The pair of Geraldine Coggins and Dan Jerrome re-wrote the party record books by securing the Greens’ first ever seats in Trafford.

After an increase in voter turn-out from two years ago at 42.9% and the growth in support for Labour and the Greens, Trafford became red for the first time since 2004 with one more councillor than the Tories who have 29 while the Lib Dems and the Green each now have two apiece.

MM reporters are at counts across Greater Manchester bringing you results as they are announced, reaction and analysis.

Tickets for the duo’s gig, which takes place at the Victoria Warehouse on November 9, will go on sale at 10am tomorrow morning.

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A new plan is underway to revive orchards across Greater Manchester, hosted by Helping Britain Blossom.

Flixton Manor, in Urmston, has been placed in ‘Special Measures’ following an inspection published earlier this month.

Thanks to the airport’s introduction of a direct route to Beijing this year, the international hub is celebrating a record boost after 25 million passengers have passed through its doors for the first time.

Professor Mel Ainscow, co-director of the Centre for Equity in Education at the University of Manchester, has highlighted the borough’s outstanding exam results, which make up some of the best in the country, and puts the success of the area down to the central role of local government.

A Manchester MP is calling on families in Trafford to start the conversation about organ donation.

Trafford Conservatives were congratulating themselves on a relatively comfortable evening’s work in the only Tory-held borough in Greater Manchester.