The £13m Northern Roots project, built on 160 acres of disused land in Oldham, opens on Saturday.
Oldham Council has been unable to form an administration after no single party won in local elections.
For the past six weeks the Greater Manchester authority has been running without a political leader.
A bin wagon had a brick thrown through a side window while out on its rounds in Oldham.
People in Coppice, Oldham, say they are woken in the night by fireworks being set off.
Dove Stone reservoir has reopened after firefighters spent more than three weeks tackling a wildfire.
The Greater Manchester authority has been in no overall control since the local elections in May.
The discovery of more asbestos at Oldham's Coliseum Theatre puts the reopening back by a year.
A leadership stalemate continues on Oldham Council after Reform UK's bid to take control fails.
