Greens get out and about in Burnley in push for more local election success

Party believes being visible and knocking on doors is helping it win votes from complacent' rivals

Standing on the doorstep of his terrace house in Brunshaw, a few minutes' walk from Burnley football club's stadium, Turf Moor, Vic is perhaps not many people's idea of a typical Green voter. For one thing, he was formerly a Conservative. There's also the fact he's 85.

They're working hard all the time. It's not just at elections you hear from them," Vic says, having just promised his support to Alex Hall, who hopes to become the Greens' second councillor in the ward on 5 May. The other parties take you for granted."