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A 13-year-old boy was threatened and robbed in Middleton. At around 6.15pm on Wednesday 6 November 2013, the boy was with a group of his friends at Limefield Park in Middleton...
Date Published 15/11/2013
The Rochdale branch of Blockbuster on Spotland Raod is one of 72 Blockbuster stores in the UK to close with the loss of 452 jobs after the company went into administration for the...
The People's Gym in Heywood has received a donation of boxing equipment from Ringside Boxing Equipment. Equipment donated to the gym included gloves and pads. Gym owner...
Organisers of Milnrow carnival are still looking for their raffle prize winner. The winner, wristband 371, has not yet claimed their prize of an ipad. People who attended the...
Wardle Academy Youth Band have performed this week at the Royal Albert Hall as part of Music for Youth’s School’s (MfY) Proms 2013. The band performed in the MfY National...
Local writer Shirley Kennedy has written a poem based on opinions and comments made throughout the borough regarding the issue of executive pay rises within the...
A Rochdale woman has been honoured for her dedication to girlguiding over the last 20 years with a prestigious Laurel Award. Sarah Barnes, the leader of Wardle Guides and...
Kingsway, Rochdale - at it's junction with Turf Hill Road Three-way temporary signals in operation to facilitate the installation of traffic signals at the aforementioned...
Tenants at Jack McCann Court were celebrating this week following a successful £6,500 bid to the Big Lottery Fund 'Awards for All' grant scheme. The Residents Association was...
Since the Girlguiding Promise came into effect on 1 September 2013, 32nd Rochdale Guides were determined to 'be of service to their community' in some way. With the increased news...
Representatives of Northgate Public Services, the company handed responsibility by Rochdale Borough Council for handling Rochdale's Discretionary Crisis Fund, were grilled by...
Many residents in Rochdale are unhappy with parking charges in Rochdale town centre when some say that "there isn’t much of a town centre to come to". Car parking in Rochdale...
Young people across Greater Manchester are being offered the chance to be Police and Crime Commissioner for a day. The competition has been launched by Tony Lloyd to mark one...
Ali Asghar, owner of A&B Carpets in Rochdale met Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg at a special Eid party held at Whitehall last week. A few hundred people attended the event...
Date Published 14/11/2013
Sunni Wilson, 17, from Rochdale, is looking for sponsors and local support for his 2014 race campaign. After a four year break Sunni returned to the Formula 400 class in 2012...
The huge surge in the amount of people based abroad receiving the winter fuel allowance has been branded as "absurd" by Paul Nuttall, UKIP deputy leader. Official figures have...
Rochdale’s new transport interchange opens its doors to the public on Sunday 17 November. The interchange, which is located on Smith Street, will provide enhanced levels of...
Students from Siddal Moor attended a Shakespeare Festival at the Bolton Octagon, which was performance in the round, a completely new experience for our pupils. Students from...
The call handling service NHS 111 increased the use of ambulance and urgent and emergency care services during its first year of operation, shows a detailed evaluation, published...
The resting pulse rate of UK pre-teens may have risen by up to two beats a minute during the past 30 years. But the rise does not seem to be linked to the overall weight gain seen...
More than 20 million people wouldn’t change their lifestyle even if they knew someone with mouth cancer, according to new research. More than three in ten (31 per cent) said...
The Environment Agency is warning of an increased likelihood of flooding this winter. Wet weather, strong winds coinciding with high tides and wind-blown leaves and debris...
Give Nature a Home Marje Gillespy from the RSPB has been in to talk to our eco-committee. We are running a competition in school to design and make a bird house. She has shown...
Date Published 13/11/2013
Armed robbers escaped with a till containing cash from Simply Drinks on Kirkway, Middleton. Members of staff were in a back room when they entered and saw what was unfolding on...
A cold snap is quickly followed by a rise in ‘frost jacking’, which sees thieves make off with cars that have been left to de-ice on the drive, complete with the keys in the...
Jim Dobbin MP has backed Labour’s plans to raise wages for thousands of low-paid workers in Heywood and Middleton. Labour has vowed introduce Make Work Pay contracts that will...
Adult Community Training has donated 5,000 paperback books and assorted furniture including book spinners, shelving, desks and chairs to Springhill Hospice in Rochdale.
Shakeel Ali (01/02/1992) of Albert Royds Street Rochdale, has been charged with three burglaries which took place across the Rochdale area and a number of offences of making off...
Children from KS2 will attend a parade at Rochdale Town Hall on Tuesday 19 November to welcome home the First Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers from their tour of Afghanistan....
More than 4,850 children have been treated as inpatients and 4,700 have attended the paediatric observation and assessment unit at The Royal Oldham Hospital’s new children’s ward...
