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Freelance photographer Alan Hamer got a surprise when a special project led to a brush with the law. Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) hired Alan, from Norden, to take...
Date Published 09/04/2014
Three pupils from St. Cuthbert’s RC High School have been awarded a place on the prestigious Salters’ Chemistry camps. Joel Thetford, Clarence Dumanjug and Joseph Simms, all...
Sajid Javid has succeeded Maria Miller as culture secretary, becoming the first Asian male Conservative cabinet minister. Mr Javid's father, Abdul, a bus driver, came to the UK...
Greater Manchester’s Police and Crime Commissioner is calling on cyclists who have been involved in a collision to share their experiences. Tony Lloyd has launched an online...
Figures released today by Good Egg Safety show a 13% rise in badly fitted child car seats from 2010 to 2013, based on over 10,000 (10,663) tests conducted nationally. Campaigners...
Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd has added his support to calls from leading MPs that more must be done by the Government and child support agencies to...
We have our usual 9.30am Sung Eucharist on Sunday, Palm Sunday. In the evening we will be attending a special Palm Sunday service at St Mary's RC Church in Littleborough,...
Phillipe Sangare (06/01/1992) of Rochdale has been arrested and charged on suspicion of Theft of a Motor Vehicle. Sangare has been bailed to appear at Manchester and Salford...
The biggest traffic signalling upgrade programme in the country is nearing its end as Greater Manchester’s traffic signals are replaced with a more environmentally friendly...
A 19-year-old woman was found collapsed on Packer Street in Rochdale Town Centre at around 7.30pm last night (Tuesday 8 April). A police officer came across the woman while...
Regular aerobic exercise seems to boost the size of the area of the brain (hippocampus) involved in verbal memory and learning among women whose intellectual capacity has been...
A blog produced by the staff and students of Class 4a at Lowerplace Primary School has been nominated for favourite UK educational blog. The blog, which can be found on the...
Date Published 08/04/2014
Rochdale’s contribution to last year’s record Rugby League World Cup 2013 success was celebrated at Spotland Stadium this week. Representatives of the group responsible for...
Michael Adebolajo has launched an appeal against his whole-life sentence for the murder of Middleton soldier Lee Rigby. Mr Justice Sweeney, said Adebolajo's was a "rare case"...
The transformation of Rochdale town centre continues apace with scaffolding going up around the old black box in the past week. It will take around eight weeks to cover the...
Two men conned an elderly woman out of money in her Rochdale home. At 3.20pm on Monday 7 April 2014, the men knocked on the door of the 88-year-old woman’s house on Oldham...
Smithy Bridge Primary School won the Manchester Schools Games Tag Rugby Competition, which took place at Broughton Park Rugby Club. The team had a great day which started at...
Rochdale Model Railway Group is celebrating 50 years since they started their exhibitions this weekend (Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 April). Over the last 50 years the group has...
David Cameron made a guest appearance in Manchester's Sheridan Suite to celebrate British Asian Integration at an event attended by Rochdale Youth Service. The event was held...
A number of schools from across Rochdale took part in the Greater Manchester Winter School Games last week. The schools competed against schools from across Greater Manchester in...
A man has been charged following an assault in Rochdale. Carl Fletcher, 23, from Rochdale has been charged with section 18 assault.
The children at St John with St Michael CE Primary School in Shawforth have held their own Top Trumps Tournament. The club was set up at lunchtimes to encourage the children’s...
Rochdale band Without Andrew have made it into the final of The Printworks Unsigned competition. The band secured their place in the final after competing in live auditions...
This Sunday our Palm Sunday Communion Service will be led by Rev Canon Sharon Jones at 11.00am with Sunday Club at the same time. Following our morning Service the Annual Meeting...
Complaint levels about energy companies soared in the first three months of the year. The number of complaints more than trebled in the first quarter of 2014 compared with the...
Date Published 07/04/2014
A doctor from the Royal Oldham Hospital has drowned in the sea during a holiday on the Spanish island of Tenerife. Consultant obstetrician Uma Ramalingam, 42, and relative...
A "grot spot" at Witley Road, Newbold has been cleaned up after residents complained about the state of the area to the council calling it an “eyesore.” A team from street...
Rochdale Online has been paid £1,200 plus costs following the commencement of a breach of copyright action against an organisation that used a photo on their website that had been...
The Eco-School Council from St John with St Michael CE Primary School in Shawforth have been selected to attend the finals of Lancashire Chairman’s Challenge 2014 in May, by...
Coronation Street star Debbie Rush renewed her wedding vows to husband Andrew in a service at St Michael's Church in Bamford on Saturday 5 April. After the ceremony, Debbie...