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Following the revelation last week that Genr8, Rochdale Borough Council’s preferred developer for the town centre retail and leisure scheme, had failed to meet a 1 March deadline...
Date Published 23/03/2010
Schools and colleges in the borough have been asked to nominate their most outstanding students for the Aimhigher Greater Manchester Awards 2010. Aimhigher works with young...
Paul Rowen, MP for Rochdale, has signed a motion in the House of Commons on off-trade alcohol sales, which recognises that the selling of super cheap alcohol adds to alcohol harm.
The Rochdale Feel Good Festival will return this summer, with organisers promising something bigger and better than ever. The celebration of entertainment, food and culture, now...
Two armed men threatened an ATM deliveryman and stole tens of thousands of pounds in Rochdale. At 7:30am on Monday 22 March 2010, the offenders followed the driver to...
Health organisations across Greater Manchester and Cheshire have teamed up in a bid to beat cancer. The Prevention, Early Detection and Inequalities Strategy aims to raise...
Axing circuit judges from Oldham County Court - the court also covers Rochdale, where the county court closed in 1997 - would add to costs, cause delays and breach promises made...
Police are warning teenagers to stay away from railway lines this Easter. Last year, teenagers damaged trains travelling to Manchester, fought on the railway line and threw...
Councils must do more to tackle anti-social behaviour by gipsies and travellers which cost taxpayers thousands of pounds, the Government has warned. Communities secretary John...
A small, but vociferous, number of supporters of the Three Owls Bird Sanctuary have been insistent that a letter sent by the Council to Nigel Fowler of the Sanctuary was a...
The Forest New Orleans jazz band is exactly as their title states, a band playing an acoustic set of traditional New Orleans style, impeccable attired, seated and standing in...
Transport bosses objected to proposals to switch east-west trains from Manchester Piccadilly to Victoria — only hours after plans to spend £30m at the dilapidated station were...
Date Published 22/03/2010
Communities will get help to buy their local pubs in a bid to halt the four closures a year across the Borough. Red tape will also be cut and business support offered to help...
A BBC investigation has revealed that Jim Dobbin, MP for Heywood and Middleton, has breached rules in relation to registering and declaring overseas trips paid for by foreign...
A special public transport pass is being offered to people taking part in a new Greater Manchester-wide employment drive. Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority’s...
Arsonists caused hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of damage to a mobile phone unit in Castleton. Around 2am on Wednesday 17 March 2010, a fire was found in a control unit...
Jobs will be lost with the closure of clothing retailer Ethel Austin in the Rochdale Exchange Shopping Centre and the Middleton Arndale Centre. Administrators MCR have confirmed...
Council finance portfolio holder, Councillor Greg Couzens has hit back at critics of the near 4% rise in Council Tax. Councillor Couzens said: "The easiest and a political...
Date Published 21/03/2010
Three months ago I made the decision to do a tandem skydive in aid of Springhill Hospice, since then I have been raising money and looking forward to the big day – today (Sunday...
More than 60 teenage football fanatics from across the borough played in the final leg of the Borough Wide Football Tournament at the Soccer Village today (Saturday 20 March...
Date Published 20/03/2010
People of all ages met at Springfield Park today (Saturday 20 March 2010) to raise money for sports relief. The aim of the day was get as many people as possible involved in a...
The Firefighters Charity National Car Wash 2010 took place today (Saturday 20 March). Firefighters at Rochdale Fire Station spent five hours cleaning cars for people in the...
Plans for the re-development of Rochdale have hit another setback. This week Rochdale Online reported that the Council's town centre re-development partner, Genr8, has failed to...
Fire fighters were called to Step Meadows, Smallbridge after arsonists set fire to plastic fencing. An appliance from Littleborough fire station attended. Residents said:...
The Annual Heroes of Heywood event, organised by the Rotary Club, saluted Walter Lomax for his hard work as Vice-Chairman of Friends of Queens Park. The Rev Mike Huck,...
The parents of a Middleton man who is facing the death penalty in Iraq for the killing of two colleagues have said that the horrific experiences on active service had destabilised...
Greater Manchester Police's Week of Action in Heywood turned out to be inaction on Sunday 7 March. A gang of six youths, some High School age and others older, went into St....
Date Published 19/03/2010
The trustees of Three Owls Bird Sanctuary "failed to turn up" at the Norden Area Forum to answer questions about the sudden closure of the Sanctuary, instead a voluntary worker at...
Date Published 18/03/2010
Derek Galloway’s Bunters Imperials breezed into town for a cornucopia of Jazz entertainment with Galloway’s vocals very much to the fore. A last minute ‘team change’ brought in...
Catering and cleaning staff from all over the borough are using their pots, pans and brushes to shine – by picking up top marks in the classroom. Forty eight staff from Rochdale...
