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Rochdale residents live in the best region for public transport — and that is even before Metrolink arrives. The Campaign for Better Transport pressure group has studied more...
Date Published 16/09/2009
Rochdale's postal workers are to be balloted for strike action alongside all 121,000 postal workers across the UK. Ballot papers for strike action are being sent out tomorrow...
One of the first Acts of Parliament that I worked on when I became an MP was The Road Safety Act. Among the many extra sanctions introduced was “causing death by dangerous...
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service has achieved a Customer Service Excellence certification from the Cabinet Office.
Rochdale's jobless total has risen again and the town has recorded one of its worst unemployment figures in the last decade. There are 7,657 people out of work in Rochdale...
Homebuyers can own a brand new apartment at Churchgate in Milnrow and postpone paying off 30% of the asking price. Buyers with an annual household income of less than £60,000...
The local real ale scene is thriving says the latest beer lovers’ bible — despite pubs struggling to survive the credit crunch. Two local pubs have made their way into CAMRA’s...
British Muslims will need an injection against seasonal flu if they are travelling to Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj pilgrimage, under new travel rules announced today.
Date Published 15/09/2009
A North West Euro-MP has branded the 1990s decision to close the region’s coal mines as “a tragic mistake”. Chris Davies poured scorn on the closure of the region’s last deep...
Rochdale teenagers are to be offered money-off deals on skiing, football museums, restaurants and clothes shops to persuade them to use a travel card in Greater Manchester....
Trading standards at Rochdale Council fear a growing problem where callers pose as bank managers offering help in reclaiming excessive bank or credit card charges. The Council...
A brawl involving several weapons, including a machete, has left seven men in hospital with serious injuries. A group of men started fighting on Raleigh Gardens in...
Five months after a Sparthbottoms Road resident contacted Rochdale Online to complain of dumped waste near her home, she says that the problem is now worse than ever. Elizabeth...
Date Published 14/09/2009
A father and his two sons have just walked the length of the Pennine Way into Scotland to raise funds for Springhill Hospice.
The company behind Rochdale’s new tram services has been lambasted for its “bravado and buccaneering” in dealing with the upgrade of Metrolink lines. Stagecoach is being...
Novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford has named Rochdale-born Lisa Salmon as her real Woman of Substance. Lisa, who writes a column for the Oldham Chronicle, Rochdale Online's...
Pub customers in Rochdale pay an average of £2.32 for a pint of lager. Prices range between £2.01 and £3.10 across the Granada North West TV region according to workers union...
Bus services in Rochdale have been affected by strike action again today (Monday 14 September). Workers at First Bus based in Wigan, Bolton and Bury are taking part in a second...
Seven local Labour party members faced a disciplinary panel today, Sunday 13 September, for calling for an investigation into Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC)...
Date Published 13/09/2009
Couples planning their wedding had an extra incentive to use Rochdale Register Office as the first prize in the draw at today’s Open Day and Wedding Fayre was a ‘free wedding’....
Rochdale Rotary Club third annual Arts and Crafts Fair took place in the Great Hall, Rochdale Town Hall today, Sunday 13 September. There were 32 stalls ranging from jewellery,...
A United Utilities tanker has overturned at Sandbrook Park junction (Sunday 13 September). A United Utilities worker at the scene told Rochdale Online the driver, who was...
Sajjad Karim MEP was the guest speaker at the Rochdale and Heywood and Middleton Conservative Associations Annual Dinner held at Rochdale Masonic Hall last night (Saturday 12...
The Bradshaw’s invaded Milnrow tonight (Saturday 12 September); Buzz Hawkins brought his famous ‘cast’ of characters to Milnrow Cricket Club for a ‘A Mixed Dinner with the...
Date Published 12/09/2009
No Trumps Please, a Milnrow Amateur Dramatic (MAD) Society performance has been running for four nights at Milnrow Parish School with tonight (Saturday 12 September) the final...
Members of the public were treated to a fascinating insight as they watched a mock trial in Court Number One at Rochdale Magistrates Court. The mock trial was set up as part of...
Following the arrest of a Blackburn man as part of a police investigation into a major counterfeit cash gang, a house in Rochdale was searched and found to be a “production...
The first of our Heritage Open Day features took us on a tour of the Neeli Mosque and Islamic Centre. This striking purpose-built new mosque with a modern, unique design has blue...
Heywood Community School teacher and candidate on this year's BBC 'Apprentice' programme Noorul Choudhury is competing in Great North Run to raise funds for Cancer Research UK.
Date Published 11/09/2009
A Milnrow man is hoping to discover the story behind two postcards of Milnrow that he found recently on eBay. Ken Hall collects historical items from Rochdale and the...
