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Hopwood Hall College is to cease offering A-levels this September. The college is working closely with the town’s new Sixth Form College and have agreed to stop offering...
Date Published 18/08/2010
Rochdale Borough Council has appointed a contractor to design and build the new leisure centre in Rochdale town centre. Willmott Dixon Construction, who have also worked with...
Residents in the Rochdale Borough are getting healthier, according to new statistics. Latest figures show that life expectancy has increased for both men and women who live in...
Five people were led to safety from a deliberate house fire in Deeplish this morning (Wednesday 18 August 2010) The fire service was called to the domestic property on...
Over 150 youngsters from across Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale got together to explore how community relationships can be improved based on understanding, respect and tolerance.
A Heywood born actor who stars in Channel 4 show Shameless has been arrested after a hit-and-run incident in London. Elliot Tittensor, who plays Carl Gallagher, allegedly hit...
Staff from Kingsway Medical Practice will this year attempt the Yorkshire Dales 3 Peaks Challenge to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
A charity football match has been played raising £300.00 for the Pakistan Flood Appeal. Two of Rochdale’s Asian football teams put their best foot first in a bid to raise...
St Andrew’s Methodist and United Reformed Church on Smith Street, Rochdale has suffered more damage. All the windows on the bus station side of the church were damaged last...
A decision to ask a Lollipop man to retire has been reversed. Les Wallwork, 69, the Lollipop Man at Smithy Bridge Primary School was due to retire next Spring in accordance...
Police are hunting a robber who threatened a shop worker with a knife in Heywood. Shortly after midday on Thursday 12 August 2010, a man wearing a high-visibility jacket went...
A man has been charged with attempted murder after a 17-year-old boy was stabbed in Heywood. Daniel Adams, 20, of Dumbarton Drive, Heywood, is due to appear at Rochdale...
Rochdale’s Earth Café has gone head to head in an online vote against four other groups from across Greater Manchester to see who will be crowned the ‘Forever Manchester Foodie’...
An airline passenger from Rochdale claims he was allowed to take more than 200 fireworks on two flights in the United States, reports the BBC.
Date Published 17/08/2010
Forty parents, staff and children from Meanwood Sure Start Children’s Centre joined a magical trip to Healey Dell last week in a mission to find fairies.
Middleton’s Inspector, Gary Hall, is warning motorists not to make life easy for thieves following an increase in vehicle crime in the area. Police in Middleton have increased...
Police have responded to the concerns raised by residents and are tackling the issue of anti-social behaviour in Falinge Park. Supported by residents living in the Falinge...
Women in the borough will soon benefit from an improved breast screening programme that is even better at detecting signs of cancer and will include more women.
Date Published 16/08/2010
The Rochdale Alzheimer’s Society is urging people to get involved with this years Memory Walk in the hope it will help to raise funds for a series of Dementia Cafés to be held in...
Earlier this year Orchard Training Solutions; Hopwood Hall College’s Employer Engagement Arm opened a new Skills Centre on Drake Street. The Centre was developed to help local...
Parents, children and staff at Newbold Sure Start Children’s Centre held a celebration party after the centre was judged as ‘Good’ by Ofsted. The centre, which was visited earlier...
Bentgate Tenants and Residents Association have clubbed together to pay for a brand new set of goalposts for children across the community to use. The goalposts, which have...
This Sunday (22 August 2010) will be the penultimate Sunday for this seasons open air services at the Lake Bank, Hollingworth Lake.
This Sunday Morning Service will be led by Mrs Carole Forsyth at 10.45 am with Sunday Club upstairs at the same time.
Fifteen families at Moorhouse Sure Start Children’s Centre were treated to a supersized ‘let’s get messy’ session last week.
A staff nurse from Rochdale Infirmary’s Accident and Emergency is one of a group of medics being deployed to Afghanistan later this year. Maxine Simpson, is part of the...
St Andrew’s Methodist and United Reformed Church on Smith Street, Rochdale is open as normal despite suffering a considerable amount of damage over the last week. Many of the...
Ian Broudie brought his popular band, The Lightning Seeds, best known for the Three Lions theme tune for the Euro 96 football tournament, a collaboration with David Baddiel and...
Time is being called on the activities of cowboy car scrap dealers. A loophole in vehicle licensing rules that has allowed millions of cars to be scrapped but not deregistered...
Children as young as five are contacting ChildLine because they are concerned and often scared about their parents drinking or taking drugs, a new report reveals today (Monday 16...
