip caked in dirt. She dreads to think how much she’s breathed in over the last few months.
She isn’t not alone in her fears. Those living on Oak Street in Shaw say they’ve endured “horrendous” dust clouds in the area lately – with one resident likening the scenes to the Sahara Desert.
