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Motorists are being advised to avoid the area around Bridge Street, Heywood on the A58 after a hole opened up in the road yesterday. The hole has appeared outside the old...
Date Published 02/07/2010
Work has started on the JD Sports warehouse on Kingsway Business Park. On Tuesday (29 June 2010) the sports company cut the first sod at its new 850,000sq ft development on...
Despite the summer rain, school leavers from Oulder Hill arrived at their prom dressed to kill. Year-11 leavers were ferried to the Village Hotel, Bury in vintage cars,...
Date Published 01/07/2010
Glamour was certainly the theme for this year’s Falinge Park High School Prom. The young men and women could have been mistaken for film stars as they arrived at the Rhyddings...
A Rochdale councillor has welcomed a new government initiative to scrap unpopular laws and is urging people to get involved with the debate. Councillor Greg Couzens has given...
A showcase of films made by youngsters from the borough have been shown at the Rochdale Connections Trust. The four short films were made in conjunction with Peace Effects...
Community Fire Safety Officers Steve Ashworth and Craig Lord attended Falinge Park High School this week to give a Safe4Summer presentation to pupils in year 7. The pupils...
Schools have been warned that they cannot stop parents taking photos of children by citing the ‘data protection myth’. David Smith, of the Information Commissioners Office...
Staff and pupils at Sandbrook Community Primary School are delighted after they achieved an ‘outstanding’ grade from Ofsted in an inspection in May. A lot has been achieved...
People in the North West are being urged to pick up a free water saving device when they visit a host of shops and attractions over the next week. United Utilities is urging...
Two women were tied up when robbers broke into a house in Heywood. Police were called to a house on Manchester Road at 8.40am on Friday 25 June 2010. Officers attended and...
A poll commissioned by the 2010 Bridgestone Eco Rally found that a quarter of people in the North West would not consider buying or driving an eco-friendly vehicle. Of that...
The family of a teenage boy who died in a freak accident at a BMX track in Heywood have described their son as ‘special.’ Jamie Helme-Sagar, 17, from Dukinfield went cycling...
Two men were arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead at her home in Heywood. Shortly after 9.10pm on Wednesday 23 June 2010, police were called to a house...
It was a moving moment in the long history of Springhill High School as students of the last ever year at Springhill arrived for their leavers prom at Richmond Hall in May.
A Rochdale-born man who became the first UK citizen to be convicted for directing terrorism has won the right to an appeal. Rangzieb Ahmed’s lawyers allege that British...
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) is urging parents to check their children’s’ vaccinations are up to date following an outbreak of measles in Salford. Since April, 25 cases...
Fear about future water-supply problems in the North-West have been voiced by a Rochdale Euro-MP. It follows news that the North West could face a hosepipe ban after...
Greater Manchester Hazards Centre has hit out at figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) relating to deaths in the work place. This week Rochdale Online published a...
A £2 million scheme to breathe new life into Middleton Gardens has been unveiled. Rochdale Borough Council has allocated £2 million to improve the area, with the money being...
Last year’s Mayor of Rochdale, Councillor Keith Swift, has raised more than £17,500 for his Mayoral charities. The money will be split equally between three organisations all...
The RSPCA is calling on people to contact their MPs and ask them to vote to protect the Hunting Act. A spokesperson for the RSPCA said: “We believe that repeal of the Hunting...
St Clement's Church in Spotland celebrated their 175th anniversary last Saturday (26 June 2010) with their annual Grand Summer Fayre. The church raised more than £700 at the...
Rochdale holidaymakers concerned about the cost of connecting to the internet with mobile phones when in another EU country will welcome new rules which come into force tomorrow...
Date Published 30/06/2010
Tomorrow (1 July 2010) marks the start of the very first Manchester Children’s Book Festival at Manchester Metropolitan University The program, organised by poet laureate Carol...
Springhill Hospice’s annual Children’s Voices for Hospice Concerts will be held at the Gracie Fields Theatre on Sunday 4 July 2009. In the first concert at 4.00pm pupils from...
At events to mark this year’s National Carers Week hundreds of local carers took the chance to enjoy a little time to their selves, check on their health and seek support. The...
Danny Astridge is a 17-year-old student from Castleton who went to Hopwood Hall College from Wardle High School to study for a BTEC National Diploma in Business. He has since...
BIKE-IT – Thursdays Don’t forget Bike-It Thursdays. Anyone coming to school on their bike will be given a free raffle ticket to go in the draw for a new bike at the end of the...
Stars of the Week were Harry Alston, Andrew Chisnall, Chloe Bailey, Beth Bollington, Joshua Ronca, Simon Liang, Alana Hill, Jordan McKenzie Class Attendance Award went to...
