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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

Fire union accuses bosses of negligence

Fire union members are blaming bosses at the Greater Manchester headquarters after four engines were off the road on New...

Date Online: 02/01/2008

Council Leader: New Year Interview

Rochdale Council Leader Councillor Alan Taylor talks to Rochdale Online reporter Jan Harwood about council housing, alternate weekly bin collections,...

Date Online: 02/01/2008

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

Traffic news

Motorists are advised there is heavy traffic westbound on the M62 between J20, Rochdale and J19, Heywood, this morning (Thursday...

Date Online: 10/01/2008

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

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

Siddall Moor win Mock Trial competition

Rochdale Magistrates Court was the venue for the local heat of the Citizenship Foundation national competition.
Schools are invited to participate...

Date Online: 12/03/2008

On your bike!

A new initiative is being launched later this month to encourage the residents of Rochdale Borough to dust off their...

Date Online: 11/03/2008

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

Free transport reminder

Rochdale Council is reminding library users in Heywood that they can get on a free bus to Darnhill Library whilst...

Date Online: 11/03/2008

Community transport grows in Rochdale

Door-to-door community transport in Rochdale is being boosted by the addition of two extra minibuses.
Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority (GMPTA)...

Date Online: 11/03/2008

Letter from Parliament

The most dramatic event in my life since the last article was my visit to the orthopaedic consultant Mr Ali...

Date Online: 10/03/2008

Cars stolen in Heywood robbery

Four masked men burst into a man's house in Heywood and robbed him of two cars.
Shortly before 7pm on Wednesday...

Date Online: 10/03/2008

Jim Dobbin cares for carers

Jim Dobbin, MP for Heywood and Middleton, is one of more than 100 MPs to lend his support to carers...

Date Online: 09/03/2008

It Started in Rochdale - the 1970s music scene

A CD celebrating the 1970s Rochdale Music and Arts scene, 'It Started in Rochdale', provides an audio tour through the...

Date Online: 07/03/2008

71-year-old woman reported missing in Heywood

Police are growing concerned about the whereabouts of a 71-year-old woman who has been reported missing.
Shirley Sinkinson was last seen...

Date Online: 07/03/2008

Police steeling themselves for metal theft

A recent operation targeting lead theft in Rochdale resulted in six arrests and over 50 stop searches being made.
The theft...

Date Online: 07/03/2008

LiveLife health conference a major success

The LiveLife 2008 health conference and exhibition staged at the Odeon Cinema at Sandbrook Park on Wednesday 5 March was...

Date Online: 06/03/2008

The Witch's Bogey!

Parents and children are in for a treat when the award winning People's Theatre Company put on their acclaimed pop...

Date Online: 06/03/2008

Teenager indecently assaulted in Heywood

A man indecently assaulted a teenager when she was out walking in Heywood.
At about 1am on Friday 29 February 2008,...

Date Online: 03/03/2008

A rare day for rare disease

Jim Dobbin MP attended a Parliamentary Reception to mark Europe’s first Rare Disease Day. The event was attended by over...

Date Online: 03/03/2008

Lib Dems pay for extra police officers

Rochdale Liberal Democrats are paying for an extra police officer for every township in the borough. The scheme was included...

Date Online: 03/03/2008

Tractor albums re-issued on vinyl

Owing to the massive interest around the world in John Peel's connection with Rochdale and Heywood, Tractor, Deeply Vale Festivals...

Date Online: 01/03/2008

Pro-Life MP speaks about Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill

Heywood & Middleton MP Jim Dobbin, chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group, will be speaking at all the Masses...

Date Online: 29/02/2008

Armed men smash taxi firm

A gang of armed men smashed up a taxi firm during a burglary in Heywood.
At about 10.25pm on Tuesday...

Date Online: 29/02/2008

Justice Minister visits Rochdale Youth Inclusion Project

Jack Straw, Secretary of State for Justice, visited Rochdale on Friday morning, 29 February. He was at the Youth Inclusion...

Date Online: 29/02/2008

Care homes come together for major conference

Representatives from care homes across the borough are attending a special conference next week to share best practice and talk...

Date Online: 28/02/2008

Council Leader Alan Taylor's Budget Speech

May I, first of all, thank Margaret Carney, Ruth Hunter and Paul Martin, and all the officers involved in producing...

Date Online: 28/02/2008

Complaints system to simplify

The Government is planning to launch a new combined health and social care complaints system to make it easier for...

Date Online: 28/02/2008