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Voters in the Norden ward of Rochdale are set to go to the polls next month to elect their new councillor. A by-election on Thursday 25 April has been called following the...
Date Published 28/03/2013
Property transactions have reached their highest level in over two-and-a-half years, and first time buyer levels have hit a four-year high, according to The Royal Institute of...
Hopwood Hall College helped celebrate the ten year anniversary of British Sign Language (BSL) being recognised and accepted by the government as an official language, by...
Drama The Oliver Twist performance continues this evening. All tickets have now been allocated. The children have given fantastic performances this week. We wish them good...
Illegal waste sites that blight communities and threaten genuine businesses were targeted in a day of action by The Environment Agency yesterday (Wednesday 27 March).
Children from Newlands School feature in a new TV series. Fans of Cbeebies might have noticed the school and children in a new children’s TV series called ‘Tiny Tumble’.
A group of 30 staff from Hopwood Hall College are keeping fit whilst raising money for good causes. The group, which formed a few months ago, will raise money for a different...
Michael Lord, 18, from Rochdale, has won the North West Commis Chef of the Year Competition, and has been presented with the Eric Walker Cup.
It may have been snowing outside, but whilst the organisers of the annual Springhill Hospice Spring Fair couldn't count on the weather, they could count on their supporters who...
The children of two Rochdale men who were tragically killed while on holiday in Thailand have said the deaths had left a “massive hole” in their lives. In a heartbreaking...
An award-winning North West charity which provides person-centred support to adults with learning difficulties and mental health needs raised over £140 for Purple Day, the...
Congratulations to our students who represented Rochdale Borough at Volleyball in the Greater Manchester Winter Games and to Falinge Park music students who performed the...
Date Published 27/03/2013
Following the success of past Hearty Lives walks, local people are invited to come along to a free walking event on Thursday 4 April.
Twelve people have been arrested following an operation to target suspected criminals involved in the trafficking and supply of large amounts of Class A drugs. Today, 27 March...
Sarah Ward, 21, has been volunteering for Springhill Hospice for seven years. Sarah first started volunteering for Springhill Hospice when she took part in work experience whilst...
Year groups have been preparing for Easter with Masses and other reflections during this week. Every child was invited to take a blessed palm to keep in their home. Students...
Four teenagers were threatened and had their bikes and phones stolen from a park in Heywood. It happened at about 3.00pm on Sunday 24 March 2013 when they were riding their...
The Charity Commission has confirmed that it is ‘looking into’ the activities of the the troubled charity Agapao International, which recently moved from Rossendale to its new...
Rochdale AFC striker Bobby Grant has been summoned to Barkingside Magistrates' Court, London over an allegation of racially aggravated harassment. The summons follows an...
Hopwood Hall College students have been sampling the world of work in a series of placements with local employers.
Local MEP Paul Nuttall is urging shoppers to buy British lamb this Easter to help our farmers. “We have all been saddened to see television footage of farmers desperately...
A rallying call is issued today (Wednesday 27 March) by Sir Andrew Motion, CPRE’s President, as the Government’s planning rule-book threatens to be a builders’ charter.
Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk went on record weeks ago saying police were failing sex abuse victims and the police angrily dismissed his allegation. However, a former senior Greater...
Date Published 26/03/2013
An 80-year-old woman had her purse snatched and her wedding ring stolen in a robbery in Rochdale. Between 11.00am and 12.00pm on Tuesday 19 March 2013, two men approached an...
Thank you to all the parents and friends who came to the year 5 collaboration with FPHS project at Carnforth Station on a very inclement Saturday, and the reception class Easter...
Congratulations to the Year 8 table-tennis team who were semi-finalists in the Greater Manchester School Games Competition. They beat Oldham Hulme Grammar School in the...
Waste Scientist – Home Investigation The children in Units 2, 3 and 4 will bring home an investigation sheet about recycling which they can complete with you during the Easter...
A musical mother and son have won through to compete in a national brass band competition – but they will be playing in different bands. Owen Middlemas, 16, from Healey plays...
Twelve men have been jailed after two men were viciously attacked in a Rochdale bar with one later dying from his injuries. 31-year-old John Lee Barrett sustained multiple...
Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team have experienced their busiest period of 2013 due to the adverse weather that has hit the North West over the last few days, including...
