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A comedy feature film, Best Little Whorehouse in Rochdale, is winning awards in film festivals. The no-budget 105 minute feature film has won awards from the London...
Date Published 08/04/2013
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service faced one of their busiest shifts of the year last night following a spate of fires involving rubbish or grass, including incidents in...
Olympic cycling gold medallist Joanna Rowsell was hit by a car while out cycling in Milnrow on Saturday (6 April). The Great Britain star suffered cuts and bruises during the...
The Rochdale Environmental Action Group has now set up small teams of two and three who go in different areas. This Saturday, there were three teams i.e. one working in Castlemere...
In an article for the Sunday Telegraph, Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk pens a compelling critique of the welfare state and the need for the left to rediscover their "crusading zeal"...
An Easter Egg Hunt and Fun Day was held at Honresfeld, Leonard Cheshire Disability Home in Littleborough today (Sunday 7 April).
Date Published 07/04/2013
Over 100 dogs and owners took part in the 'Doggy Dash For Life' this morning (Sunday 7 April) at Hollingworth Lake. The event is a fun day to raise funds for Cancer Research...
A woman needed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after being rescued from a fire in her home in Wardle. She was taken to hospital by ambulance. Firefighters were called ...
Retail expert Natalie Kay was in town this week facilitating Retail Ready People's retail training workshops. The five p’s of retail (price, place, promotion, product and...
Date Published 06/04/2013
The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Rochdale Infirmary, The Royal Oldham Hospital, Fairfield, and North Manchester General Hospitals is holding a series of events to...
A team of officers from Greater Manchester Police will be tackling hills and crossing countries as part a charity cycle from Lands End to John ‘o’ Groats.
Date Published 05/04/2013
Staff and patients in the Victoria Breast Cancer Unit at The Royal Oldham Hospital have welcomed the introduction of a new scalp cooling system to help treat breast cancer, thanks...
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has published an access guide for using Metrolink trams. The 18-page guide comprehensively covers all you need to know including buying...
A man had his arm broken by a machete as three men tried to rob his home in Middleton. The incident happened at around 8.00pm on Friday 29 March 2013, when three men armed...
While Britain braces itself for a suspected tidal wave of immigrants from Rumania and Bulgaria the EU is busy encouraging citizens to treat Europe as their playground. A...
Date Published 04/04/2013
Greater Manchester’s Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd has welcomed a major study into how police handle anti-social behaviour.
For the first time in the UK, police in Greater Manchester will officially record if a person who belongs to an alternative sub-culture has been a victim of hate crime. This will...
At about 7.30pm on Friday 8 March 2013, police were called to an address on Smithy Bridge Road in Rochdale to reports of a collision between a car and a pedestrian.
Jo Mitchell has been named as the School Nurse of the Year in a national award given by the Community Practitioner and Health Visiting Association (CPHVA).
Local residents can learn how to use their energy smarter and save hundreds of pounds on their gas and electricity bills by joining the new Energy Smart Club, launched locally by...
A newly equipped CCTV van will travel around hotspot areas in Middleton and Heywood trying to prevent and tackle anti-social behaviour and crime.
Date Published 03/04/2013
Five years ago the problem of nuisance calls was virtually unknown. Today levels of anger and annoyance are running so high among the public that more letters and emails are sent...
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has warned councils against using "under-the-counter pay-offs to silence departing staff".
Freezing temperatures in March made it the joint second coldest since records began more than 100 years ago, the Met Office has said.
The use of police cautions for criminal offences in England and Wales is to be reviewed, the government has announced. Cautions, issued at the discretion of police, are a way...
The government's introduction of Universal Credit could leave landlords out of pocket.
Communities in Heywood and central Rochdale will receive central government funding to help improve their resilience to flood risk.
The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is investigating after confidential information about their patients was found by members of the public. Information about 16 child...
Date Published 02/04/2013
Rebecca Walsh has won first place as part of the Association of Hairdressers and Therapists (AHT) Nails and Media Make-up competitions held at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool.
Budget day was an opportunity for Chancellor George Osborne to introduce Plan B. He failed and opted for more of the same. His strategy has been to give more cash to the wealthy.
