Wigan councillor saves pensioner’s life… just weeks after first aid training
A quick-thinking councillor saved the life of an elderly man who collapsed in front of him, just weeks after undergoing first aid training.
Manchester councillor accused of lying in apology to LGBT group over offensive Myra Hindley tweet
Manchester councillor Kevin Peel has been accused of lying in his apology to Queerchester – after ‘mistaking’ a graffiti style art piece of drag queen Foo Foo Lammar for notorious child killer Myra Hindley.
Sex-mad Wigan cllr told to ‘quit!’ as motion calls for resignation over kinky chat line bills and revolting texts
Yesterday evening, all but three members of Wigan council voted in favour of Labour councillor Terence Halliwell’s motion at a full council meeting
Sex-mad Wigan cllr slapped with female chat ban after kinky hot-line binge and vile texts about ‘f*nnies’
Councillor Robert Bleakley escaped the sack for texts that claimed women were for ‘cleaning and washing material’ and that he hoped jailed Vicky Pryce ‘liked her fanny played with in the showers’.
Emergency Ancoats meeting: Crisis assembly after gang rampage leaves residents ‘feeling safer’
An emergency public meeting called in response to the gang rampage that rocked the Ancoats area has left residents ‘feeling safer’, claims a councillor.
Free to tweet on the beat: GMP social media misconduct was ‘blown out of proportion’, claims Manchester councillor
A Manchester councillor has dismissed claims that Greater Manchester Police are the worst in the country for breaching social media guidelines – by claiming the figures are being ‘blown out of proportion’.
Green light for Manchester’s second female statue as councillor pledges to raise funds by cycling length of UK
Plans to install a statue of an iconic female figure in Manchester city centre have been passed as a Didsbury councillor pledged to get on his bike to raise £50,000 to build it.
Trafford council elections 2014 round-up: Tories rejoice at majority as Labour draws General Election battle lines
The Conservatives now have a majority of 34 seats, eight more than Labour.
UKIP surge must be ‘wake-up call’ for main parties, says Bolton’s ousted Tory councillor
Ex-Tory councillor Andy Morgan, who had served the Hulton ward for 12 years, lost his seat to UKIP candidate Diane Parkinson after a tense night of vote-counting at the Bolton Arena.
Where do you draw the line? Trafford Council splash £4,000 on strip of double yellow lines in Sale
Trafford Council spent almost £4,000 in a scheme introducing double yellow lines to a small area of Sale last year.
Cheshire council leader issues apology over ‘illegal’ message of ‘don’t vote UKIP’ using Manchester housing threat
Councillor Michael Jones, leader of East Cheshire Council, issued his Easter message on April 17 which opened with talk of flowers and chocolate, but quickly took on a political bias.