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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

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

Middleton man jailed for money laundering

A Middleton man who fraudulently earned tens of thousands of pounds has been jailed, following an investigation into a series...

Date Online: 03/01/2008

Recent heart bypass patient slashed with machete in Middleton

A man who was in recovery from a quadruple heart bypass was viciously assaulted and slashed with a machete during...

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

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

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

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

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

ASBO - Dexter Elliott

Rochdale Magistrates have gavin Dexter Elliott of 22 Barleyfield Walk, Middleton a two-year Anti Social Behaviour Order.
Dexter, aged 21 years,...

Date Online: 11/03/2008

Staff member injured in armed robbery in Middleton

Just before midday on Friday 7 March 2008 police were called to the Nationwide Building Society on Middleton Gardens following...

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

Booze tagged to curb youth nuisance

Middleton is to be the test-bed for a new scheme that will attempt to curb underage drinking and youth nuisance...

Date Online: 10/03/2008

New Greater Manchester bishops revealed

Following an announcement by Downing Street, the new bishops of Bolton and Middleton were welcomed in Manchester Cathedral by representatives...

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

New Greater Manchester bishops revealed before lift-off in glass elevator

On 10 March Downing Street will make public who the next Bishop of Middleton and Bishop of Bolton will be....

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

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

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

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

Lib Dems criticise Dobbin over Castro support

Lib Dems in Heywood and Middleton have chastised local MP Jim Dobbin’s support for Fidel Castro. 69 MPs, including...

Date Online: 28/02/2008

Danczuk accuses Rowen of playing fast and loose with the Infirmary

Rochdale’s Labour Parliamentary Candidate Simon Danczuk has warned the Liberal Democrat MP, Paul Rowen, that his support for proposals to...

Date Online: 27/02/2008

Labour turns back on Arts Centre!

Councillor Dale Mulgrew has slammed Labour in the town, after they proposed to remove the funding for the new Arts...

Date Online: 27/02/2008