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Rochdale Borough Council’s leader has called on the government to strengthen planning laws and provide councils with increased powers to stop the erection of telecom masts.
Date Published 15/03/2023
John Taylor is the leader of the local Conservative party in Rochdale and a councillor for Wardle and West Littleborough. This month he dedicates his column to discussing the 2%...
Drivers in Greater Manchester are being urged to ‘look closer’ to help keep cyclists and motorcyclists safer on our roads.
Metrolink is running a reduced Rochdale line service today (Wednesday 15 March), following disruption affecting most of the network this morning.
A man and a woman have been arrested and drugs seized during a dawn raid in Heywood. The 20-year-old man and 21-year-old woman were detained at a property on Tower Street at 6am...
Date Published 14/03/2023
Littleborough Community Primary School has become the first net zero school to be rebuilt under the Department for Education (DfE) School Rebuilding Programme.
Campaigners have been given fresh hope Rochdale’s landmark ‘Seven Sisters’ flats could be spared demolition after Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) confirmed it was reviewing all...
A 10-year-old girl from Milnrow and her best friend Domino are celebrating after landing fourth place in their first-ever Crufts Dog Show.
Families in the borough of Rochdale will benefit from a £9.4million spending boost for the council’s children’s services.
Caring and Sharing Rochdale has opened a new community hub and offices on Yorkshire Street, Rochdale.
A man had to be cut free from a vehicle after a collision in Rochdale on Sunday evening (12 March). Two vehicles collided on Drake Street with one 36-year-old man being freed...
A senior Rochdale councillor has apologised after the authority was forced to U-turn over ‘insensitive’ plans to name a street after Richard Farnell – the late former leader found...
Date Published 13/03/2023
A local Sepsis Research FEAT supporter from Rochdale is asking others to join him in raising funds for the fight against sepsis.
Two local organisations are amongst 40 organisations set to receive more than £13m from the latest round of Greater Manchester’s Culture Fund, boosting arts, culture and...
Information on current and forthcoming roadworks planned to take place across the borough.
A new six-part mystery drama is currently being filmed in Smithy Bridge and Littleborough by ITV. After the Flood is a mystery thriller set in a town hit by a devastating flood.
A 36-year-old man was taken to hospital with a head injury following an altercation in Heywood on Saturday morning (11 March).
Strike action has been announced by the RMT union on 16, 18, 30 March and 1 April, affecting Northern train services. On strike days, there will be a very limited Northern service...
A pedestrian was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a hit and run collision in Middleton on Friday evening (10 March). A car collided with a pedestrian at the junction...
Volunteers at Littleborough History Centre have been researching the service personnel from the Pennine districts of Rochdale (Littleborough, Milnrow, Newhey, Smallbridge and...
Date Published 12/03/2023
The Elmet Quintet consists of a clarinet and a string quartet, which made for a beautiful combination in the acoustics of St Mary in the Baum on Wednesday 8 March, especially in...
Mia-Grace Walsh from Fabdance Centre danced her way to the top of the leaderboard at the Trophy Day Freestyle Dance competition in Wakefield last weekend (Sunday 5 March).
The first tree has been planted in a new woodland at Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary.
North West In Bloom judges will be welcomed to Norden village and surrounding areas this summer for its third year of the Royal Horticultural Society’s competition.
Budding tour guides who would like to volunteer at Rochdale Town Hall once its multi-million pound restoration is complete are being invited to a special event later this month.
Date Published 11/03/2023
Staff and volunteers at the Kashmir Youth Project will be climbing Snowdon on Saturday 18 March.
Former councillor Chris Furlong has announced that he will be running as an independent candidate for Heywood and Middleton for the next general election.
The Fireground Café at the Fireground museum of firefighting is now under the management of Becky and Danny O’Neill.
The new Hollingworth Lake Animal Centre and the Woodlands Café are now open (Thursday 9 March).
Date Published 10/03/2023
There is no denying Littleborough is home to some of the most fascinating history and heritage in the region, but what of its future?
