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Police and prosecutors are to improve the way they treat victims of stalking and harassment. The Crown Prosecution Service and the Association of Chief Police Officers have...
Date Published 12/09/2014
Tenants renting privately will get a better, fairer deal under measures announced by Housing Minister Brandon Lewis. Thanks to a range of ambitious initiatives which have been...
A minute’s silence in honour of MP Jim Dobbin is held. The open forum starts the meeting with issues regarding speeding, parking and street lighting being addressed. A...
The Government yesterday (11 September) vowed to work to outlaw so-called ‘revenge evictions’ that destroy a tenant’s right to expect to rent a safe and secure home. Ministers...
Councillors were asked at the Rochdale Township Committee meeting on Wednesday (10 September) if they would be willing to look at implementing a blanket 20mph speed limit on all...
Date Published 11/09/2014
Taxi drivers are still pushing the council to allow them to use the bottom of Drake Street. Drivers of both hackney carriages and private hire taxis were stopped from using part...
A 24-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of section 18 assault after what was described as a “brawl” occurred yesterday afternoon (Wednesday 10 September). Eye...
Smoking cost Rochdale Council £2.8 million last year, claims lobby group Action on Smoking and Health. The group’s figures show Rochdale spent the money to help people with...
Welcome to the start of a new academic year and we hope all our students and families enjoyed a pleasant summer holidays. Learners are reminded that they should ensure they are...
Hurstead House Nursing Home on Halifax Road has been issued with a formal warning by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for failing to meet national standards. In their report...
I want to start by paying tribute to Jim Dobbin MP. Like everyone else I was shocked to hear of his death at the weekend. I’d only seen him a few days before on the Friday when...
UKIP has announced that their candidate to contest the forthcoming parliamentary by-election in Heywood and Middleton is John Bickley. Mr Bickley said: “I'm honoured to have...
Plans to reinstate a bus stop on Drake Street are on track with work set to start as soon as possible. Rochdale Council has received the last pieces of information from...
The Rochdale Boroughwide User Forum (RBUF) is appealing to people of the borough to help them with their therapeutic garden. The forum, which moved into their new premises in...
A minute’s silence is held in honour of MP Jim Dobbin. An update from the police is given next. Crime is reported to increase at the current time of year with the school...
Two men brandished a hammer and robbed a petrol station in Milnrow at at around 11.45pm on Wednesday 10 September. The two men entered Milnrow Service Station on Newhey Road...
Rochdale is one of the top ten towns and cities in Britain with the most asylum seekers, currently housing 615 asylum seekers. Greater Manchester handles one in six of all...
A brawl between two gangs of Asian men outside Rochdale Infirmary resulted in a man being taken to hospital with head injuries. Police were called to the scene of the brawl, on...
Date Published 10/09/2014
Police in Rochdale are holding a commemorative service tomorrow to mark the 25th anniversary of the death of a police officer. On 14 September 1989, Inspector Ray Codling was...
The by-election in the Heywood and Middleton constituency following the death of MP Jim Dobbin is to be held on 9 October. A writ setting the date for the contest in Heywood...
Those in attendance at last night's (Tuesday 9 September) Pennine Township Meeting were frustrated that an agenda item entitled ‘Property Lettings at Hollingworth Lake’ was to be...
A one-minute silence is held in honour of Middleton and Heywood MP Jim Dobbin. An update from the police is given to the committee. The update is for between 1 April and 30...
Mareika Gray, Milnrow Band Musical Director, has left the band after a successful three year partnership. A spokesperson for the band said: “The band and its management team...
A charity event has raised £400 to help with research into the condition Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP). Organised and held by Rachel Winnard who suffers from the...
Progress is being made to implement regeneration proposals set out within the Heywood and Castleton master plan. As well as making changes to the station, the master plan...
Fluorescent lighting in a building on the Trans Pennine Trading Estate on Gorrells Way, Rochdale caught fireon Monday (8 September). Firefighters were called to the building...
A garden shed fire at a property on Royds Street West, Rochdale was tackled by fire fighters on Tuesday (9 September). Firefighters received the call at 8.57am to reports of a...
Ryan Knight, a 20-year-old engineering apprentice, has secured a place in the finals of WorldSkills UK, a national skills competition. Ryan, from Rochdale, who works at...
The architecture and cultural heritage of the Rochdale Borough will be on display this weekend for Heritage Open Days and there is perhaps no better example to be found than in...
The occupants of a house on Market Street, Whitworth escaped unharmed from a fire at the terraced property in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday 10 September). The fire...
