All the candidates standing in Bury council local elections 2023 by ward

This May 4 will see local elections taking place across the country, with 33 seats up for grabs at Manchester City Council.

With local elections rapidly approaching, different people across a variety of local areas will be looking to have their say in how they want their local authority to run.

Even at a place that trades on great European nights, the Champions League quarter-final of 2003 was something else. It was no ordinary Old Trafford night. Twenty years ago today Real Madrid were in town, leading 3-1 from the first leg, and Sir Alex Ferguson's side were in search of one of the great comebacks.

Late last year, I forecast on these pages that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were well on the way to becoming the most hated-ever royal couple, inheriting with gusto that role from the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. So, I could but chortle this week when I saw Twitter hashtag "#WalmartWallace" trending in reference to Markle who has opted to forgo the biggest day of the life of her father-in-law, the king's May 6 coronation.

Noel Gallagher has shared the title track from his new album ‘Council Skies’ – you can listen to it below.The single is the fourth to be taken from his forthcoming new album with his High Flying Birds after ‘Dead To The World’, ‘Easy Now’ and ‘Pretty Boy’. ‘Council Skies’ is out on June 2 via Sour Mash (pre-order/pre-save here)A video for the track, which captures the band performing inside Manchester’s historic venue New Century Hall, is also set to drop at 6pm BST tonight (April 20).Earlier this year, it was revealed that the album title was inspired by Sheffield artist Pete McKee.

Remember when Madonna and Justin Timberlake randomly popped up on the performance stage at Eurovision in the pre-pandemic era and we were all like...OK?

Christine & The Queens has shared a new collaboration with 070 Shake – listen to ‘True Love’ below.The French singer-songwriter’s new album ‘PARANOÏA, ANGELS, TRUE LOVE’ is due for release June 9 and will follow-up last year’s ‘Redcar les adorables étoiles’.

The Wicked movie is coming to life!

The city centre will soon be flooded once again by spectators as thousands of runners prepare to take part in the Manchester Marathon.

The Post Office has issued a warning to anyone who is planning to vote at the local elections next month.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Huang Ji and Otsuka Ryuji’s “Stonewalling” won the Chinese-language section of the Hong Kong International Film Festival’s Firebird Young Cinema competition. Lila Aviles’s “Totem” won the equivalent Firebird Award for international films. The festival began on March 30 and concluded on Sunday evening with a world premier screening of “Vital Sign” at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre’s Grand Theatre. The screening was accompanied by cast and crew including Louis Koo, director Cheuk Wan-chi, producer Jacqueline Liu and performers Neo Yao, Angela Yuen, Ng Wing-sze, Tony Wu and So Yuet-yin. In total, “Stonewalling” picked up three awards. In addition to the best film prize, it also collected the best actress prize for leads Huang Xiaoxiong and Yao Honggui and the FIPRESCI Award. The tale of an unwanted pregnancy, the film premiered at Venice and Toronto last year. The HKIFF jury said it “[reminds] us of the confusion, difficulty and suffering women face nowadays and the inescapable responsibilities they have to shoulder.  It inspires the audience to reflect on this important issue in modern society.  It is an invaluable film replete with empathy.”

Official Charts Company this week.The Weeknd tops the list with ‘The Highlights‘, while Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights‘ is placed at number two. Swift also has three further entries on the top 40 list, with ‘1989’ being placed at 23, ‘Folklore’ at 28 and ‘Lover’ at 31.The number three slot on the list was taken up by SZA for her second studio album ‘SOS‘, while Pink took up the number four slot with ‘Trustfall’. Harry Styles‘ ‘Harry’s House‘ rounded up the top five.Other entries on the list came from Lana Del Rey, Arctic Monkeys, Gorillaz and Eminem.

Hundreds of would-be councillors will be battling it out for your votes ahead of elections in Greater Manchester’s ten boroughs next month.

The Weeknd secures the Official biggest album of 2023 to date with The Highlights, the Official Charts Company can reveal. 

Miley Cyrus has gotten her Flowers as she claims the biggest song of 2023 so far. 

Elections for Bolton Council are less than a month away with all 60 seats in the borough’s wards up for grabs in the poll. Residents are voting to elect three representatives in each of the borough’s 20 wards on polling day on Thursday, May 4.

Elections for Rochdale Council are less than a month away with a single seat in all the borough’s wards up for grabs in the poll. Residents are voting to elect a representative in each of the borough’s 20 wards on polling day on Thursday, May 4. A total of 72 candidates in total are standing for councillor positions in each of the wards which make up the town. Each councillor is elected for a four-year term of office.

More details about King Charles III’s highly-anticipated coronation have been revealed!

Manchester City Council’s local election is just around the corner and there are 33 seats up for grabs.

Two cops have left GMP in disgrace following an internal investigation into a 'racist' police WhatsApp group.