Comment: I voted Leave, but tonight is no night to celebrate
After 47 years and 30 days, the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union will end at 11pm tonight.
After 47 years and 30 days, the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union will end at 11pm tonight.
Hate crimes in Manchester tend to rise in line with general elections, Greater Manchester Police data suggests – information obtained by MM which shows that the number of hate crimes – defined by the CPS as hostile behaviour motivated by a victim’s ‘disability, race, religion, sexual orientation or transgender identity’ – rose in the month of, and the months immediately following, a general election between 2010 and 2019.
More homeless people died in Greater Manchester than in any other combined authority in England and Wales in 2018, according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS).
Mayor has pledged to get justice for the victims of child sex abuse.
After findings in the GMCA report into child sexual exploitation in Greater Manchester in the early 2000s showed authorities to be at fault, GMP have issued a statement.
Roughly 40 protesters turned out to demonstrate the landslide re-election of the Conservative party in St. Peter’s Square last night. MM’s Doug Whitbread was there…
The e-edition is packed with all the results and reaction from Greater Manchester… and beyond.
Bury North has swung blue, with James Daly overcoming the 4,500 majority picked up by Labour’s James Frith in 2017.
Cheadle provided the most interesting and closely run seat of the night at the Stockport Town Hall count, as Conservative Mary Robinson was re-elected to the seat with a relatively slim majority, making it even closer than the 2017 battle for this seat.
Afzal Khan has cemented his position as the Labour Member of Parliament for Manchester Gorton, garnering over 34,000 votes.
Barbara Keeley retained her seat in Worsley and Eccles South for the Labour Party, winning in her fourth consecutive General Election.
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