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The Environment Agency is asking for local communities to report suspicious bonfires over the coming weekend. Many illegal waste operators see Bonfire night as an excuse to...
Date Published 02/11/2012
A recent celebration event marks the start of a year-long series of events leading up to Groundwork Oldham & Rochdale’s 30th birthday in October 2013. The Team Programme...
Members of a crime gang whose sophisticated car-ringing scam duped dozens of innocent buyers have been ordered to repay a total of £70,000.
Andrew Crossley, owner of Crossley & Son Estate Agents has flown out to New York to take part in the New York Marathon over the weekend to raise money for Leukaemia & Lymphoma...
Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner candidate Steven Woolfe has pledged to take only half the salary if elected.
Farms for City Children is teaming up with the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) to look for a new farm in the north of England, to give even more children from the...
A 12-year-old boy from Heywood has received burns to his legs from a stray firework. A spokesman for Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue said: "Fireworks are dangerous and can...
Date Published 01/11/2012
More retail jobs are at risk in Rochdale after electrical chain Comet confirmed that it would be put into administration next week. Private equity firm OpCapita, which owns the...
A man from Middleton has died and his wife has been seriously injured by a horse in Lancashire. They were towing a horse box on the A56 in Haslingden on Wednesday evening when...
A local house designed by CJ Partnership Architects, a practice based in Rochdale, has been nominated for 'Best Innovative Design' at the Northern Design Awards. CJ Partnership...
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is setting up a Trust choir for everyone - staff, patients/service users, carers and members of the public.
GMP’s pledge to make the roads safer has helped reduce deaths by 38 per cent in the last nine months. Twenty two fewer victims have lost their lives on the roads of Greater...
With more than one out of every ten people admitting to have used A&E when they knew they didn’t need to, hospital doctors and nurses are asking the public to think twice before...
Date Published 31/10/2012
Metrolink is now carrying out tests on the new Oldham and Rochdale Metrolink line, using vehicles from its fleet of new M5000 trams. As part of the dynamic testing process a...
Planning permission has been granted for the Metrolink park and ride facility on the former depot/vehicle storage yard bounded by Hare Street and Lincoln Street.
Police are sending would-be trick or treaters advice on how to stay safe this Halloween. The day which sees youngsters getting dressed up, can be a lot of fun for children and...
Driving test candidates in the Middleton area will benefit from a more convenient local facility when a new driving test service opens in the town next month.
A benefit cheat who failed to declare he was working full time has pleaded guilty to benefit fraud. Anthony Fitzsimmons, 43, of Schofield Street, Heywood fraudulently claimed...
Two Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) volunteers have been praised for their quick-thinking that helped a man trapped in a car at the scene of a collision in...
Fears about a new wave of Eastern European immigration, which would put British workers’ jobs at risk, have been expressed by MEP Paul Nuttall.
Winter/Christmas Fair This year’s Fair is on Friday 30 November at 3.20pm. If anyone has any raffle prizes they would be willing to donate, we would be very grateful. Thank you....
Rebecca Whitaker, Year 10L at Beech House School, received her 1st Runner-Up prize in the Age Concern/Metro Rochdale ‘Dignity in Care’ 2012 Art Competition this week, for which...
Harvest Assembly Friday 2 November Thank you for your generosity towards the food collection which has been collected by the Rochdale Foodbank, a local charity set up to support...
In a bid to raise more awareness and vital funds for Myasthenia Gravis Association (MGA) the organisation are reaching out to communities in the North Manchester area requesting...
Roch Valley Way, Rochdale (NEW) - on the approach to Manchester Road Single lane closure to facilitate safe access to manhole 18 November 2012 only, 7.00am until 2.00pm...
The Liverpool care pathway has transformed end of life care from an undignified, painful experience into a peaceful, dignified death at home, argues a doctor in this week’s BMJ.
Last week’s theme was ‘World Missions’ and our Enterprise capability was Initiative. Thank you to everyone who helped us celebrate Mass for All Saints Day. Parents of some...
Welcome back to the second half of the Autumn Term. This half term is 8 weeks long and finishes with the Christmas Celebrations on Friday 21 December. As soon as the Christmas...
Over 2,000 young people from schools across Rochdale have taken part in a special event designed to help them put their future first. ‘Future First’, held at Rochdale Town...
Polling figures released today show that UKIP has left the Lib Dems lagging way behind in the North West. The survey by TNS reveals that if a General Election was held now...
