The Latest Breaking News from Martyn Cox

Labour now have 26 seats to the Conservatives 16 with the council remaining as no overall control

60 council seats were up for grabs in wards Astley Bridge, Bradshaw, Breightmet, Bromley Cross, Farnworth North, Farnworth South, Great Lever, Halliwell, Heaton & Lostock, Horwich North, Horwich South & Blackrod, Hulton, Kearsley, Little Lever and Darcy Lever, Queens Park & Central, Rumworth, Smithills, Tonge with the Haulgh, Westhoughton North…

"Come back in five years and you will see a big transformation"

Two bids for levelling up cash to boost Bolton, together worth £40M have been thrown out by the government

Poorer areas now face 'difficult decisions' over council tax increases

"We had a baby on the way... I didn't want to live in a house that was so cold"

The Mercure Bolton Georgian House Hotel in Blackrod had voluntarily offered to use its rooms and facilities to house people being processed for asylum

Sue Johnson has been promoted from deputy chief executive to the top job at the council

Shamim Abdullah, who dramatically resigned from Labour in February will now represent the Conservatives in the Rumworth ward