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Local MEP Paul Nuttall has signed a controversial e-petition calling for MPs to reinstate the death penalty. The online petition has been launched by political blogger Guido...
Date Published 08/08/2011
This Sunday (14 August) our Communion Service will be led by Rev Andrew Howell at 10.45am, everyone welcome.
Kirkholt Councillors have visited the site on Romeny Avenue of the first new houses being built under the Kirkholt regeneration programme ‘Vision for Kirkholt.’
A man from Heywood has been killed in an incident at a chipboard factory on Merseyside. James Dennis Kay, 62, suffered fatal injuries at the Sonae plant in Kirkby.
A well known couple from Middleton have opened a cafe in the Middleton Arena. Ian and Wendy Robinson, both 46, were successful in the tender bid for a cafe in the arena and...
Date Published 07/08/2011
A steering group keen to get more people using the space available at St Peter’s Church in Newbold are celebrating after receiving a £5,000 grant from the Church Urban Fund.
Rochdale and Littleborough Peace Group members gathered beside the Rochdale canal in Litteborough on Saturday night (6 August) to mark the 66th anniversary of the dropping of the...
A fundraising evening to raise money to buy a special piece of equipment for a Rochdale woman has been hailed as a huge success after it raised £1,844.
Date Published 06/08/2011
A couple from Castleton who won a wedding competition from a radio station tied the knot this week. Michael Fernandes, 22 and Cheryl Fernandes (nee Holden), 24, were one of...
A new Asda supermarket has opened on Kingsway Retail Park, Rochdale. The opening follows the transformation of the former Netto store which previously occupied the site and is...
A man from Middleton who fell from a lifting platform at work died from a rare complication following surgery to his knee, a jury ruled. A jury of 10 decided 55-year-old...
Rochdale’s new credit union service is now open for business. Rochdale Boroughwide Housing has worked in partnership with Riverside Housing and Manchester Credit Union (MCU) to...
Registering to vote in next year’s elections is set to get easier.
Greater Manchester Police Authority (GMPA) and Greater Manchester Police (GMP) have launched a website to provide a platform for the public to have a say on the future of...
Date Published 05/08/2011
Retailers across the borough have shown they’re complying with the law that prevents the sale of tobacco to underage young people. In a recent mystery shopping exercise,...
TJ Hughes in Rochdale, based in the Wheatsheaf Centre, will close, administrators have announced. Up to 40 jobs will be lost and the store will shut within the next seven days.
Cyclists from across the borough are being invited to celebrate the opening of the Connect2 network - by taking part in a 22 mile bike ride.
The Maternity Unit at the Royal Oldham Hospital has been closed to admissions on two occasions in the past week because of a staff shortage – despite staff from the Rochdale...
Date Published 04/08/2011
Ten people have been arrested after raids were carried out in Middleton. Police used drugs warrants to search 13 addresses in the area over the course of the last two days (3...
Nearly three-quarters of children left primary school in Rochdale this summer having exceeded their targeted SATS results. Figures show that 72 per cent of the borough’s...
New Ofcom research reveals the extent to which the nation has become addicted to smartphones, with people confessing to using them everywhere from the dining table to the bathroom...
Rochdale Council will receive a staggering £900,000 rebate after paying more VAT than it should have done for 17 years. HM Revenue and Customs have agreed to the rebate after...
An online petition regarding the future of health provision in the borough has been extended.
Fire-fighters from Littleborough and Rochdale tackled a blaze in the dining room of a property in Belfield last night (3 August).
A man has been taken to hospital following a fire at a house in Heywood. Fire-fighters were called to Cobden Street just after 2.00am today (4 August).
Hospitals across Greater Manchester will be left with “second-rate” computer systems after the disastrous failure of the £12.4 billion scheme to link-up the entire NHS, MPs have...
An inquest heard how a warehouse worker from Middleton shattered his shin bone in a 3ft fall while attempting to pull a heavy flat pack from a storage shelf above his head....
Young people are being urged not to risk their lives by cooling off in reservoirs.
Date Published 03/08/2011
Two handy men from the borough of Rochdale who have notched up over 21 years of volunteering between them have been thanked for their service after deciding to hang up their...
Rochdale Football Club has teamed up with Springhill Hospice as part of The Football League’s official charity partnership with Help the Hospices, in a bid to raise vital funds
