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:
Town of Culture year brings in at least £5.5m for Rochdale
Veterans to run new café in restored Rochdale manor house
Five Lamborghinis and Mercedes seized after motorway driving reports
Four more teenagers arrested after 13-year-old boy stabbed in Rochdale
Two men arrested on suspicion of murder after man dies following balcony fall in Salford
Rochdale Youth Council leader Daniel Murphy announces immediate resignation
Wardle man lends his voice to poetry trail about recovery
East Lancashire Railway launches Christmas card competition for children
Police appeal for witnesses following death of man in Bury
Drug dealer jailed after being shot by police during Whitefield arrest
Edgar Wood Academy celebrates first GCSE results
Simister Island overnight closures planned
