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A new pilot project has started in Rochdale that aims to help unemployed people break down the barriers to employment. Starting in April 2014, Groundwork and Royal Mencap...
Date Published 04/04/2014
A number of councillors have visited year 9 students at Kingsway Park High School with the aim of bringing local democracy to life. Sadly some students generally feel that...
Kingsway Park High School recently saw the exciting event of ‘Prison Me! No Way! This event was aimed at all year 9 students and was designed to make them aware of potential...
On Saturday 29 March a number of our Dads and their children enjoyed a fun packed day at Hothersall Lodge in Lancashire. They worked together through a number of adventurous...
Over the past two weeks parents and carers of those students who are participating in the Internship Programme have taken part in reviews! What incredibly positive review meetings...
Jason Addy of the Save Spodden Valley Campaign, who has campaigned for years about the dangers posed by the former Turner Borthers Asbestos site comments on the publication of...
Half of people with lung cancer die within six months of diagnosis, says a report from Macmillan Cancer Support which looked at variations in cancer survival rates. While...
About one in five High Street shops affected by the biggest retail collapses of the last five years is still vacant, new research suggests. Accountancy firm Deloitte found that...
Rochdale artist Geoff Butterworth will be appearing on the BBC1 programme Flog It. Geoff was contacted by the BBC after he was recommended to them by a gallery in Clitheroe....
Date Published 03/04/2014
An Arts Therapy for Dementia event was held and organised by the Multicultural Arts and Media Centre (MAMC) on Thursday 27 March. The event was held to educate people about...
A petition has been started to stop the closure of Derby Street Day Care, Heywood. The day care facilities, which are for 0-3 years old children, are part of Derby Street Nursery...
Ten-year-old Connor Dunning, from Rochdale, will be taking part in a sponsored swim to raise money for a dog wheelchair for 'Rosie', his Auntie’s dog. Rosie suffers from...
Members of Rochdale Council expressed their delight that the Metrolink tram line has finally made its way into Rochdale Town Centre. The praise came during the final council...
Mayor of Rochdale, Peter Rush was thanked by follow councillors for his time as Mayor at the final council meeting before Election Day. During the council meeting, Mayor Rush...
Plans to build over 300 new homes on a Middleton development plot from Hilton Fold Lane to the Caldervale railway line, at the back of British Vita Foam, have been re-submitted to...
The ongoing debate regarding a theatre in Rochdale continued yesterday (Wednesday 2 April) at the Rochdale Council meeting. A number of councillors pressed on with the issue...
Kentmere Primary School has been working with artist Mrs Lyndsey Fairhurst while learning about Africa. Both the Year 2 class and Year 2/3 class have been creating African...
Tenants and residents will once again have the opportunity to flaunt their flowers as the annual search for the best gardens in neighbourhoods across the borough gets under way....
Around one in four people prescribed drugs to lower longstanding blood pressure either just doesn’t take them at all or only part of the time, suggests a study of a simple...
Middleton Arena launches its Big Screen with Monday Movies coming to the town from April as high definition cinema comes to Middleton. The move into cinema screenings comes...
Over the past term seven children from Year 6 (Lavender Class) at Heybrook Primary School have been working with Crescent Radio to find out more about how radio stations work.
Residents in Moorclose, Junction and Baytree can benefit from expert computer tuition after their tenants and residents association successfully bid for £3,300 to provide the...
Rochdale’s MP and members of the public are set to meet with senior figures from Network Rail this Friday to discuss the continued problems caused by an unmanned level crossing at...
The Competition and Markets Authority has published the Final Report of its market investigation into private healthcare and the threat of having to sell seven of its hospitals,...
Coronation Power has dropped five turbines from its original plan of 17 turbines that was announced in February of this year. A planning application for a smaller 12 turbine...
Eight men have been charged following a drugs operation in Rochdale. Ashafaq Yousaf (Born 20/10/1986) of Stanley Street, Rochdale has been charged with 20 offences of...
A man grabbed a girl in Rochdale. At around 8am on Thursday 27 March 2014, the 13-year-old was standing at a bus stop on Oldham Road, close to a fancy dress shop. She was...
The meeting is the final council meeting before Election Day. The agenda contains quarterly reports from councillors. Councillor Lambert pushes the importance of the...
A three year domestic abuse strategy to tackle the issue has been launched in the borough by Rochdale Safer Communities Partnership. At the launch yesterday afternoon, Leader...
Holocaust survivor, Joanna Millan visited Oulder Hill Community School on Tuesday 25 to speak to year 9 history students about her life and experiences. Joanna was sent to...
Date Published 02/04/2014
