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Shelly B’s Cafe is very reminiscent of a good old-fashioned transport cafe. Situated near the foot of Drake Street, it is clean, warm and welcoming. We popped in for breakfast and...
Date Published 24/01/2014
Rochdale Council of Mosques and St Chad’s Church organised a joint visit to St Chad’s church. Imams (Muslim priests) from Al-Quba Mosque on Ramsay Street and Ghamkol Mosque, Derby...
Two men wearing ski masks and carrying a weapon threatened to attack the staff as they robbed William Hill bookmakers on Boarshaw Road in Middleton. The men stole a substantial...
Two men wearing balaclavas stole money from a petrol station in Hopwood. The offenders walked into the shop at Hopwood Service station on Rochdale Road at around 7.25am on...
Date Published 23/01/2014
Forty young women who attend Saturday fitness sessions provided by Rochdale Youth Service travelled to Old Trafford to watch Manchester United play Sunderland yesterday (Wednesday...
Heywood in Bloom will be holding a general meeting and presentation evening for awards from the 2013 competition. The awards will be presented by Mayor Councillor Peter Rush...
Film producer Baldwin Li from Hopwood has been nominated for an Oscar for his short film The Voorman Problem, which stars actor Martin Freeman. Baldwin and film director Mark...
Maurice Fletcher, 57, who had vowed to kill himself over his troubled love life, accidentally caused a gas explosion in his flat. He then drove to a field and committed suicide an...
Former Hornets player Les Jones died last week. Norman Starkie, Les' nephew, has contacted the club to inform them the funeral takes place on Friday 24 January, at St...
Greater Manchester’s Police and Crime Commissioner has warned that crime is on the rise and "the situation is likely to get worse as the Government’s programme of reckless cuts...
Representatives of Rochdale Multi Faith Partnership and Rochdale Borough Council are to lead the borough’s Holocaust Memorial Day commemorations at a special ceremony on Monday 27...
Work to improve more than 300 roads across Rochdale borough is on target to be completed by 2015. In 2012 Rochdale Borough Council announced that £10m in funding, from both...
Huddersfield Road, Newhey Temporary Signals to facilitate street lighting renewal Signals will be in place at various points along the length of Huddersfield Road 3 February...
The UK government is considering whether to adopt a recommendation to introduce a new criminal sanction in cases where healthcare workers are “unequivocally guilty of wilful or...
Poor growth in the first three months of pregnancy is associated with a range of cardiovascular risk factors in childhood, finds a study published on bmj.com. The findings add...
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) members have voted to transfer the assets of the wholly-owned development subsidiary Brighter Horizons into the main RBH society, in a move that...
A Rochdale man plans to help UK charity Wellchild by cycling the 100 mile ride London event in the summer. Vincenzo Iannidinardi is no fitness freak and openly admits: "When I...
Sacramental programme - A meeting will be held in the school hall on Monday, 3 February for children on the Sacramental Programme. The meeting will run from 3pm to 4pm. The...
Laura Conway, Deputy Head Girl at Wardle Academy, gives her view on her past few months at school. In November I performed at the Royal Albert Hall with the Academy’s Youth...
Kate Collins, 15, has won the M6 Theatre Company Act Now! monologue writing competition. Kate impressed the judges with her piece In Real Life. Kate will receive £250 and the...
A fire caused serious damage at a three storey terraced house in Gower Street, Wardleworth when an electronic tablet overheated after it was left charging on clothes. Two fire...
Schoolchildren at Holy Family RC and CE College in Heywood have been learning about road safety. Rochdale Borough Council's casualty reduction team provided lessons to around...
In an extraordinary council meeting, the council decided to give The Right Hon.Lord Barnett and Rochdale Hornets the Freedom of the Borough. Starting the Council meeting, the...
Date Published 22/01/2014
Sue Pickup has been named as the Rochdale North Citizen of the Year. Sue received a trophy and certificate, which were awarded to her by Chief Superintendent Annette Anderson....
Rochdale North Police welcomed the pupils and staff of year 6HW from Broadfield Community Primary School into the police station for a fun filled and educational...
Rochdale Police state that a large percentage of burglaries are opportunistic and preventable if people remain security conscious. A police spokesman said: "Always lock doors...
Police are appealing for the public’s help in trying to trace an individual who is believed to be responsible for two sneak in type thefts. The offences occurred on Ennerdale...
Funding for transport in Greater Manchester will be slashed by £19 million over the next two years. Transport chiefs say they are facing “unprecedented pressures”....
Over 3,000 people, some from as far away as Edinburgh, Scotland, attended the funeral of Farhan Majid at the Central Mosque on Mere Street. The funeral followed Friday prayers...
Wardle Academy’s Junior Band and Youth Band took part in the Butlin’s Mineworkers’ National Open Brass Band Festival last weekend (Friday 17th January – Monday 20th January). The...
