Dark clouds overhead and the impending downpour surely due any minute - the weather in Stalybridge reflects the sombre mood currently hanging over the town hall.
Much like the town centre's civic hall building, which is in the midst of a £19m restoration project, Tameside council's hierarchy is currently in disrepair.
Last week, its chief executive, Sandra Stewart, tendered her resignation and was quickly followed by leader Coun Ged Cooney just three days later.
The two leaders stepped down following pressure for change amid a scathing commissioners report into children’s services, currently rated ‘inadequate' by Ofsted.
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