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Crews from across Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) were joined by cadets and volunteers for Rochdale’s annual borough-wide training exercise. Ten fire...
Date Published 03/07/2012
Newhey residents have been seeing how a major sewer improvement plan is going to help clean up the River Beal. It's part of a £50 million clean-up programme by United...
A woman was sexually assaulted near to a pub in Rochdale town centre. At about 4.30am on Sunday 24 June the 32-year-old victim was walking home with a friend when she got to...
The Rochdale Pensioners Association held a belated Diamond Jubilee celebration on Wednesday 27 June. Around 80 of the 110 members attended the event at the Town Hall. They...
A group of Crimble employees have committed themselves to joining a midnight walk on Saturday 14 July, in aid of Springhill Hospice. The walk will pay tribute to their manager,...
Members of Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team (RPMRT) were presented with the Diamond Jubliee medals on Wednesday 29 June 2012 as part of the Queen's Jubilee celebrations....
At last week’s board meeting of the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, details of the recent National In-Patient Survey carried out for the trust by the Picker Institute was...
Authorities in Greater Manchester, South and West Yorkshire have formally proposed to the Government that decisions about rail services in the North of England should be devolved...
The Motorcycle Industry’s national Get On campaign is bringing its Free Ride Road Show to Manchester to inspire a new generation of riders. Get On is a nationwide campaign set...
The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has warned that allowing communities to register privately owned playing fields or village halls as a “community asset” would...
Neeli Mosque of Rochdale welcomed its Annual ‘Primary School Programme’. The week long programme commenced on Monday 18 June and this year almost 700 children from 19 primary...
More efficient fire engines and fitter and healthier staff have led to Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service being recognised for its efforts to be greener for the second...
Do you have a passion for Prickshaw and Broadley Fold? Or is caring for the character of Castleton more up your street? If you have an interest in either of these areas,...
Jim Dobbin MP has supported the Guide Dogs’ call to stop attacks on guide dogs, and attended a reception at the Houses of Parliament yesterday (Monday 2 July). The Heywood and...
Two men, claiming to be gardeners, have stolen money from a 90-year-old disabled woman in Rochdale. At around 12.00pm on Saturday 23 June 2012, a man knocked on the window of...
A taxi driver was car-jacked as he was leaving for work in Rochdale. A man then opened the driver's door, brandishing a weapon, and pointed it at his neck. He told the victim...
Date Published 02/07/2012
Middleton Musical Society (Founded 1772) has been invited to provide a choral welcome home on the jetty to the crew of HMS Middleton when it docks in Portsmouth on Friday, 31...
On Saturday 7 July we are having a Strawberry Tea at 2.30 - 4.00pm. At 10.30am Sunday morning (8 July) Rev Malcolm Sharrock will be the preacher at our service of Holy...
A consultant in elderly care medicine at Fairfield General Hospital in Bury has scooped an award at Pennine Acute Trust’s third annual staff awards event for his innovative work...
A car has been stolen after three men forced their way into a home in Middleton. At around 10.20pm on Friday 29 June 2012, a 47-year-old man and 49-year-old woman were in the...
Residents across the borough are being urged to nominate schools and colleges for a prestigious community award. To celebrate the International Year of Co-operatives, the...
Rochdale Euro MP, Arlene McCarthy, Labour Spokesperson and Vice Chair of the European Parliaments Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee is calling for those responsible in the...
The UK’s largest mutual social housing organisation has secured funding to build over 100 new homes through the Homes and Communities Agency’s (HCA) Affordable Homes Programme.
Hard-working nurse ward manager Sister Gillian Fogarty has been honoured with the title of The Pennine Acute Trust’s Nurse of the Year at this year’s Staff Awards.
Greater Manchester Police is today (2 July 2012) rolling out new police powers to protect victims of domestic abuse by removing violent partners from the family home across...
Rochdale has submitted a second bid to become a Portas Pilot Town. Following failure in the first round, Debbie O’Brien, Town Centre Manager and head of the bid team, said:...
Date Published 01/07/2012
Science Museum project uncovers the next generation of environmental journalists. The investigative journalism of pupils at Beech House school has won critical acclaim in a...
A bus tour of the Rochdale borough, designed to be an eye opener, showed that there are good points about Rochdale and that work is under way to make Rochdale a sustainable and...
Date Published 30/06/2012
A man who inspected the boiler of the house in Shaw at the centre of the gas blast has been bailed following his arrest on suspicion of manslaughter. The 32-year-old Shaw man...
April to June this year has been the wettest second quarter in the UK since records began in 1910. Even without the latest storms, this is the second wettest June since 1910.
