Local News from Wednesday, February 25th, 2026
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Dancing to She’s Electric and waving banners from a bus, Labour make one final push to stop the unthinkable
As ‘She’s Electric’ blared from an open top bus, Labour deputy leader Lucy Powell started dancing to gee her up activists one final time. It’s the Labour Party’s last day of campaigning ahead of the Gorton and Denton by-election, and the mood has been surprisingly jolly.
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Three-way fight goes to the wire in Gorton & Denton
As polling day draws closer, the contest in Gorton & Denton appears to be a tight three-way race. Polling by Opinium Research, released on Tuesday evening, shows the Greens and Labour with a narrow lead, both sitting on 28%, with Reform just a point behind on 27%. Some will have already cast their vote through postal voting, but many will be heading to one of the 45 polling stations that are in the constituency.
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Bury councillor Glyn Marsden defects to Reform UK
A serving Bury councillor has defected to Reform UK, becoming the party’s second representative on the local authority.
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