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Key Stage 1 at Hamer Community Primary School has been busy this week. On Monday the children were visited by the Skylight Circus as their entry point for their new IPC Topic on...
Date Published 01/03/2013
Air monitoring tests conducted before the February 15 fire at the former Turner Brothers Asbestos (TBA) Rochdale asbestos site have recorded elevated levels of asbestos fibres in...
The new state of the art Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, which opened at The Royal Oldham Hospital on 3 December 2012, is now fully operational and one of three specialist regional...
Action has been promised by the Government regarding the former TBA site fire and its aftermath. Speaking in Parliament yeaterday, Rochdale's MP Simon Danczuk asked the...
Police are appealing for witnesses after two cars were stolen in Rochdale. The first took place at 12.40pm on Sunday 10 February 2013 after the 21-year-old victim arranged to...
A father was threatened at knife point in front of his daughter in Heywood. It happened between 4.30pm and 5.10pm on Tuesday 26 February 2013 when two men broke into a house...
A family of 13 from Rochdale return to television screens next Tuesday (5 March) as part of an ongoing Channel 4 documentary. Unemployed Mohammed Salim, 54, and wife Noreen,...
A passion for reading and writing has prompted a Rochdale librarian to join BBC Radio Two’s hunt for the next J. K. Rowling or Jacqueline Wilson.
Rochdale Sixth Form College’s Principal Julian Appleyard will be inspiring and motivating senior school and college leaders across the UK as part of the ALP's National Conferences...
Greater Manchester’s Police and Crime Commissioner is recruiting volunteers for the Independent Custody Visiting scheme. Independent Custody Visitors (ICVs) make random visits...
Ghulam Rasul Shahzad OBE took a ride on the first Metrolink tram leaving Rochdale for Manchester via Oldham at 5.59am on Thursday 28 February 2013, and arriving at Victoria...
Music students at Rochdale Sixth Form College had a visit from top musician Damon Minchella recently, as part of the Brighton Institute of Modern Music’s (BIMM) nationwide schools...
Local residents in seven neighbourhoods across Rochdale who want to improve their local community and also fancy themselves as the next Theo Paphitis or Deborah Meaden can vote...
Rochdale Labour Party has increased its majority on the Council following the defection of the chairman of Rochdale Conservative Association, Councillor Shah Wazir. The Milkstone...
Over 600 attend British Heart Foundation event at Rochdale Town Hall to learn how to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease from Heywood’s own ‘Queens of Heart.’
Big Pedal The charity Sustrans is encouraging kids, parents and teachers to leave the car at home and get on their bikes and scooters for the school run. The three-week 'The Big...
Date Published 28/02/2013
The overwhelming majority (89%) of senior palliative care doctors who responded to a survey carried out for the BMJ and Channel 4’s Dispatches think the Liverpool care pathway...
As part of its ‘Red Tape Challenge’, the Government is inviting businesses and members of the public to identify those regulations that they would like to see changed or removed.
The UK has seen a huge increase in the amount of people who use the internet daily, according to figures released today. Rochdale Online's readership base has continued to grow...
The fight for the Fusiliers was brought home to David Cameron in person by a proud veteran. Bob Keating, 66, a retired sergeant major, stood to attention in the public gallery...
The Rochdale extension of Greater Manchester's Metrolink tram network has opened today. The 4.6 mile (7.4km) expansion of the Oldham and Shaw line currently terminates at...
Every one degree fall in outside air temperature during the winter corresponds to a drop in ambulance response time of more than 1 per cent, reveals research published online in...
Date Published 27/02/2013
The walls of the body’s major artery - the aorta - are already thickened in babies born to mums who are overweight or obese, finds a small study published online in the Fetal and...
Nick Clegg has been accused of ignoring alleged sex abuse victims of the late Liberal Democrat MP Cyril Smith by failing to respond to formal requests for help, The Guardian has...
Following a lengthy debate in the council chamber, Labour controlled Rochdale Council voted to ratify the proposed 3.5% increase in council tax. The increase means that...
World Book Day Friday 8 March is World Book Day. Children can if they wish dress up as a character from their favourite book.
Entrepreneurial students in Rochdale are being offered an innovative aid to working together and thinking differently about the role and purpose of business.
Welcome back to everyone – we hope you had a restful half term. Thank you to those teachers and students who came into school to take part in extra lessons during the holiday....
Well done to Angela Soares, Binyamin Amin and Lauren Harden in year 7 who successfully completed the ‘Art Takeaway!’ Kit Project. Each of the learner undertook an independent...
Calling all budding animators - Manchester University is running its annual competition for anyone who likes to create animations. They want school pupils aged between 7- 19 to...
