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Lewis Threlfall has been named Young Citizen of the Year. At the Rochdale Police Divisional Awards, Lewis, Rochdale’s Children’s Champion, was awarded a Rochdale Division...
Date Published 28/01/2014
Police targeted illegal vehicles as part of a national day of action to target metal theft. During the day police stopped 24 vehicles and issued £3,800 of fines to drivers...
A 14-year-old boy was punched in the face for his iPhone. At around 5.45pm on Friday 17 January 2014, the boy was walking through Middleton town centre with his friends when...
Gale Whittick and Kim Hawkesford are preparing to run the London marathon to raise money for their chosen charities. Gale will be running the marathon to raise money for The...
Date Published 27/01/2014
Fifty years ago this month, a small group of Rochdale railway enthusiasts founded what has now become known as the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Preservation Trust. The...
An inquest has heard that John Cannan, 51, from Heywood died after choking on food in a Middle Eastern airport. The dad of two collapsed at the airport on his way home from...
Celebrate the 14th National Storytelling Week (1 – 8 February) with Rochdale Borough Libraries and Bookstart Bear to help start a new chapter in your child’s lifelong love of...
The cost of parking permits is being reduced by 25 per cent by Rochdale Borough Council. Parking tariffs in council car parks across the borough will also be frozen at their...
Our morning service at 10.30am on Sunday is an Own Arrangements service led by the Stewards. There will also be Sunday Club activities for children aged 5-15.
The winners of the Rochdale Borough Design Awards will be announced on Thursday 20 February during a ceremony at Rochdale Town Hall. They will be presented by Steve McIntyre,...
A campaign has been launched to restore play equipment to an abandoned children’s park. The pocket-park on the Cray Estate has been neglected for years and toddler play...
The RSPB and Nature Ed held a Big Birdwatch event on Saturday (25 January) and Sunday (26 January) as a way of encouraging people to spot wildlife in their gardens and surrounding...
Middleton Arena have celebrated its fifth birthday on Saturday (25 January) by holding a birthday party and open day for visitors. The arena opened its doors in January 2009...
Rock Choir leader Phil Reynolds has opened a School of Rock and Pop in Rochdale on Saturday (25 January). The school, which is located in the former tramways building on Mellor...
A man has been found dead in Littleborough. It is understood the man was walking his dog near Brearley Farm, Brearley Road, Littleborough. A police spokesman has confirmed...
Date Published 25/01/2014
Mayor Peter Rush and Mayoress Monica Rush welcomed people into Rochdale Town Hall for this year's Mayor’s Charity Ball. The ball took a Scottish theme and celebrated Burns...
Rochdale Town Centre Management has launched their completely redeveloped website. The website provides users with information regarding the town centre and allows the Town...
The Under 13s football team at Whitworth Community High School has reached the semi-final of the English School’s Small School’s Cup. The team, made up of pupils from year 7...
The new year brings fresh beginnings, a larger waist and a flatter wallet. It's an uphill struggle already. One of the typical new year resolutions is to detox or 'go dry' for...
A workman who fell through a roof of an industrial unit has died. The 42-year-old man was one of two men from a Littleborough firm to have fallen 25ft through a roof on an...
Date Published 24/01/2014
The borough's high schools have improved this year according to their GCSE results. Figures released show that Beech House school is the top performing school in the borough...
Parents of pupils in year nine at Whitworth Community High School are angry with the school after changes to pupil’s sets were implemented. The new changes now place pupils in...
The family of a 12-year-old boy who was thrown about and punched before having his bike stolen are appealing for people to help find the culprit. The incident happened between...
We started this week with a visit from M&M Theatre who performed Sleeping Beauty for our Reception children and the children from Springside Primary School. It was a magical...
Rochdale Sixth Form College has come top of the class after being named the best college in the country for value added performance in the Department for Education’s latest...
The school is proud to announce that we have been asked by the British Council to work with the Egyptian Paralympic committee to support the planning and provision for sports...
Brake, the road safety charity, has praised police for their increased efforts to catch drink and drug drivers over the festive period and welcomed news that drink drive arrests...
Peter Cushing, Metrolink Director at Transport for Greater Manchester, said: “There is no delay to the opening of the Metrolink extension to the town centre. The line is scheduled...
The Cinnamon Trust is the national charity whose wonderful volunteers help people over retirement age and those in the latter stages of a terminal illness by offering all kinds of...
People will be able to ride trams into the heart of Oldham from Monday, as the Metrolink network’s latest addition officially opens to the public. Subject to final testing and...
