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Jim Dobbin, Labour MP for Heywood & Middleton, has pledged his support to the Bingo industry by signing a Bingo Bond. The ‘bingo bond’ is a formally signed declaration that can...
Date Published 04/04/2010
A Government scheme that offered subsidised boiler replacement has been discontinued after only 12 weeks. The scheme allowed people to claim £400 off the cost of installation of a...
Rochdale and Oldham Councils have held talks to discuss an amalgamation of council services. The meeting, which took took place last week at Rochdale Town Hall, was described by...
Date Published 03/04/2010
A policeman who ran away from a fellow officer said not immediately telling police of his mistake was the worst decision he had ever made. Daniel Adams, who worked as a response...
Doctors are calling for smoking to be stubbed out in all vehicles ‘to protect children’. It is already illegal to light up in work vehicles, but the anti-smoking lobby now wants a...
A group of eight people from Rochdale have hit back at the BBC’s documentary ‘The Trouble with Girls’ which painted the town in a very bad light – by making their own documentary....
A mystery Rochdale singer and songwriter has recorded a song for Rochdale Football Club with the help of the Backdoor Music Project. The song, titled ‘Rochdale FC’ is sang to...
More than fourteen months have passed since Kingsway Business Park integrated JD Sports into its plans and laid out designs for a 616,000 sq ft warehouse for the...
A woman has been ordered to pay a total of £265 after being been guilty of littering offences. Bags of waste to the rear of Oldham Road were found and contained evidence which...
Date Published 02/04/2010
On average every year over 70 people are killed and 250,000 are injured carrying out DIY jobs. This Easter weekend Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service are warning, ‘Don't...
Dawn Sullivan, a student at Hopwood Hall College, has been accepted to study for a Degree in Computer Science at Oxford Brookes University. Dawn first enrolled on an art course...
People in the Borough of Rochdale believe anti-social behaviour is worse in the borough than other parts of the country. A so-called quality of life scorecard published by the...
The Government must provide assurances lives will not be put at risk and public safety compromised under plans to move all 999 emergency fire calls from Greater Manchester to...
Trainee guide dogs are learning how to go on the buses after transport company First gave them free travel. The guide dog puppies and their walkers can now travel across the...
Police officers across Greater Manchester are stepping up activity to tackle the anticipated rise in anti-social behaviour over the Easter school holidays. There will be...
A short, but nevertheless, busy week for all at school. School Council members were kept very busy during morning break times selling tickets for the Grand Easter Egg Raffle. The...
Date Published 01/04/2010
Castleton resident and Liberal Democrat activist John Heyworth has been caught impersonating a councillor - sending a letter to be published in a newspaper in Castleton Lib Dem...
Ian Duckworth has been seeking the views of the residents of Brimrod and Sudden as part of his campaign to get investment in the area where the private housing is mostly terraced...
Date Published 31/03/2010
Young people from the Back Door Music Project launched their very own art exhibition in gallery one of Touchstones. The Rockin’ Roots exhibition has been the culmination of 6...
A controversial Rochdale-based firm which supplied solar panels is being wound up by The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS). SPWEC Ltd, which was a supplier of...
Rochdale Supporters Trust has announced its membership package for next season. After giving the matter a lot of thought, the Trust has decided to increase its adult membership...
Heath Minister Mike O’Brien MP has denied there are plans to shut Rochdale A&E overnight. During Health Questions in the Commons, Paul Rowen MP asked when the Government would...
A woman was assaulted and had her bag stolen in Rochdale. At 7pm on Monday 29 March 2010, the 43-year-old victim was walking to the shop when the offender grabbed her bag and...
Passengers in Greater Manchester are advised to expect disruption to public transport during the planned industrial action by railway workers next week. The RMT union is...
Un-Convention have teamed up with the creators of iconic indie-rock footwear, Converse, to search for 300 of the UK’s most promising creative minds. Winning applicants will be...
St Anne’s Academy has been awarded a BREEAM* award, the environmental assessment method for buildings around the world. The school, which aims to be a benchmark for future academy...
This week has seen Parliament voting on the budget and we also had the first pre-election debate by the three would be chancellors. By common consent, Vince Cable came out on...
Rochdale Town Centre re-development plans show that The Broadwater Centre, home of The Back Door Music Project, will be knocked down and replaced by a department store, although...
The weather forecast for the weekend isn’t great, however there’s no excuse for staying at home, as a mutltitude of Easter activities are all taking place under the cover of the...
New figures reveal ‘healthcare lottery’ facing men with prostate cancer in the North West A man’s chances of dying from prostate cancer – the most common cancer in men – vary...
