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Peter Crabbe, Director of Samaritans for Rochdale, Oldham and District branch received a cheque for £1000 from Rotary Club of Rochdale President Doctor Elvet Smith at the Club’s...
Date Published 26/01/2010
One of Greater Manchester Police’s police horses is hanging up his horseshoes and retiring from the Force. Eighteen year-old Weller is being put out to pasture at The Horse...
Car drivers are getting more miles to the gallon out of their vehicles, with big improvements still to come. A Rochdale MEP says that fuel efficiency is set to increase by by...
The new Leader of Rochdale Council, Lib Dem Councillor Irene Davidson has got off to an inauspicious start with a crass attempt to prevent debate on a controversial and highly...
Date Published 25/01/2010
Rochdale’s police headquarter is set for a £28million refurbishment. Greater Manchester Police Authority was asked to consider two options, which included the refurbishment of...
Greater Manchester Police arrested more than 1,200 burglars, robbers and thieves last week (18 – 24 January) in its first major clampdown of the New Year. High impact...
Heywood Community School is one of the top 20 secondary schools in the country, showing the greatest levels of sustained improvement between 2006 and 2009.
Following an outbreak of the Norovirus at Rochdale Infirmary over the weekend, the Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust has confirmed that all affected wards are now re-open except one...
The mother of the lost Moors murder victim spoke of her joy after he was finally granted a memorial — 46 years after his death. Keith Bennett was 12 in June 1964 when monsters...
A North West MEP is urging local councils to match European rates of glass recycling. A new report by the European Container Glass Federation (FEVE) says that the UK recycled...
The NHS breast screening programme is detecting nearly twice as many cancer cases as it did 10 years ago, according to a new report. Figures from the independent organisation...
Police are appealing for the public's help to trace a man who is wanted on recall to prison. Mark Royle, 35, was released from prison on 29 December 2009 to a bail hostel in...
What a busy week our Nursery children have had! Firstly, they visited Sunny Brow Nursery in Middleton as part of our Community Cohesion Project and had a great time playing with...
A 15-year-old boy is in hospital after he was involved in a fail-to-stop road collision last night, Sunday 24 January 2010. At about 7.05pm, the boy was walking with friends...
Tests have confirmed that a white powder found at Manchester Airport was harmless. At 12.55pm on Saturday 23 January 2010, police were called to the airport after security staff...
The Friends of Hare Hill Park are celebrating their 10th anniversary. To mark the occasion the ‘Friends’ joined together at Littleborough Cricket Club to celebrate all the hard...
Date Published 24/01/2010
Plans are being made for a new state of the art swimming complex in Rochdale. The new swimming baths will be built adjacent to the existing building on Entwistle Road, and will...
Whitworth Amateur Musical and Dramatic Society has kicked off 2010 with a bang – by receiving two nominations from the The National Operatic and Dramatic Association for this...
Date Published 23/01/2010
Denis Whittle, ward councillor for Milnrow and Newhey, has been de-selected by his Liberal Democrats colleagues. This means Councillor Whittle will be prevented from attempting to...
A new appeal has been issued for a man wanted in connection with an attack by an armed gang in Rochdale. Officers are trying to trace Zahid Ayoob 20, who is wanted in...
Nine fire-fighters from Greater Manchester who were part of the search and rescue team in Haiti have arrived back in the UK after ten days, because the operation has been declared...
An outbreak of norovirus, the winter vomiting infection, has spread through Rochdale Infirmary and forced a number of wards to close. People who are suffering from vomiting and...
Date Published 22/01/2010
A senior health chief has backed Government proposals to crackdown on cheap booze promotions by introducing a compulsory code.
The daughter of a heroic firefighter battling to save lives in quake-hit Haiti says her dad is fast becoming a local celebrity. Peter Stevenson, 48, who is based at Rochdale...
Nearly 400 malnourished patients are being discharged from hospitals across Greater Manchester every month — more than anywhere else in the country. Figures from the...
A man who stabbed a 16-year-old boy in the neck and chest has been jailed. Kamran Akram, 27, of Kingsway, pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm with intent (section...
Rochdale will hold on to tradition as councils across the country axe late night election counts. Traditionally, ballot forms are collected from polling stations at 10pm...
Two local construction workers who learnt their skills at Hopwood Hall College are now at work on the new Rochdale Sixth Form College currently being built in the town...
Rochdale Council is asking residents to leave out their uncollected bins until they have been collected. The Council is still catching up with collecting the backlog of waste...
The Christmas period saw overall crime in Rochdale drop by 23%. Rochdale’s initiative during the festive period, Operation Elf, targeted problems of burglary, robbery, theft...
