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Molly Corrigan, a student at Beech House School, has been voted runner up for the Whitbread Memorial Prize after the ISA Academic Policy Committee met to adjudicate this year's...
Date Published 29/01/2014
David Tully foiled a car jacking this morning (Wednesday 29 January) after he rugby tackled a man attempting to take a van from Claire Jeffries, the Petrus Community Store...
Emma Bond has become the latest recipient of the Childer Award. The Rochdale Childer Award scheme was set up in 2003 with most of the boroughs schools getting involved. During...
Local residents are being asked to tell the council what sort of market they would like via a public consultation. A seven week consultation began at the start of January...
Plans to extend the East Lancashire Railway from Heywood to Castleton are part of a £4m plan set up by Rochdale Council as part of a future transport strategy for the...
Lindsay Eavis spent £4 on raffle tickets and won a £10,000 Peugeot 107 Allure. The ‘win a Car 4 Christmas’ raffle was part of a special initiative at the Pennine Acute Trust,...
Plans have been submitted to prepare the ground for a residential development on the Stansfield Mill site in Littleborough. The application has been received by Rochdale...
Bikeability Last week, children from Wilberforce class too part in the cycling proficiency lessons. Children were taught about hazards and how to use the roads with care when...
Neil Bates (9/1/58), from Heywood, pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit fraud and has been jailed for 12 months at a hearing on 27 January. The lorry driver, of...
Many thanks to the Year 5 and 6 students of Belfield Community Primary School who joined us for our Victorian Melodrama Workshop this week. Students learnt about the acting styles...
A special ceremony to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day was held at the Phoenix Centre in Heywood on Monday 27 January. The service began with the re-dedication of the...
Oulder Hill represented Rochdale in the Greater Manchester Schools Badminton Competition last week and were very unfortunate not to qualify for the latter stages of the...
A plan to ban smoking in cars carrying children is due to be put to a vote in the House of Lords later. Labour peers are to table an amendment to the Children and Families...
Residents, businesses and local groups are being asked if they have plans in 2014 and beyond for marking the 100th anniversary of the First World War. Rochdale Borough Council...
The UK government is stalling over young driver safety policy, despite compelling evidence that it would prevent casualties and save money, argue public health experts, road...
IVF was developed for women with fallopian tube disorders and severe male infertility, but in recent years it has been applied to wider conditions, including unexplained...
Controversial plans to build a Tesco store in the heart of Littleborough have been passed by Rochdale Borough Council Licensing and Regulatory Committee in a meeting this evening...
Date Published 28/01/2014
With less than six months to go before the Tour de France comes to Rochdale, planning for the world’s biggest free sporting event is well under way. Rochdale Borough Council...
Residents in Rochdale and Pennines have just days left to bid for a share of almost £17,000 to fund community projects. The money is up for grabs as part of RBH’s...
Smithy Bridge Station subway has been cleaned up after it was described as being in a “parlous state” by members of rail group STORM (Support The Oldham Rochdale Manchester line).
The Stroke Association is encouraging people to sign up to a 5k, 10k or 15k Resolution Run on Sunday 2 March at Heaton Park. The event is one of 19 Resolution Runs taking...
After a long break because of the Wider Welcome building work on our newly extended and refurbished parish room, our once-a-month parish lunch is now up and running again. The...
Wintry showers and falling temperatures are likely to lead to some icy surfaces late on Wednesday and during Thursday morning. Some areas may see slight falls of snow, most...
An intelligent and articulate teenager left a heart-wrenching message to his girlfriend before jumping from a motorway bridge.
Whitworth Community High School took on the huge task of staging Disney's High School Musical last December and were thrilled to receive many rave reviews. The cast had been...
Local watchdogs want patient’s views on the patient transport service provided by Arriva Transport. Healthwatch Rochdale has joined forces with eight other Greater Manchester...
The signal box at Smithy Bridge Station has closed as signalling will now be controlled by a new Rochdale West box. The box controlled level crossings and acted as a fringe...
Crime and grime in Heywood town centre and the Angel Meadows estate are to be tackled in a day of action on 7 February 2014. Throughout the day, teams from the council, police...
A public meeting regarding the proposed housing development on the former Akzo Nobel site saw a number of concerns raised by members of the public. At the meeting, residents...
Chris Marland has been named Community Champion. At the Rochdale Police Divisional Awards, Chris was awarded a Rochdale Division Commander's Certificate for his work in the...
