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Police horses and dogs are getting the best of care thanks to a welfare scheme. Greater Manchester Police Authority’s animal welfare visiting scheme, which was set up earlier...
Date Published 01/01/2010
It’s the end of the year and the end of the line for stations on the Oldham and Rochdale line - Failsworth and Hollinwood stations have gone, Mumps is boarded up and desolate, and...
Rochdale Council has come in for heavy criticism for not doing enough to grit roads and pavements in the Borough. It is understood that gritting is contracted out to a private...
Date Published 31/12/2009
North West wellbeing and health campaign group Our Life today warned that families across the region could end up paying the price for cheap Christmas and New Year booze, as some...
A woman was raped as she made her way home in Kirkholt. Shortly after 10pm on Tuesday 29 December 2009, police were called to a house in Kirkholt following reports a woman had...
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing’s Community Kids programme is now well established as integral to RBH’s efforts in promoting the Respect Agenda. As part of the scheme, primary school...
A convicted burglar is the latest offender to feature on GMP's Wanted website. Police are appealing for the public's help to Craig Boland (27/02/1987), who is wanted on recall...
Greater Manchester Police is appealing to the public to only call 999 in an emergency after the Force received 1377 999 calls over Christmas. Of all the 999 calls made between...
A man has been charged after police officers were threatened with a knife in Rochdale. John Knight (born 17/10/90) of no fixed abode, was charged with affray, assaulting a...
Greater Manchester Police is warning residents to take extra care in securing their homes to prevent them falling victim to opportunistic burglars who target empty properties on...
The Service on Sunday 3 January at 10:30am will be the Annual Covenant Service including Holy Communion. We extend a warm welcome to Mr Gwyn Lloyd Jones who will be conducting the...
Date Published 30/12/2009
A Happy and Peaceful New Year from everyone at Wardle Village Church. Sunday 3 January, Family Service led by Mr. Allister Holt at 10.45am with Sunday Club upstairs at the same...
This Christmas and New Year period is a time for family. The impact of family life generally shows the benefits of the support and strength that family offers. When parents,...
Spring 2010 will see the opening of Norden Sure Start Children’s Centre. Parent Sharon Young tells her story of becoming a mum for the first time at 39 and her hopes for the new...
The borough’s top Speech and Language Therapist, Daniel Hunter, was invited to 10 Downing Street earlier this month to raise awareness of stammering among children. Mr Hunter...
Five bands from Rochdale Music Service have been invited to take part in the prestigious National Festival in Birmingham next year. The bands, chosen from over 100 entries,...
With the party season in full swing, Drivesafe and System One Travelcards have been delivering a hard-hitting, anti-drink drive campaign throughout Greater Manchester, called 'The...
Date Published 28/12/2009
Rochdale’s rail travellers are doomed to overcrowding for years to come because the Government refuses to buy any new carriages for diesel trains, say local transport chiefs....
Utility companies which do not finish roadworks on time could be faced with fines of up to £25,000. The current maximum daily charge is £2,500, but to encourage companies to...
After more than a week of heavy snowfall and the lowest temperatures since 1992, Rochdale has finally started to thaw over the past few days. The thermometer dropped to -9.4C...
In two of Rochdale’s severest winters in living memory — 1947 and 1979 — cars were buried, roads disappeared under drifts and even the M62 was closed. Only two years after the...
It’s been an up and down Christmas for Rochdale town centre. The last weekend before Christmas, traditionally a very busy weekend, was badly affected by the heavy snow and sub...
Looking back over the last 12 months there have been struggles and scandals that some will never forget, the recession has hit businesses extremely hard, the exposure of MPs...
Date Published 27/12/2009
Mr Tony Deane will be the preacher at the 10.30am morning service on Sunday 3 January. Youth Clubs meet on Monday at 6.30pm and Friday at 6.30pm(Juniors)and 8.15pm (Seniors)....
Christmas in the eyes of so many people, both nationally and locally, is all about festive fun, a time for giving and receiving, catching up with family and friends, eating and...
Date Published 26/12/2009
The Fire and Rescue Service attended a collapsed car porch at Townley Road, Milnrow yesterday morning (Christmas Eve). The weight of the snow had pulled down the porch and left a...
Date Published 25/12/2009
Two babies have been born at Rochdale Infirmary Maternity Unit this Christmas morning: Tilly May Strudwick and Hollie Bella Hernon. Tilly was born at 1.44am and is the third...
Yesterday we published an article about the fun of the snow, today we publish the beauty of snow, four photos sent in by Wynn Matthew showing the frozen, snow covered Rochdale...
Date Published 24/12/2009
An experimental weekend closure of South Parade in Rochdale starts on Christmas Eve. Police have raised concerns over pedestrian safety in the town centre, particularly on Friday...
A Rochdale man has been jailed after drugs with a street value of £100,000 were seized by police. Kabeer Hussain, 30, of Hey Street, admitted being concerned in the supply of...
