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Essential engineering works over the Jubilee holiday weekend, will severely impact journeys across the Northern network, meaning trains will not be running from Rochdale to...
Date Published 31/05/2022
A local pensioner and fundraiser is set to undertake a ‘bus tour’ across England to help raise funds towards a statue of Rochdale boxing legend, Jock McAvoy. Hamer Amateur Boxing...
The whole of St James’ CofE Primary School in Wardle has posted letters of congratulations and well wishes to the Queen for her Platinum Jubilee.
Kentmere Academy and Nursery has been awarded an Artsmark Gold Award for “overhauling its approach to the arts and education.”
Brad Gartland, 25, who volunteers for male mental health group Andy’s Man Club and founded his own branch in hometown Rochdale, has been selected as a Platinum Champions volunteer...
Heywood Civic Centre is getting a big financial boost with a £696,000 grant from Arts Council England.
Date Published 30/05/2022
Officers investigating the sexual assault of a teenage girl in Rochdale have released the image of a man they would like to speak to about the incident.
Rochdale’s Fabdance Centre danced its way to the top at the British Isles Championships in Blackpool earlier this month.
Two cheques for £786 have been donated to the Heywood and Middleton foodbanks by volunteer and chair of the Back O’th Moss community centre, Chris Furlong.
A community cohesion football match between Rochdale’s diverse communities and Greater Manchester Police has raised over £1,000 for Springhill Hospice.
A McLaren MCL35M was on display at the Whitworth Road Garage earlier this month on 6 and 7 May. The Anwar family – who have owned the garage for over 30 years - recently changed...
Detectives investigating the fatal stabbing of a man in Oldham town centre in the early hours of Saturday morning have arrested a murder suspect in the Ipswich area.
Motorists travelling to meet family and friends to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee are set to enjoy smoother journeys over the extended bank holiday weekend, with National...
Date Published 29/05/2022
Tax credits recipients are being warned to be aware of scams and fraudsters who imitate HMRC in an attempt to steal their personal information or money.
Citizens Advice Rochdale is a local charity that provides free, independent, impartial, confidential advice to people in Rochdale. Each month, we share advice around a key issue...
These two extraordinarily talented performers were regular visitors to St Mary in the Baum before the pandemic and each of them have helped in the reinvention of the concerts...
28% of children in the borough of Rochdale live in poverty, while the Milkstone and Deeplish ward contains the highest child poverty rates in the borough with half of all children...
Date Published 28/05/2022
Pupils at a Rochdale primary school have marked the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in a royally creative way this week – by designing their own Jubilee-themed computer games.
Rockerdale Studios is the latest independent production company to join Channel 4’s Indie Growth Fund.
Work to build the new £28m colorectal and general surgery hub at The Royal Oldham Hospital is continuing. The new development is part of the Greater Manchester Improving...
The energy price cap could increase again this year by a further £800, Ofgem is forecasting, reaching a high of £2,800 in October.
Date Published 27/05/2022
Two ‘pyramidal’ stones marking the border between the old rose counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire along the M62 have been granted historic listing status.
Plans to convert a long-vacant town centre bank into a nightclub have been revived despite previously being rejected over anti-social behaviour concerns.
Lots to do in and around the borough this weekend: Littleborough Arts Festival, Bowlee Car Boot Sale, The Foundations, Fireground Museum Open Day, African Day 2022, Falinge Park...
Organisers of Rochdale Feel Good Festival have confirmed this year’s official venues for the event’s return on Saturday 13 August.
Middleton Independents Party’s emergence from nowhere to take five council seats was the stand-out story of the local elections in Rochdale this year. Less than three weeks later,...
Date Published 26/05/2022
Rochdale Borough Council has topped up the money provided by government for the local Household Support Fund with an extra £1m taking it to a total of £3.3m.
A care home has been told it must still do better after ‘poor communication’ was found to have put residents ‘at increased risk of harm’. Meavy View, in Rochdale, remains rated as...
Extra measures have today (Thursday 26 May) been set out by the government to aid in the cost-of-living crisis.
A scheme which aims to help people experiencing a mental health crisis avoid being sectioned or admitted to A&E has been extended to the Rochdale borough and Stockport.
