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Prices in the UK are rising at their slowest rate since the end of 2009, official figures have shown. The annual inflation rate as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI)...
Date Published 17/07/2012
A pilot scheme under which people can find out from police if their partner has a history of domestic violence has started in the Greater Manchester Police area. The trial of...
Date Published 16/07/2012
Michelle Uddin of Falinge Park High School has been recognised by the SHINE educational charity for her inventive approach to teaching.
Teenagers from the borough are set to become radio stars as they hit the airwaves with a vital summer safety message for teenagers.
Housing mutual Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) has started on site in Newbold to build six modern terraced properties comprising four bedroom family homes which will be...
The borough’s residents are being thanked for their impressive response to the 2011 Census which has provided a wealth of information to help in the planning of future service...
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published the first results of the 2011 Census today, revealing a population increase in Rochdale. Rochdale’s population has risen...
Are you part of a band that sees yourselves as the next Stone Roses? Have you dance moves like Diversity? Or perhaps you want to sing it like Jessie J?
“Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt.” Minna Antrim And so it appears, the long awaited plans to remove the greater proportion of the Roch...
Labour MEPs are calling on the government to introduce so-called plain packaging for cigarettes as soon as possible, joining with a number of health charities and NGOs to say...
Assistant Chief Constable Terry Sweeney said: "On Saturday 14 July 2012, Greater Manchester Police became aware of a shortfall in security services for athletes participating in...
Pupils at Littleborough Community Primary School embraced the Olympics fever by holding a special sporting event and parade last week.
A team of 18 Littleborough-born men and women completed an amazing bike ride across the UK last week in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care.
Detectives have managed to retrace what they now believe to be the final movements of Christopher Brahney while he was alive. An intensive trawl of hours of CCTV footage in...
The average asking price for homes being put up for sale fell this month for the first time since January, says the property website Rightmove. Average prices fell 1.7%, or...
Details of a £9bn investment in the railways in England and Wales will be announced later by senior ministers and is expected to include electrification of the Manchester to Leeds...
Four in 10 women police officers have considered leaving the force because of low morale, a survey has suggested. Female officers cited reasons including lack of flexible...
Children in poor and middle-income families are facing a summer "stuck at home" as they cut back on days out and leisure activities, a charity says. Family Action says standard...
XFM Manchester are writing a song for every district in Greater Manchester and the Rochdale song, Guitarthur - Round Our Way (Rochdale), is is now on-line.
Date Published 14/07/2012
The Bamforth family aim to raise £60, 000 to travel to America so that their eight-year-old son Nicholas can undergo a life changing operation, Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR).
Brown's Cakes took the top accolade at the Rochdale Town Centre Business Awards at China City last night winning Best Independent Retailer and Best Business Overall.
Rochdale savers who ploughed money into failed Christmas savings club Farepak are to receive 50p of every £1 they had lodged with the company.
A new charity “Rochdale Foodbank” is being launched led by members of The Well Community Church, supported by the Vicar of Rochdale, and the Area Dean, along with other Rochdale...
Date Published 13/07/2012
Keen youngsters from St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School in Littleborough have been getting stuck into their new school allotment, thanks to the ‘Fresh Foods for Fresh...
Changes to the law which would allow tractors to use ‘red diesel’ for gritting roads have been published by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC).
A group of enthusiastic AS level geography students from Rochdale Sixth Form College met with key players from Rochdale Borough council to discuss how their home town is being...
Rochdale Sixth Form College’s inaugural football team have got off to a flying start this season, scoring an impressive 31 goals, taking second place in a league competing...
Police are appealing for information about a man missing from his home in Blackpool who has family connections in Heywood.
Northern Rail’s Community Ambassadors Scheme picked up gold at the Railway Industry Innovation Awards. The cross community initiative won the highest accolade for ‘Small Scale...
The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has led the way by recruiting the first three patients in Europe to a randomised placebo-controlled clinical pain relief disease study.
