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A man has been jailed for sexually abusing two little girls in Rochdale. Geoffrey Ravenscroft, 62, of Pilsworth Road, Heywood, has been jailed for three years and ordered to...
Date Published 16/10/2010
The next generation of environmentally friendly buses will soon be hitting the streets of Greater Manchester thanks to government funding, it was announced yesterday. 19...
Date Published 15/10/2010
The 24-hour Twitter experiment by Greater Manchester Police has come to an end, after being variously described as ‘a PR success,’ ‘fascinating,’ or ‘a waste of money’....
Fireworks go on general sale across Greater Manchester today, prompting a warning for people to be careful with these potentially lethal objects. The Treacle Partnership, a...
Depending on who you speak to, retirement is something that should be either cherished or dreaded. Weekday afternoons can be the perfect time to finally take up fishing, or an...
A 17-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by three men as she waked along a path in Freehold. Sometime between 10.20pm and 10.50pm on Friday 8 October 2010, the girl was...
Date Published 14/10/2010
A well known North West hotel and restaurant chain has been fined thousands after shoddy electrical systems were uncovered by Rochdale Borough Council. Deckers Restaurant...
The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust received nearly half a million pounds through donations to its registered charity during the last financial year, 2009/10. The Trust...
A survey carried out by trading standards officers across Greater Manchester has found that holiday getaways advertised in travel agents’ windows are often too good to be true....
The borough’s green-fingered maestros have been honoured in style at this year’s annual Borough In Bloom awards at Rochdale Town Hall yesterday. (Wednesday 13 October) Having...
As part of Rochdale Online’s Focus on Heywood month we have been visiting schools in Heywood to meet the new reception class children. With half term coming up it seems that...
Brian Carrick is an icon of the traditional jazz world, making regular visits to New Orleans, Sweden and the rest of Europe. This maestro of clarinet and saxophone hardly returns...
Traditional Jazz fans can often be difficult to please, having their own idiosyncrasies with regard to band formation, and pre-murmurings before the visit of this young outfit...
It is two years since the Savannahs visited ‘Jazz on a Sunday’, and an enthusiastic reception greeted one of the best bands on the circuit. Led by drummer John Meehan the gig...
For 24 hours from 5.00am this morning, Thursday 14 October, Greater Manchester Police will be publishing details of every incident that it deals with on Twitter to allow the...
Rochdale Borough Council has passed a motion that could see them using Mutual Societies, co-operative models and Social Enterprise models to deliver services in the future.
Date Published 13/10/2010
The building of the new municipal offices has come into question in light of the level of cuts in services. Councillor Peter Williams has asked cabinet member for finance and...
The Leader of the Labour Party has renewed the campaign for a 20mph speed limit outside all Rochdale schools. Councillor Colin Lambert has demanded to know when Rochdale...
The Leader of Rochdale Borough Council, Councillor Irene Davidson, has hit out at the “treatment” of the council’s senior managment and officers. Councillor Davidson has vowed...
Rochdale will soon be home to a community arts festival in an attempt to showcase the work of people in the borough and to bring people to the town. The event, the brain child...
Some Councillors from the borough of Rochdale have chosen not to attend a celebratory event being held on Friday (15 October 2010) to mark the achievements of the New Deal for...
A donation box was circulated in the council chamber this evening (Wednesday 13 October 2010) to raise funds to pay for the room and microphone hire for the Friends of Our...
Pot holes in the borough’s roads came into question again at a meeting of full council held tonight (Wednesday 13 October 2010). Councillors raised concerns about particular...
Questions were raised at the full Council meeting regarding preparations for the winter months. Rochdale Council was pilloried at the end of December 2009 and the start of the...
Congratulations to all members of Team Hollingworth at the Cross Country – Rochdale Championships. KS4 Boys stole the show – There was an outstanding team performance by our...
We welcome The Anglo-Sikh Heritage Trail into school this week to perform a piece of drama titled ‘The Maharajah and the Kohinoor’ to all Year 7 pupils. Learners will discover the...
Golden book awards Foundation 2: Sienna Paris and Obaid Class 1: Aleena Aslam and Maisha Class 2: Alyssa and Aliyah Class 3: Adilson and Maria Class 4: Edmilsa and...
Chess Club We are thinking of starting up a Chess Club. If anyone has any old chess sets they are not using, we would really appreciate them. Thank you. Craft and Coffee...
This week’s themes were poverty, disability and social justice and our enterprise capability was decision making. The new ‘Respect Point’ system has taken off really well....
Pupils across the borough are learning how to become experts in money management. Youngsters are receiving a lesson in; budget management, banking and affordable credit,...
