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A coffee morning and book sale was held this morning (Saturday 22 March) to raise money for the Rochdale branch of The Samaritans. The event, at St George's Church on Bury...
Date Published 22/03/2014
Shakespeare week has been celebrated this week at Rochdale Central Library. The library has held an exhibition of costumes from a production of Romeo and Juliet and has been...
The congregation of Trinity Methodist Church in Heywood held a table top sale and coffee morning this morning (Saturday 22 March) to raise funds for the church. The event,...
Greater Manchester transport chiefs are set to reduce their bus budgets by £7.1million. Most of TfGM’s funding comes from the 10 local authorities — including Rochdale — which...
Date Published 21/03/2014
Household waste from Rochdale and the rest of Greater Manchester is now being turned into electricity and heat at a Merseyside plant. In Runcorn the Viridor plant turns...
Mark Wickham, owner of The Rake Tapas Bar in Littleborough, will be driving a pink tractor from Littleborough to Whitby on Sunday (23 March) while dressed as Superman in aid of...
The final position for the street sign being used to honour Pte Anthony Palmer VC could be above a window at Heywood Library, subject to listed building consent. Councillor...
Shahbaz Hussain Khan has been honoured as an Ustad by the Multicultural Arts and Media Centre (MAMC) in a special ceremony. The ceremony was the first of its kind to happen in the...
Chief Superintendent Annette Anderson will be stepping down from her role as head of Rochdale Police two weeks after it was announced she will be taking dual control of the...
Crime Figures Updates Littleborough Lakeside Burglary Dwelling - 0 Burglary Other than Dwelling – 0 Theft From Motor Vehicle – 1 Theft of Motor Vehicle - 0
April Garrett, the mother of murdered schoolgirl Lesley Molseed has died aged 76. April died on 7 March at Springhill Hospice after spending the later years of her life living...
The views of Kirkholt residents about regeneration and improvement plans for the area are being invited at a special event on Tuesday 25 March at the Kirkholt Community Church...
Lee Edwards has been jailed after he violently assaulted his girlfriend. Edwards (born 03/02/1985) of Lever Street, Middleton was sentenced at Bolton Crown Court to ten years in...
Introducing The Silver Line: The Silver Line is a free confidential helpline providing information, friendship and advice to older people, open 24 hours a day, every day of...
The Rochdale Youth Festival of Performing Arts comes to a climax this weekend after over three weeks of performances put on by youngsters throughout the Rochdale borough. The...
A community fun day will be taking place in Heywood on Sunday 30 March to celebrate 40 years of Greater Manchester Police. The event will be held at Heywood Civic Centre and...
Wi-fi has been installed in libraries across the borough and hence visitors will now be able to access the web from any of their mobile devices, laptops and tablets - library...
The Hospice is preparing for their Mother's Day Spring Fair which takes place on Sunday 30 March. The fair will include a variety of stalls, food raffles and tombola. Preparation...
The flag of Pakistan was raised at the Town Hall this morning (Friday 21 March) to commemorate Pakistan Day. The flag was raised by Mayor of Rochdale Councillor Peter Rush....
A brave little girl who lost her battle with cancer is the inspiration behind a woman’s gruelling fundraising challenge. Saima Naseem is pushing herself to the limit to honour...
Littleborough resident Melinda Muldoon will begin an 11-day trek across Nepal on 31 October in aid of Sue Ryder. Melinda will walk across the Himalayas for seven to eight hours...
Road safety charity Brake and bereaved families are calling for tougher charges and penalties for drivers who kill and injure, to provide desperately needed justice for victim...
Littleborough Crohn's Disease sufferer Zoe Renshaw, who is running the London Marathon on 13 April to raise both awareness of Crohn's and funds for Crohn's and Colitis UK, is...
Date Published 20/03/2014
Two lanes closed on the M62 in both directions between junctions 22 and 23, due to an accident. Approach the area with caution.
The first publically owned solar farm in Greater Manchester may be constructed on contaminated land behind Rochdale Leisure Centre, Entwistle Road, if the business case proves...
A series of web pages to assist bereaved families in Rochdale, Oldham and Bury boroughs with matters relating to the Coroner’s Service has been launched. At times of sudden...
Charity Re~Cycle has linked up with Halfords in Rochdale in an initiative to use unwanted bikes to provide life-changing, affordable transport to communities in Africa....
Well done to those students who took part in the dance project which had its performance on Sunday 16 March at The Gracie Fields Theatre. I know that the staff who supported the...
In the aftermath of the second TBA site fire in a year, a government agency relied upon by Rochdale Council and Greater Manchester Fire Service is not up to the job of protecting...
Fire crew from Rochdale's White Watch were joined on duty by local celebrity chef Andrew Nutter and pupils from nearby Heybrook Primary School officially marked the opening of...
