Rochdale News Archives
Welcome to the News Archives.
You can browse the archives using the list below or alternatively, you can use the following search box.
211 Article(s) Found
A 'Spodden Gorge' subcommittee of the Spotland Area Forum has been formed and has proposed a community-led project to create...
Date Online: 25/09/2007
When I visit schools, colleges or various groups, I’m often asked what it is like to be MP for Rochdale...
Date Online: 12/09/2007
An asbestos victim support group is helping to mark an important landmark in the history of health and safety.
It is...
Date Online: 08/08/2007
Rochdale asbestos campaigners are backing calls for an inquiry into allegations of 'bribing, bullying and bugging' regarding residential planning applications....
Date Online: 01/08/2007
Rochdale Councillors have paid tributes to the life of Abdul Chowdry, which was lost in a road traffic accident in...
Date Online: 27/07/2007
Former councillor Abdul Chowdry has died tragically in a road traffic accident in Pakistan.
Mr Chowdry was on his way to...
Date Online: 25/07/2007
Three of the borough's parks and open spaces have been awarded Green Flag status after impressing judges.
Green Flags now fly...
Date Online: 17/07/2007
During each parliamentary session the opposition parties are allocated a number of days when we can decide the subject for...
Date Online: 20/06/2007
BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme reported on the latest Spodden Valley news that Countryside Properties PLC has pulled...
Date Online: 14/06/2007
Save Spodden Valley campaigner Jason Addy has responded to what he calls "personal allegations" about him contained in a press...
Date Online: 12/06/2007
At the Spotland area forum, on Thursday evening (8 June), Rochdale Council’s Head of Planning and Regeneration, Ken Smith, shocked...
Date Online: 08/06/2007
Rochdale Council have confirmed that property development company Countryside Properties were forced to pay fixed penalty fines of £75 for...
Date Online: 06/06/2007
The Owners of the land of the former TBA site in Spodden Valley, MMC Developments Ltd and Rathbone Jersey Ltd,...
Date Online: 06/06/2007
The new Save Spodden Valley campaign logo has been launched at Westminster at a meeting of Parliamentarians, national and international...
Date Online: 22/05/2007
Riders from all over Greater Manchester and beyond will be tackled Blackstone Edge - the road over the Pennines -...
Date Online: 14/05/2007
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen has spoken of his frustration that a report that gives guidance on testing for asbestos has...
Date Online: 09/05/2007
A tree was planted beside the International Asbestos Memorial opposite Rochdale Town Hall to mark International Workers’ Memorial Day, Friday...
Date Online: 27/04/2007
Two new information boards, depicting the industrial heritage of the Spodden Valley, have been stolen from Healey Dell Nature Reserve.
The...
Date Online: 27/04/2007
The Save Spodden Valley (SSV) campaign has responded with criticism to the latest site activity report released by MMC Estates...
Date Online: 26/04/2007
Investigations about the Spodden Valley and asbestos have helped earn a national radio journalist a Sony Award nomination. Dubbed the...
Date Online: 13/04/2007
Commenting on the new proposals announced by Secretary of State for Work and Pensions John Hutton, to provide faster compensation...
Date Online: 14/03/2007
Asbestos campaigners from the Spodden Valley have welcomed a report published by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. Its conclusions...
Date Online: 07/03/2007
Over 200 people attended the Action Mesothelioma Day (27 February) event in Manchester including sufferers of mesothelioma and their families...
Date Online: 02/03/2007
As Rochdale’s Spodden Valley was the birthplace of the world’s asbestos industry, the Save Spodden Valley campaign have been working...
Date Online: 26/02/2007
Following criticism of the length of time being taken to answer a question regarding the legality of the recent TBA/Invent...
Date Online: 06/02/2007
Wain Homes, Rochdale Council Planning Officers, representatives of all political parties, a representative from Friends of Healey Dell and a...
Date Online: 05/02/2007
A decision that could have serious implications for the health of Shawclough residents and those downwind of the former Turner...
Date Online: 24/01/2007
The Environment Agency has just released an update regarding the release of a large quantity of vivid blue liquid into...
Date Online: 16/01/2007
Brad Journeaux has graduated with a Masters Degree in Economy and Space - he received his award at a ceremony...
Date Online: 13/12/2006
A new trail for visitors to Healey Dell, in the Spodden Valley north of Rochdale will unlock the fascinating stories...
Date Online: 18/11/2006
