Thousands of people headed to the ballot boxes yesterday for this year’s local elections across Bury & Rochdale.
The elections will decide who runs services such as social care, bin collections, roads, schools, and planning.
Both Bury and Rochdale councils are currently led by Labour, with a majority of 23 and 16 respectively.
This year, sees the elections go ‘all out’, meaning all seats are up for grabs due to small boundary changes in a number of wards.
Votes will be counted throughout the afternoon on Friday with declarations beginning in Rochdale at around 3pm, with Bury expected to declare results from around 5pm.
Our team will be across all the counts, and you can follow the latest in our live blog below:
Vets warn festive food could be fatal for pets this Christmas
MP condemns Rochdale firm over ‘fire and rehire’ tactics before Christmas
Wheelchair-accessible ‘Pennine Queen’ boat launches at Hollingworth Lake
Rochdale Mayfield canteen to become community café thanks to lottery funding
Magic, mayhem and mega laughs as Aladdin shines in Middleton
The big ‘Bee Network Boats’ proposal Andy Burnham’s team ‘would support’
Heavy delays near Prestwich and Simister Island after M60 breakdown blocks lanes
Man charged with terrorism offences following synagogue-related arrest at Manchester Airport
Bolton Cancer Voices to host festive concert at Bolton Parish Church
Rochdale Trading Standards win national award after £16 million fake goods seizure
Police appeal after man in his 20s stabbed in Rochdale
Rochdale MP hails record road funding to tackle potholes and improve journeys

