The Green Party names councillor Geraldine Coggins as its candidate to replace Andy Burnham as mayor of Greater Manchester. Both outlets report that the party is putting forward Coggins to contest the mayoral position following Burnham’s departure. The reports also link the selection to the Greens’ recent electoral performance, noting Coggins’s campaign is intended to build on the party’s success in the Gorton and Denton by-election. According to the available information, the selection signals the party’s focus on expanding its influence beyond local council representation and translating by-election momentum into a mayoral bid. No additional details are provided in the supplied excerpts about the election timetable, the broader candidate field, or Coggins’s specific policy platform. The reporting is consistent in identifying Coggins as the Greens’ chosen contender for the role and framing the choice in the context of prior Green gains in Gorton and Denton.