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One of the two men found guilty of the murder of Middleton soldier Lee Rigby is appealing against his conviction. The move has been made by Michael Adebolajo (29), following...
Date Published 01/02/2014
Meticulous work on the Dale Cregan case has won national recognition for a team of Greater Manchester detectives. DCs Sandra Parry, Stuart Kay and Elaine Robinson processed...
The fire at the former Turner Brothers Asbestos site has brought concerns regarding site security, and the potential for serious risk to health, to the fore once more. Jason...
It has been an abysmal start to the new year with the weather. Rain, rain and chances of more rain seems to be the terminal forecast. So it was with hesitation that I booked my...
Armed forces personnel will continue to enjoy free use of Link4Life fitness facilities and swimming pools to the end of 2014. Following a successful pilot, Link4Life, which...
Health visitors from Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust have achieved the Baby Friendly Award.
Our Year 6 Community Cohesion Ambassadors did us all proud again this week during their session with our friends from Marland Hill. The group are exploring themes such as...
Date Published 31/01/2014
Class 3 from St John with St Michael went to Smithills Hall, Bolton as part of their history and literacy topic on The Tudors. The children had a marvellous opportunity to...
A man has today been arrested in connection with the sexual assault of a girl in Rochdale. On Thursday 19 December 2013, a 15-year-old girl was shopping in B & M Bargains on...
A free town centre bus which aims to make it easier for visitors to get around the rapidly changing Rochdale town centre will be taking to the road on Monday 3 February. The...
With "only” 11 months of 2014 remaining, staff at Springhill Hospice are now planning the 2015 Hospice Calendar. Over the years the calendar has become a Hospice tradition – with...
A Heywood-based logistics firm has been fined £250,000 after a worker was killed when he fell through a warehouse roof in Wythenshawe. Michael Sweet, 48, from Stockport, was...
A scheme to secure a Rochdale reservoir against the risk of flooding has been nominated for an award by the Institution of Civil Engineers North West. Rydings Reservoir is...
Securing a strong local economy in Rochdale is dependent on many things. Entrepreneurial spirit, the right skills base and investment are some of the ingredients, but we should...
Greater Manchester Police have won the Innovation in Forensics category at The Investigator Excellence in Investigations Awards. The case in question was against Dale Cregan and...
Greater Manchester’s Police and Crime Commissioner is asking residents to contribute an extra £5 to the region’s policing budget to help mitigate massive budget cuts imposed by...
Local MEP Paul Nuttall has queried how we will know how many migrants have arrived from Bulgaria and Romania as he believes immigration officials are not keeping count.
Beales, a department store located in the Exchange Shopping Centre in Rochdale Town Centre has been praised for its use of a national work experience programme. Beales, which...
Firefighters currently remain at the scene after a fire raged through the former Turner Brothers site last night (Thursday 30 January). Around 35 firefighters tackled the...
Rochdale engineering apprentices took part in a competition arranged by Rochdale Training and went up against teams from across the North West. The Rochdale team came second in...
Date Published 30/01/2014
In the first brass band concert of the Dobcross Club 2014 season, Milnrow Band set a high standard for the bands booked to follow at this well known centre of brass banding. A...
Wood Street in Heywood has been chosen as the road that will be re-named after Victorian Cross hero, Anthony Palmer. Buried in Heywood Cemetery, Private Palmer was honoured by...
Heap Bridge Primary School in Heywood is planning to turn a World War 2 air raid shelter that they have in their grounds into a museum. The shelter, which was used by school...
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing has identified 191 housing tenants who have wrongfully been charged bedroom tax since April last year. In a loophole around the charge of bedroom...
Members of the Rochdale Environmental Action Group (REAG) cleaned Old Manchester Road on Saturday 25 January. One member of the group has recently bought a business on...
Stuart Sharples (27/11/84) has been sentenced to 32 months in prison and he will have to sign the Sex Offender’s Register indefinitely after he pleaded guilty to three counts of...
Footage of a man who sexually assaulted a teenage girl in Rochdale town centre last month has been released. The teenage girl first saw the man whilst she was shopping in B&M...
Northern Rail has revealed that Rochdale is a fare dodging hot spot. They found that the most common journey where people are caught travelling without a ticket was from Rochdale...
A Rochdale soldier has been honing his military skills in the freezing environment of the snow capped French Alps. Private Summander Hussain, 23, of Three Medical Regiment...
Date Published 29/01/2014
Heywood Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society made a 'sound' investment after receiving a welcome boost of £2,000 from Co-operative members in the area.
