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Fears that Sir Cyril Smith was sexually abusing boys were reported to police four years before an investigation was opened, it has been claimed. Social worker Lyndon Price said...
Date Published 07/02/2013
Students were offered lessons with a difference on Tuesday 5 February as Wardle High School saw the Police and members of the Prison Service attend the school and run a programme...
The Children’s Observation and Assessment Unit at Fairfield General Hospital is to remain temporarily closed until the end of February 2013 when the situation will be reviewed.
Some people could be underestimating their alcohol intake by as much as 40 per cent, according to new figures the Department of Health published today (7 February).
Local Growth Minister Mark Prisk has today (7 February 2013) issued a warning to high streets across the country that they need to adapt to meet the changing needs of today’s...
The Government has announced that it is planning to extend legal protection over dog attacks to cover those that take place on private property.
Ten budding reporters took part in a Practice News Day for BBC School Report. Chairing editorial meetings, seeking out staff and learners’ views on the hot topics of the day...
MEP Paul Nuttall has written to all the MPs in his North West constituency urging them to take urgent action over pay day loans. “I feel really strongly about these loans and...
One of the ELLI (effective lifelong learning inventory) dimensions is creativity. Creativity is the ELLI dimension which interests me the most because it helps me get out of...
Rochdale and Littleborough Peace Group met on Wednesday night (6 February 2013) to discuss the growing crisis surrounding nuclear power and nuclear waste in the United Kingdom and...
Over 6,000 homes in the North West will be better protected from the devastating effects of flooding, Defra and the Environment Agency have confirmed today, after nearly...
Town centre manager Debbie O’Brien thinks a giant 'big wheel' is the answer to bring more people into Rochdale. She believes the idea is realistic and would mirror the success...
Date Published 06/02/2013
Disgraced former MP, Cyril Smith was a regular visitor to a guest house in Barnes, London which is now at the centre of Operation Fernbridge; set up in the wake of the Jimmy...
A new leading light for transport in Greater Manchester Transport for Greater Manchester’s new Chief Executive has set out the key opportunities and challenges facing the...
Rochdale Sci-Fi Convention Friday 22 & Saturday 23 February at 11am-4pm at Rochdale’s Wheatsheaf Shopping Centre. Red Dwarf; Star Wars; Doctor Who; Iron-man & friends;...
Mayor, Cllr James Gartside, created quite a stir rustling up a mouth-watering meal as part of a series of healthy cookery classes. Joining 14 local workers at St Andrew’s...
St Joseph’s Penny We have received collection boxes from Salford Diocese on behalf of CARITAS. We will support St Joseph’s Penny over Lent to assist CARITAS in various projects...
A team of Mechanical Engineering students at Hopwood Hall College have been busy manufacturing mini machines for local firm Farrel Ltd. The company, based in Castleton,...
Pupils from Matthew Moss School in Rochdale have linked up with food company Richard Whittaker Ltd to help create some great tasting new products.
Residents can have their say on what the borough’s library service should look like in the years to come in a consultation that started on 31 January.
Nominations are open for national NHS Heroes campaign to find NHS winter heroes. Who’s your hero? Who do you know who has gone the extra mile to provide exceptional care this...
As an addition to the normal order of business, board members of Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust heard a presentation given by a Clinical Matron about a patient experience at...
Teachers from nearly 1,750 schools across the North West can now nominate for Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Young School Gardener of the Year 2013, a quest to find the most...
The man who died after a collision on the M60 motorway has been named. Christopher Lowe, 25, who was from the Heaton Moor area of Stockport, was driving a Mercedes Sprinter...
This week we launch our new ‘Arts Takeaway’ kits for interested learners in Years 7 and 8. If you think you might be bored this February half-term or at a loose end, then why not...
All Year 11 students were involved in a conference on Thursday which focused on thinking skills, attitude to learning, exam preparation and independent learning. All students came...
I congratulate Stephen Gilbert on his honest and open contribution to this debate. I will give my personal view, which I know differs from the views of the vast majority of...
In this week’s BMJ, doctors highlight the dangers of sledging and recommend that “it is avoided in poor light and after drinking alcohol.”
Date Published 05/02/2013
Rochdale will feature in a new prime time BBC television series later this month. 'The Planners', an observational documentary following planning issues and the sometimes...
The Ash Wednesday service at St Andrew's, the parish church of Dearnley and Smithy Bridge, will take the form of Sung Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes, starting at 7.30pm and...
