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Retailers in Rochdale town centre are receiving mixed messages from shoppers, just one day before Valentine’s Day. Rochdale Online reporter Laura Wild found that this year more...
Date Published 13/02/2010
Is St Valentine’s Day a chance to let that special someone know how you feel, post a card on impulse to someone ‘cute’ from work or perhaps just a chance to re-connect over a...
Heywood’s Phoenix Centre is now home to two new NHS Dentists, as part of a £1.3 million investment by NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale to improve access to NHS dentistry in the...
Tomorrow (Sunday 14 February) is the start of the year of the Tiger - Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service has a message for all those taking part in the Chinese New Year...
A derelict building, opposite St John’s Primary School in Rochdale, which was a hotspot for anti-social behaviour has been pulled down. Talks began between the council, the...
Paul Rowen MP took time out of his busy Westminster schedule to discover what it means to be a 21st century apprentice. The MP for Rochdale went to meet apprentices from Rochdale...
The charitable arm of Rochdale Boroughwide Housing has become the first in the country to offer the government’s mortgage rescue scheme. Brighter Horizons, received approval...
Date Published 12/02/2010
Officers are hunting thugs who carried out a cash-in-transit robbery in Middleton. At about 4.20am on, Tuesday 9 February 2010, a security van was parked outside Halifax bank on...
Police are warning residents in Middleton to be extra vigilant after a bogus official burglary. At about 11am on Tuesday 9 February 2010, a man called at a house Kenyon Lane and...
A Middleton couple who fraudulently cashed cheques for thousands of pounds have today, 12 February 2010 been sentenced. David Andrew Livesey, born 8/9/77, of Martindale Crescent...
Residents in Castleton are being urged to be vigilant after two unprovoked attacks in the space of four days. Both victims were young men who were on their own when they were...
Heading the bill at a packed Back Door Music Project Fancy Dress Valentine's & Band Night tonight were The Pins with the Brightsparks in support and DJ James Lord spinning the...
Convicted drug dealers from Rochdale have been forced to pay back nearly £70,000 of their criminal gains. Earlier this year, Greater Manchester Police smashed a drug-dealing...
Out-of-hours GP care for patients in Rochdale Borough is faring well despite fears of a national overnight cover crisis. According to information provided to Rochdale Online by...
A trader who was forced by Rochdale Council to make a legal promise to stop trading illegally, and make refunds where requested by customers, is again causing concern to...
Residents of Newhey are angry that a small but "pretty and welcome" green area at the corner of Railway Street and Huddersfield Road, Newhey, has been "razed to the ground"....
The last ever steam engine to power a British factory has been restored to its former glory. The work was funded by a People’s Millions prize of £48,000 won in a Granada TV...
Date Published 11/02/2010
Coroner Simon Nelson has criticised the way patients at the Pennine Acute Trust are deemed at risk of falls following an inquest into the death of 77-year-old John Hooper, of...
Procedures have been tightened at Manchester Airport following two separate incidents of passenger planes colliding before take-off. Both incidents happened at the same spot at...
Journey times across Rochdale Borough have got better in the last two years, in line with the improvement seen in the rest of Greater Manchester, except Oldham. According to the...
Commuters using Rochdale Railway Station are being packed into carriages like sardines — but the prospect of easing overcrowding there looks bleak, say experts. The Government...
Staff at local Ethel Austin stores across the borough are bracing themselves for bad news after the administrators of discount retailer and sister homeware chain Au Naturale cut...
Rochdale midwife Fay Wanless met Coronation Street actor Julie Hesmondhalgh at the Rovers Return to raise awareness of the telephone service Direct to Midwife. Ms Wanless Fay...
Opportunistic car thieves have stolen 34 cars across Greater Manchester in the cold snaps since the start of this year. The vehicles were stolen in the early hours when drivers...
Following the snow and ice during December and January the Council had a huge number of complaints from local people and were forced to set up a review to investigate the failures...
In an historic vote, the European Parliament today (Thursday 11 February) rejected an agreement between EU governments and the USA that has allowed confidential data about British...
The problem of alcohol fraud in the UK, which is costing the Treasury an estimated £1 billion a year, is a significant and growing problem in the UK. The Treasury has recently...
Paul Rowen MP, Liberal Democrat Health and Safety spokesman, this week questioned the Secretary of State for Justice Jack Straw on the issue of reinstating compensation for...
New figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) show that repossessions in the last three months of 2009 were down by 13 per cent compared to the previous quarter, and two...
Eleven schools across the borough have been honoured by Ofsted in a celebratory event recognising outstanding schools in England. The Chief Inspector praised the top schools who...
