Summary

  • Results coming in across Greater Manchester and eastern Cheshire

  • Labour win back Rochdale from George Galloway's Workers Party of Britain

  • Esther McVey narrowly re-elected in the traditionally safe Tory seat of Tatton

  • Lib Dems gain Hazel Grove from the Conservatives

  • Labour gains Bolton West and Leigh & Atherton from the Conservatives

  • Labour set to win a landslide victory, according to exit poll

  • Live results and reaction from across the UK

  1. Local Jewish woman says she's 'standing side-by-side' with other faithspublished at 15:15 BST 3 October

    Katherine Bainbridge
    Senior journalist, BBC England

    Esther and Celeste
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    Esther Seymour, a Jewish woman, and Celeste Cavanagh, a Catholic, held hands as they lit candles at a Crumpsall church

    Before today's vigil got under way, a Jewish woman and a Catholic woman held hands as they visited St Anne's Catholic Church and lit candles in Crumpsall.

    Esther Seymour, a Jewish woman, who went to the church with her friend Celeste Cavanagh, a Catholic, says seeing so many people of different faiths attend "warmed her heart".

    Esther tells BBC Radio Manchester: "It feels like a lot of people are against Jewish people, and it just felt really nice coming here and seeing so many people of other faiths.

    "I've seen Muslim people here which is so nice, I feel so bad for how they must be feeling as well, I really do, because we all want peace, we're cousins according to the religion.

    "The majority of people want to be together, we want to be in peace, we want to live side by side."

    Celeste adds: "We turn to faith when things like this happen, and I wanted to obviously meet Esther here to light candles and show that we are standing side by side.”

  2. Rochdale groomers 'destroyed my life' says victimpublished at 17:05 BST 29 September

    Two teenage victims give statements ahead of the sentencing of seven men in a grooming gang.

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  3. 'Pedestrians playing Russian Roulette at junction'published at 11:19 BST 17 September

    The junction at the border of Salford and Manchester has been the subject of safety concerns.

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  4. 'Even as a kid, Hatton was knocking everyone out'published at 16:59 BST 14 September

    Thomas McDonagh (right) stands next to Hatton in a vintage photoImage source, Thomas McDonagh
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    Thomas McDonagh (right) described Ricky Hatton as "one of the lads"

    A former boxer who grew up training with Ricky Hatton says that "even as a 12, 13, 14-year-old, he was knocking everyone out".

    Thomas McDonagh says he had looked up to the former world champion since they were children training at gyms in Greater Manchester.

    "I'd known Ricky since I was about 10 or 11. As a kid he was an unbelievable fighter, he was a superstar."

    McDonagh, who helps run Collyhurst and Moston Boxing Club, says Hatton was a "Manchester legend" who had helped fundraise for the venue in recent years and "came to all our amateur boxing shows".

    "He came to the gym all the time, he'd just got time for everyone, he came over and sat down and talked to them," McDonagh told BBC Radio Manchester.

    "He was down to earth and didn't change a tiny bit."

  5. Angela Rayner: Labour's working-class warrior who fell from powerpublished at 16:24 BST 5 September

    Her against-the-odds story and personality gave her a special status in Labour and put a target on her back.

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  6. Drive to bring rare insect species back to regionpublished at 06:05 BST 3 September

    The large heath butterfly, bog bush cricket and white-faced darter dragonfly thrive on peatlands.

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  7. Tice: NHS not short of money, it's short of good managementpublished at 12:59 BST 2 September

    Richard Tice denies that a Reform government would turn the NHS into an "American-style" system when asked by a caller on BBC Radio Manchester.

    However, he says that if elected, Reform would tackle the "legendary" amount of "mismanagement and waste" in the NHS.

    He adds: "Frontline doctors and nurses, who do a great job, constantly contact me despairing at the waste of money.

    "The NHS is not short of money, it’s short of good management and high-class productivity."

  8. Five officers investigated over man's custody deathpublished at 11:56 BST 19 August

    The police watchdog is investigating after 26-year-old Ellis Rocks died in police custody in Wigan.

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  9. College shares £100m building trades training cashpublished at 06:10 BST 14 August

    The Greater Manchester site is one of 10 specialist construction colleges in the UK.

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  10. All options open on heritage centre, Rayner sayspublished at 12:22 BST 12 August

    The deputy prime minister says all options should be considered over plans to sell off the site.

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  11. 'I put a bow tie on a llama... and suddenly we were booking weddings'published at 07:50 BST 7 August

    Celia Gaze smiling into the camera. She has long light brown hair.Image source, Creative Camera Media

    While farming is a family tradition for some, others come to it later in life.

    Celia Gaze decided to start a business on her husband's farm after being signed off from work due to stress.

    The Well Being Farm in Bolton is a passion project which saw her swap the office walls of the NHS for open fields... and llamas.

    "One day I decided to put a bow tie on a llama and suddenly everyone wanted to come and visit the Well Being Farm," she said.

    "We got countless bookings for weddings and people coming from far and wide to see them."

    She has since dedicated different areas to regenerative farming, and hopes to inspire others to reflect on the trajectory of their lives.

  12. Victim named as police search for suspect's clothespublished at 12:48 BST 5 August

    Cheshire Police name the woman found dead in the town last month as they ask the public for help.

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  13. Mum 'broken' by death in custody of 'beautiful boy'published at 19:25 BST 4 August

    An police watchdog investigation is launched after Ellis Rocks died in police custody in Wigan.

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  14. Man guilty of airport attack on police officerspublished at 17:59 BST 30 July

    Mohammed Amaaz was seen attacking two female officers in footage shared widely on social media.

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  15. Crackdown on reservoir trouble 'hotspot'published at 07:32 BST 17 July

    There have been recurring reports of illegal activity next to Sykes Reservoir, councillors say.

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  16. Plans to build M54-M6 link road announcedpublished at 06:02 BST 8 July

    There is currently no direct link from the M54 to the M6 north, which puts pressure on local roads.

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  17. 'I didn't think I could be astronomer from Oldham'published at 07:15 BST 6 July

    Professor Brian Cox returns to his old school to try and inspire the next generation of scientists.

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  18. 'Please help find my dad's treasured possessions'published at 06:15 BST 2 July

    A woman who believes her late father's belongings have survived a fire is fighting to retrieve them.

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  19. Solicitor sentenced over fraudulent pothole claimspublished at 18:43 BST 24 June

    Alkyhaan Nourani is sentenced after trying to trick a council with fraudulent pothole claims.

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  20. Mid Cheshire 'has massive untapped potential'published at 07:08 BST 8 June

    What does a new plan to encourage more investment into Mid Cheshire mean for the area and residents?

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