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Two people are believed to have been onboard the aircraft, which crashed in the Littleborough area.

Emergency services raced to the scene following the crash off the M62 in Littleborough

Gaddings Dam, on the moors between Littleborough and Todmorden, is great for wild swimming - but there are some downsides, as Yorkshire Live's Andrew Robinson writes

Shouts of ‘shame’ and ‘farce’ filled the air as Rochdale council’s planning committee approved proposals for 61 new homes on protected grazing land in Littleborough, known as Stubley Meadows.

More than 560 objections have been receieved by the council since developer Russell Homes submitted the application.

20 seats were contested in Balderstone & Kirkholt, Bamford, Castleton, Central Rochdale, East Middleton, Healey, Hopwood Hall, Kingsway, Littleborough Lakeside, Milkstone & Deeplish, Milnrow & Newhey, Norden, North Heywood, North Middleton, Smallbridge & Firgrove, South Middleton, Spotland & Falinge, Wardle, Shore & West Littleborough, West Heywood and West Middleton

Celebrations are taking place everywhere from Heywood and Middleton to Littleborough and Norden.

All parties seem to have one opponent in common: voter disengagement and distrust

Proposals for the Old Akzo Nobel site, near Hollingworth Lake, Littleborough, were unanimously voted through by Rochdale council’s planning committee.