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A highlight of our activities to celebrate the grand opening of the new Wider Welcome community facility at St Andrew's, Dearnley, will be a concert in church on the evening of...
Date Published 04/12/2013
A keen cyclist has, with friends and colleagues, completed a gruelling 500-mile bike ride from Monte Carlo to Rome, raising more than £5,000 for Children in Need. Mike...
This week, The BMJ announces a call for research papers for a special theme issue in 2014 on overdiagnosis and overtreatment - to highlight the harms and waste associated with...
As an MP you spend a good deal of your time listening to people’s problems. Some of these relate purely to an individual’s circumstances. But there are others that point to a...
Food poverty in the UK “has all the signs of a public health emergency,” warn experts in a letter to The BMJ this week. David Taylor-Robinson from the University of Liverpool,...
A 61-year-old woman was assaulted after she confronted two youths who were knocking bins over. The woman was outside her house on Jeffrey Walk, Heywood when she noticed two...
Road users in the North West are being advised to check the weather forecast and road conditions before they travel tomorrow (5 December), as strong winds are forecast. As a...
Each Christmas, British Transport Police receives numerous reports of theft from on-board trains or at stations. This year officers want to make it a 'Bleak Midwinter' for...
For four year old Noah Dart, Christmas is the highlight of his year. Noah doesn’t know it yet, but Santa is writing him a special letter which Noah will receive before Santa...
Serving Wardle and Smallbridge, Wardle Village Church holds the Annual Christingle Service this Sunday at 11.00am. The service will be led by our new vicar Rev. Canon Sharon Jones...
Date Published 03/12/2013
The Rotary Club of Middleton have finished their float in just the nick of time for their fundraising Father Christmas to hit the streets of Middleton today (3 December).
The Rochdale Branch of the Salvation Army is asking for donations of new toys as part of this year's toy appeal. Toys donated to the appeal will then be given to vulnerable and...
A lorry driver from Heywood, who was caught four times with illegal loads of beer smuggled from France, has been jailed for a £131,000 fraud. Simon O’Hare, 29, was stopped on...
Vandals sprayed black paint on cars and houses on Edenfield Road, Norden, on Sunday (1 December) morning. A resident told Rochdale Online: “We woke up Sunday morning and...
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) is signing up to a new initiative to combat crime and anti-social behaviour in its neighbourhoods. The mutual housing provider is forging...
The Mayor, Councillor Peter Rush, is hosting the Civic Carol Service at St Joseph’s Church in Heywood at 7pm on Wednesday December 11, followed by mulled wine and mince pies at...
Suzanne Heslan was invited by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy to a reception at Buckingham Palace to celebrate British contemporary poetry last month. The 29-year-old, who has...
Hamer Community Primary School had a fabulous time taking part in the Reindeer Parade on Sunday 1 December. The children looked amazing in their reindeer headdresses and we...
Byron Milne from Rochdale is appealing his prison sentence seven months after he was jailed. The 30-year-old admitted conspiracy to import and supply controlled substances and was...
A Girlguiding member from Rochdale has been awarded the charity’s ultimate accolade – the Queen’s Guide Award – demonstrating her exceptional leadership and community action....
The trial of six men who are accused of murdering Khruam Shaikh in Sri Lanka two years ago has been adjourned until March 2014. Sampath Chandra Pushpa and five others are...
Rochdale Borough Council is wishing residents a very green Christmas and environmentally friendly New Year with a festive recycling message. Councillor Jacqui Beswick, Cabinet...
Local health experts are advising patients not to leave it too late to order and collect repeat prescriptions.
Chemical compounds found in cannabis may help to reduce brain damage following a stroke, new research announced at the annual UK Stroke Forum has revealed. Researchers at the...
Over the last school year, pupils at St Anne’s Academy in Middleton have all completed sessions on ‘Road safety and staying safe when out near the road’ with Rochdale Borough...
Rochdale Environmental Action Group (REAG) held its election on Saturday 30 November, 2013, at Castlemere Community Centre, Tweedale Street, Rochdale. Members of the Group meet...
Plans to replace some British road signs with standardised European ones are "more sinister controlling EU moves," says MEP Paul Nuttall. "They want to control and nanny our...
Members of Rochdale and District Motor Club competed in a Pennine Trial. For this trial, riders embarked on a course of ten sections and four laps. Described as a “decent size...
Date Published 02/12/2013
The new Bishop of Manchester, the Right Reverend David Walker has been enthroned as the 12th Bishop of Manchester at a service held on Saturday 30 November. The service, which...
Healthwatch Rochdale renewed their working partnership with Hopwood Hall College when they organised an informative event surrounding young carers. Held in partnership with...
