Local News from Tuesday, January 27th, 2026

The co leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, Zack Polanski, visited Gorton and Denton to lead a rally backing the party’s campaign in the upcoming by-election.

Three people described as among the very best of Bury have been granted the borough’s highest civic honour in recognition of decades of service to local communities.

Victims of rape and serious sexual assault in Bury North are set to gain stronger safeguards when prosecutors decide to drop cases, following the expansion of a national review scheme supported by local MP James Frith.

A light hearted Commons moment by Rochdale MP Paul Waugh has racked up tens of thousands of views online after he used a well known local phrase while pressing ministers to support struggling pubs.

A new report from Bury Council has set out how the types of shops, services and businesses in neighbourhoods can have a direct impact on people’s health, particularly in areas facing higher levels of deprivation.

Reform UK’s candidate for the upcoming Gorton & Denton by-election has criticised the growth of houses of multiple occupancy, rising crime and the decline of town centres.

Bury’s newest party will be putting forward several candidates in the upcoming local election after a political rift tore the Conservative group apart. Together for Bury will be represented by three councillor hopefuls in Pilkington Park, Bury West and Tottington.

Five Greater Manchester councillors have been long-listed to be Labour’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election, the Local Democracy Reporting Service understands.

Reform UK has confirmed that political commentator and academic Matt Goodwin will stand for the party in the Gorton and Denton parliamentary by election.

A shop operating on Oldham Road in Rochdale has been shut down for three months following a court order prompted by illicit tobacco sales, marking the fifth closure in the area within seven months.