Heywood News

Jim Dobbin MP

Letter from Parliament - Jim Dobbin MP

In the cause of transparency it is right that money spent on behalf of the taxpayer by MPs is published. It helps to explain the cost of providing a decent service to the 81,000 electors across this large constituency. The sum of around £138, 000 employs a total of 3.5 members of staff to run the London office in the House of Commons and the constituency office in Heywood.

Date published: 17/09/2012

Accident involving three vehicles M60

Accident involving three vehicles eastbound between M60 [M62 junction 18] and A6046 [M62 junction 19] M62.

One lane blocked on M62 eastbound between J18, M60 (Simister Island) and J19, A6046, Heywood.

Date published: 18/09/2012

Councillors' tour of Heywood Fire Station

Councillors' tour of Heywood Fire Station

Councillors were given eye-opening demonstrations of Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service’s specialist vehicles and equipment at Heywood Fire Station.

Date published: 17/09/2012

Roch Valley Raiders BMX Club

BMX Club looking for business sponsors

Roch Valley Raiders BMX Club, based in Queens Park, Heywood is looking for local businesses to support the club and in turn be represented on their 2013 race shirts.

To ensure the...

Date published: 11/09/2012

Simon Danczuk MP

£290,000 expenses claimed by our MPs

Local MPs claimed close to £290,000 in expenses in just over a year, it has been revealed.

New figures from the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), set up after the...

Date published: 07/09/2012

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing logo

Mutual Celebration Day

Employees of Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH), together with tenants, are busy planning for a mass-scale celebration this Saturday 8 September.

RBH’s Mutual Celebration Day will take...

Date published: 05/09/2012

Roadworks on Rochdale's strategic network

Bury New Road, Heywood - Prettywood area
Full road closure to facilitate investigation into partial collapse of carriageway
During this period the following diversions will be in place;
West Bound/Bury Bound Diversion - Bridge St to Pilsworth Road, Moss Hall Road, Heap Brow & Bury New Road
East Bound/Rochdale Bound Diversion - Bury New Road, Heap Brow, Bury Old Road &...

Date published: 05/09/2012

Images of the completed Falinge Park High School project

Work underway on Falinge Park and Wardle BSF projects

The future education prospects for youngsters at Falinge Park and Wardle high schools are looking bright as both schools are set to benefit from £35 million Building Schools for the Future...

Date published: 03/09/2012

Heywood teacher all set for London Paralympics

Sue Whitehead, a teacher from Heywood is on her marks for the Paralympic Games which start in London next week.

Date published: 23/08/2012

Closure of Bury New Road (A58), Heywood

The A58 Bury New Road between Heywood and the junction with the M66 will be closed from Wednesday (22 August) morning for around 2 weeks for essential repairs with diversions in place.

Date published: 21/08/2012

Hopwood Electrical Services’ logo

Hopwood Electrical Services’ success sets sparks flying

In 1988, trained electrician Peter Harrop set up Hopwood Electrical Services; a family-run business to provide expert, affordable electrical designs and installations to homes and the...

Date published: 14/08/2012

Jim Dobbin MP

Letter from Parliament - Jim Dobbin MP

I begin this week’s article with a tribute to my good friend and Labour stalwart John Orford who died last week. John was my constituency secretary during most of my time in Parliament.

Date published: 21/08/2012

Light a Lantern workshops have taken place at Link4Life Big Games events across the summer to help light the way to the Paralympic Games on 24 August

Rochdale borough lights the way to the Paralympic Games

With the excitement of London 2012 still in the air, Rochdale borough is joining the national invitation to light the way to the Paralympic Games which starts at the end of this month.

Date published: 20/08/2012

Friends and supporters of Queen’s Park: Haley Entwistle, Paul Pratt, Mike Tice, Emily Foster, Malcolm Gilles, Peter Rush, Yvonne Mills, Andy Dobson and Sheila Hill

Park wins national seal of excellence

Heywood’s popular Queen’s Park is celebrating after it unveiled its new Green Flag.
Members of the Friends of Queen’s Park gathered in the historic park to raise the flag, a national mark...

Date published: 17/08/2012

Jodie Mcnamara with the Olympic Torch in Heywood

Olympic torch goes on show at Touchstones Rochdale

The Olympic torch carried through the borough by Heywood’s Jodie McNamara has gone on display at Touchstones Rochdale.

Date published: 17/08/2012

Council scraps Heywood relief road plans

Plans to build a link road to cut down on the number of lorries driving through Heywood town centre have been scrapped.

Date published: 17/08/2012

Crews called to five cooking fires in one day

Firefighters are warning people to never leave their cooking unattended after crews across Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service were called to five kitchen fires in one day.

Date published: 14/08/2012

13-year-old Sam Riley

Local teen stands up against bullies

Queen’s Park, Heywood is host to a very special event, that is being staged to raise awareness of the problem of bullying and raise funds to create educational workshops and presentations...

Date published: 14/08/2012

Olympic 2008: Silver in 10km Marathon and World Champion Swimmer, Keri-Anne Payne

Keri-Anne Payne narrowly misses out on Bronze medal

Heywood’s swimming hopeful Keri-Anne Payne has narrowly missed out on an Olympic medal after finishing fourth in the 10 kilometre open water marathon race this afternoon (9 August).

Date published: 09/08/2012

Councillor Martin Burke, Cabinet member for Internal and Environmental Services at Rochdale Borough Council, Ebony Burke, Amir Khan, Tasleem Khan, Neta Smart and Tony Smart

Rochdale’s greenery in the pink

Rochdale’s town centre parks have been given the official seal of approval at a green flag raising ceremony in the Memorial Gardens.

Date published: 09/08/2012

Luke Patience & Stuart Bithell, RYA Skandia Team GBR

Big day for Rochdale at the Olympics

Today’s a big day at the Olympic Games, as two of our local athletes hope to bring home medals for Team GB.

Rochdale-born Stuart Bithell, our hopeful in the men’s 470 sailing, will...

Date published: 09/08/2012

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