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New Year Message from the Leader of Rochdale Council, Councillor Alan Taylor

Firstly, can I say Happy New Year and hope that you have all had a good Christmas.
I only came back...

Date Online: 01/01/2008

700% increase in Rochdale lead thefts

Thefts of lead from roofs of Rochdale homes have increased by 788% since April 2007 according to Rochdale Police figures....

Date Online: 02/01/2008

Health bosses forced to reopen closed Infirmary beds

A shortage of beds for poorly children throughout the region has forced Pennine Acute health bosses to reopen previously closed...

Date Online: 02/01/2008

Tenon expands marketing team

Nationwide accountancy firm Tenon, which has offices based in Rochdale, has increased its marketing team in a bid to reach...

Date Online: 03/01/2008

Keep an eye on the elderly this winter

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service is urging relatives, friends and neighbours to keep an eye on the elderly as...

Date Online: 03/01/2008

Police provide peaceful Christmas and New Year

Greater Manchester Police and their partners against crime reversed the annual trend of a rise in the number of burglaries,...

Date Online: 03/01/2008

Rochdale Infirmary under visitor restrictions

Rochdale Infirmary is under visitor restrictions in response to a wave of winter vomiting disease that is sweeping the country....

Date Online: 03/01/2008

Pharmacists can help fight winter vomiting bug

People who contract winter vomiting illness are reminded that pharmacists can help them tackle the unpleasant symptoms - these include...

Date Online: 03/01/2008

Eurocrats will not bend on bananas

Europe's bendy banana rules are set to stay, Rochdale Euro-MP Chris Davies has been told.
Although the law has been the...

Date Online: 03/01/2008

Catch It, Bin It, Kill It!

A new health campaign is encouraging people to practice simple steps to help stop the spread of flu and other...

Date Online: 10/01/2008

Letter from Parliament

I hope that 2008 sees everyone fulfilling their potential. My new year was spoilt by the news that my sister’s...

Date Online: 09/01/2008

Councillor condemns 'inflammatory' comments

The Labour Councillor for Milkstone and Deeplish, Councillor Imtiaz Ahmed, has weighed into the race row surrounding Liberal Democrat Councillor,...

Date Online: 09/01/2008

Fusion Radio Project comes to Heywood and Castleton

Pride Media Association in partnership with BBC Radio Manchester is giving young people in Heywood the opportunity to take control...

Date Online: 09/01/2008

Jobs on their doorstep

A Rochdale bricklayer who has been training through J21, a labour into construction project has found work on a major...

Date Online: 09/01/2008

Lib Dem Councillor slams leak of email

Liberal Democrat Councillor Elwyn Watkins has slammed the leaking of a sensitive email concerning race relations in Rochdale. Councillor...

Date Online: 09/01/2008

Rochdale sign Howe on loan

Rochdale manager Keith Hill has completed the signing of striker Rene Howe from League Two rivals Peterborough on a season-long...

Date Online: 08/01/2008

6000 Rochdalians to try and quit smoking

According to a study by leading tobacco control expert Professor Robert West, more than 172,000 smokers in the North West...

Date Online: 08/01/2008

Blackmail theory over Todd death

Details of the tangled love life of Michael Todd emerged today hours before an inquest was opened in Anglesey.
Sources claim...

Date Online: 13/03/2008

RBH want you as a new recruit!

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) want you as a new recruit!
RBH have just set their schedule of estate walkabouts for April...

Date Online: 13/03/2008

Made in Rochdale 2008

Heywood Civic Centre will be a hive of activity on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 March, when the venue plays...

Date Online: 13/03/2008

Family Tribute to Michael Todd

Carolyn Todd, Michael Todd's widow, has paid tribute to her late husband: "Michael was a caring and loving father and...

Date Online: 13/03/2008

Cardinal Langley triumph in inaugural Hornets Sevens!

Middleton based Secondary School Cardinal Langley Sports College took home the spoils in the inaugural Rochdale Hornets Sevens.
The lads got...

Date Online: 13/03/2008

Hopwood Hall College students celebrate Diversity Week

Students at Hopwood Hall kicked off the college’s annual Celebrating Diversity week to the thumping sound of Brazilian beats when...

Date Online: 12/03/2008

Danczuk pleased that Post Office proposals are being considered

Rochdale’s Labour Parliamentary Candidate Simon Danczuk has welcomed the Lib Dems decision to listen to proposals put to them by...

Date Online: 12/03/2008

Lib Dems reverse controversial waste charge

From April, the controversial charge to removed bulky waste will be removed. The controversial £18 charge had been blamed...

Date Online: 12/03/2008

MMC Estates thanked for clean up

Following the removal of the grot spots on the former TBA site beside Rooley Moor Road there was a call...

Date Online: 12/03/2008

Raise the Roof at Spotland

Sunday afternoon sees Rochdale AFC's latest match day initiative as they look to fans to 'Raise the Roof' when they...

Date Online: 12/03/2008

Minister speaks to NDC

Whilst attending a national NDC conference last week Ellen Wintle-Yates, Chair of New Heart for Heywood Partnership and Vicki Devonport...

Date Online: 11/03/2008

MEPs forced to act after financial abuses revealed

The European Parliament has agreed to seek an urgent revision to the rules governing the payment of staff by MEPs.
The...

Date Online: 11/03/2008

Councillor Watkins removed as school governor

Rochdale’s Lib Dem Councillor Elwyn Watkins has been accused of letting his community down after it has emerged that he...

Date Online: 11/03/2008