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The death of a labourer at Royal Oldham Hospital has been ruled an accident, a coroner has concluded.
Date Published 17/01/2024
Former detective constable Maggie Oliver – who blew the whistle on the 2012 grooming scandal – has spoken out and claimed 'failures are still happening' after a damning report...
Date Published 16/01/2024
The chief constable of Greater Manchester Police has admitted the police failings highlighted in the publication of a review into Child Sexual Exploitation in Rochdale between...
Information on current and forthcoming roadworks planned to take place across the borough.
Yesterday (Monday 15 January) two men appeared at Minshull Crown Court to be sentenced to almost 19 years in jail for robbery and attempt robbery, after pleading guilty at an...
Councillor Sara Rowbotham has been vindicated after a damning report into CSE in Rochdale has determined that she DID in fact “consistently raise concerns with both the police and...
Date Published 15/01/2024
A yellow warning for snow and ice has been issued by the Met Office from Wednesday 17 and Thursday 18 January. A band of sleet and snow is likely to continue to push across north...
An apology has been issued by Neil Emmott, the leader of Rochdale Borough Council, after a review published today found damning evidence that as many as 48 children in Rochdale...
As many as 48 girls in Rochdale were “seriously failed” by Rochdale Borough Council and Greater Manchester Police in being protected from sexual exploitation between 2004 and...
Two teenagers have been sentenced for damaging poppy wreaths at Rochdale cenotaph while using antisemitic language.
The Community Fund, run by Parklife, in cooperation with Manchester, Bury and Rochdale councils, is the result of the festival’s approach to partnership working with the three...
Date Published 14/01/2024
Local children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) recently benefitted from an “enchanting” animal therapy session at Neeli Mosque, which opened its doors for...
Two highly accomplished musicians presented 400 years of song in one hour on Wednesday 10 January. That is, enchanting vocal gems through the ages.
Thousands more people in the North West will be sent a home-testing kit to help detect signs of bowel cancer, as the NHS expands the lifesaving NHS Bowel Screening Programme to...
Date Published 13/01/2024
Plans for a new homeless support complex on Pilsworth Road in Heywood have been submitted to the council.
Following an inspection from the Care Quality Commission, Springhill Hospice has been rated as ‘Outstanding’.
A Rochdale councillor says he was was strong-armed into taking a drugs test by a member of the public following a bizarre confrontation at his weekly surgery.
Date Published 12/01/2024
A new men's health support group has been set up at Rochdale AFC Community Trust, aimed at supporting the mental and emotional well-being of men grappling with life-altering...
The last Barclays branch in the Rochdale borough will close in April, with the nearest branches then being in Bury, Oldham or Manchester. The Rochdale town centre branch of the...
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has announced an extension to the Metrolink Operations and Maintenance contract with KeolisAmey Metrolink Ltd (KAM), which will see the...
A Rochdale father-of-two has reportedly been shot dead after travelling to Pakistan to “surprise his family.” Tasaraf Hussain, an overseas British Kashmiri, was killed after...
A series of roadshows have been organised throughout the Rochdale borough. The aim of the roadshows is to help prevent late diagnosis of cancer and help people to understand the...
Residents are being invited to kick start the New Year by signing-up for Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life at Heaton Park. The charity’s much-loved events, which raise funds for...
Rochdale MP Sir Tony Lloyd has announced he has left hospital to spend time with his loved ones after his cancer has developed into “into an aggressive and untreatable form of...
Date Published 11/01/2024
A small patch of grassland in Heywood could soon become a supported living complex for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
A group of eight men from across the Rochdale borough will be climbing Africa’s highest mountain this month to raise money for a number of charities and good causes.
The annual Christmas Day dinner at Thrum Hall Methodist Church in Shawclough saw 400 meals cooked for people.
When a toddler died in a damp Rochdale home promises were made. But three years later, people still living in similar properties across the town say they are dealing with just as...
Date Published 10/01/2024
New plans to clamp down on rogue social landlords who fail to provide safe homes have been announced this week, as part of a consultation for Awaab's Law.
Over the coming weeks, hundreds of participants in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale who enrolled on the NHS-Galleri trial in 2021 will be returning to mobile clinics for their last...