A local mobile vet service is set to change animal healthcare in 2024, offering an unparalleled callout service to pet owners and their furry friends around Greater Manchester and Cheshire.
Veterinarian Luke Ainsworth and his pioneering new company, My Visit Vet, are aiming to deliver the very best and most compassionate pet healthcare to locals in the comfort of their own home, with a new and improved approach to the mobile vet service.
Having assembled a small but heavily-quailified staff with well over two decades of experience combined, as well a USP that no other veterinary practice in the region can offer, we couldn’t help but shout about this bloke and the crucial service he is bringing to the people of Manchester and beyond.
We’ll happily celebrate anyone who dedicates their lives to looking after our good boys and girls.
If you’ve been looking for a mobile vet service around Greater Manchester/Cheshire, look no further. (Credit: Supplied)
Now, while many of you might be rightly pointing out that mobile vets and home visits have existed for a long while now and wondering what exactly it is that Luke and his team do that sets them apart, the answer is quite simply this: pretty much everything.
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After transforming a standard Fiat Ducato van into a fully operational veterinary surgery, complete with lab equipment, an ultrasound machine, anaesthesia and even x-ray capabilities, this is the most extensive mobile vet service you’ll find anywhere in the region.
These lot do more than just knock on your door for a quick check-up — but, to be fair, they do that too.
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It cost the 20-year vet (pun intended) a whopping £30,000 to get his mobile vet van up to very highest standards and since first rolling out on to the roads back in August, they haven’t looked back.
This isn’t just a man in a van — they’ve built the full set-up.
Having worked both in UK and over in Australia since 2005, as well as witnessing first-hand the stress and various difficulties that can result from a trip to the vets, especially during the pandemic, he observed a massive increase in the demand for home visits.
But, more importantly, the numbers we really care about are that My Visit Vet can offer 90% of the services available at traditional practices, from simple consultations and vaccinations to operations and even compassionate end of life care, which so many owners hope to carry out at home.
One of Luke’s recent success stories is female cat Madin, who would previously become so distressed about going to the vets that she’d vomit. Thanks to his home visit, though, this paw-ly patient has been able to calmly receive her monthly arthritis injections in the comfort of her own home.
With the help Veterinary Nurse Mel Evans and Receptionist Amy Lee, Luke has been out on the road for the past few months and slowly building a steady but solid cient base around Greater Manchester and Cheshire from their home base in Chorlton.
Better still, now they’re into a ryhtmn and the word is out, My Visit Vet will be offering their full range of services from this month and you can check out their website to find out more information HERE.
For extra peace of mind, My Visit Vet are offering the out of hours service, Vidivet, free of charge to clients. Via the animal healthcare app, pet owners can have access to a vet at any time of day or night.
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So if you have a pet that isn’t so keen on a trip to the vets, why not swap things around and have the vet come to them?
Catchment area.The My Visit Vet mobile service will be fully operational around selected areas of Manchester and Cheshire from January onwards.
Victim named and murder investigation launched after young woman is killed in Newton Heath stabbing
Emily Sergeant
The victim of a street stabbing in Newton Heath this week has been named for the first time as a murder investigation continues.
It comes after officers from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) responded to reports of a disturbance at around 2am yesterday (Thursday 15 October) on Dorking Avenue, in the Newton Heath area of Manchester, and when they arrived on the scene, they found a woman in her 20s with serious injuries that were ‘consistent with a stabbing’.
Despite best efforts of all emergency services involved, the young woman was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.
As the murder investigation progresses, the woman has now been publicly named and a photo of her has been released for the first time.
She has been named as 26-year-old Alisha Samuels.
At this time, one man, aged 25, has been arrested on suspicion of murder, and a man and woman, aged 61 and 38, have been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, and they all remain in custody – with officers continuing their enquiries to establish the full circumstances of this incident.
Alisha’s family have asked for privacy whilst they deal with the devastating loss of their loved one, GMP has stated.
“We are continuing to urge people who may have information in relation to this incident to please come forward to support our investigation and bring justice for Alisha,” the police force said in a public appeal.
Anyone who may have witnessed the incident, or has mobile phone, CCTV, or doorbell footage, is urged to call GMP on 0161 856 5464, or contact them via the Major Incident Public Portal here.
Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111
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Former supply teacher jailed for multiple upskirting and AI sex offences across Greater Manchester
Emily Sergeant
A former supply teacher has been jailed for multiple upskirting and AI sex offences in schools across Greater Manchester.
Abusali Rahman – a British national of Bangladeshi ethnicity from Salford – appeared in Bolton Crown Court this week for his sentencing after first being charged with, and then pleading guilty to, several offences.
The offences are including, but not limited to, 12 counts of taking an indecent photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child (images obtained by upskirting), three counts of making indecent photograph / pseudo-photograph of a child (making AI-generated images), and one count of attempting to meet girl under 16 following sexual grooming.
The offences are alleged to have taken place between December 2023 and June 2025, according to Greater Manchester Police (GMP).
Twelve girls have been identified in relation to the upskirting offences – aged between 13 and 16 at the time of the alleged offending – at seven high schools in three Greater Manchester boroughs (Bury, Bolton, and Salford).
GMP says it has remained in close contact with the schools, local authorities, and other partners throughout the investigation to ensure all appropriate support is in place for those who need it.
Additionally, the court also heard how Rahman amassed a collection of images of young girls, using AI and other methods to sexualise them.
The images numbered more than 300 in total, ranging from Category A to Category C classifications, and Rahman would post these on social media, often alongside humiliating and disgusting captions.
Rahman was sentenced to six years in prison, and will also be subject to a 20-year Sexual Harm Protection Order.
A former supply teacher has been jailed for child sex offences in schools across Greater Manchester / Credit: GMP
Detective Constable Lisa McGaffin, from GMP’s Bolton Child Protection Team, described Rahman’s crimes as ‘absolutely abhorrent’.
“My thoughts throughout this process have always been with the young girls who have been subject to such indignity,” DC McGaffin said following the sentencing this week. “Their welfare and support will always be a priority for us.
“While working as a teacher – someone who young children should trust and be safe with – Rahman repeatedly took secret photos for his own sick gratification, before posting images online which showed his total disregard for the girls’ respect and dignity.
Danny Jones -
19th January 2024 
