VIDEO: Power cut at Rochdale City Hall during local election forces councillors and press out of counting area

By Mancunian Matters staff

MM reporter Nic Watmough is caught in a blackout at Rochdale City Hall during the council election voting count.

Council leader Colin Lambert joked: "This is the only cut I didn't announce!"

Councillor Ian Duckworth joked to MM reporters about the current power cut at Rochdale City Hall during the count: "This is our policy really – to keep you all in the dark."

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