Thousands of teenagers will be nursing a hangover this morning from a night of partying after a new wave of students started at university this week.
Drunken scenes in Manchester show the students launching themselves into the partying lifestyle as they spent their first weekend away from home.
The city, which is home to more than 850,000 students, was bursting with fresh faces as they took to the pubs and clubs last night.
Teenagers were spotted slouched in doorways, sprawled on pavements, canoodling on the street and carrying each other home.
For some freshers it all proved too much, with some students being helped by paramedics and others taking a rest on the pavement next to police.
Love was in the air for other students who looked cosied up with one another after an alcohol-fuelled night.
Others appeared worse for wear as they held each other up to make their way home after a busy night of partying.
Police patrols were stepped up as thousands of students flooded to Manchester as they urged the youngsters to take care of their belongings and stick with friends on a night out.
One girl appears to lose her shoe as she is helped by a friend to walk after the first night of partying for fresher week in Manchester
A group of boys get spoken to by police who stepped up their patrols as more than 850,000 students descended onto the streets
One new student looks worse for wear after an alcohol-fuelled night as she is carried by a friend outside a nightclub
Police watch over a girl who drunkenly slumps on the pavement after Freshers week proved too much for her
A couple slump on the floor together while a male friend keeps a watchful eye over them as the night proves too much
Two boys uses the wall to lean against and have a cigarette after a tough night of partying as a paramedic tends to them
One couple appear to get very close as they engage in an unusual way of kissing- as a friend tries to pull them apart
A woman sits with her head in her hands on the pavement as the first night of freshers draws to a close
A woman is helped to her feet by a male friend as they take a break from the antic to have a rest on a bench
Two friends look exhausted and ready to go home as they wait for a taxi after a long night of drinking and dancing
One couple look very close as they clasp hands and hug on the street as they appear to swap numbers in the street
A pair of students look deep in drunken conversation as they carry each other home after the first night of weekend antics