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Brighter Horizons, charitable subsidiary of Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH), has secured a grant from the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) for £300,000. This will enable...
Date Published 02/09/2009
Some workers at Rochdale Council are given more than two days pay per year for standing in a lift that takes them to the correct floor at the 'Black Box' Council office...
The British Lung Foundation has set up new online support for people with a lung condition. One in seven people have a respiratory condition, and the charity is offering them...
Three out of five heart attack survivors in the North West are missing out on a lifesaving service. They are failing to attend a cardiac rehabilitation programme, according to...
New figures show a rapid rise in drink-related hospital admissions — and Rochdale is among the worst affected. Pennine Acute Trust, which runs hospitals in Oldham, Bury,...
Tomorrow (Wednesday 2 September) is the last chance to vote for the Rochdale Town Centre Employee of the Year award. Votes have been flooding in via the Rochdale Online website...
Date Published 01/09/2009
The Rochdale Legal Advice Partnership helps solve peoples problems which are central to their lives. These include: debt, consumer issues, benefits, housing, legal matters,...
All RBH tenants and their families are invited to the RBH Celebration and Information Day Saturday 3 October 10am to 3pm at Rochdale Town Hall. It's an opportunity to celebrate...
More than 150 people have been so badly attacked by dogs in the last five years they have needed hospital treatment. Twenty-nine casualties, including four under 18s, were...
Rochdalians are being urged to give blood now to save lives this winter — and have been told to bring along a relative, friend and colleague too. The dip in winter donations is...
Changes to the way the post is delivered are in the pipeline, with plans for posties to do their rounds in vans. The image of the postman on the beat who struggles with his...
Half of all over 55s believe they are either too old or too ill to be organ donors. Research into the reasons why people aren’t signed up to the NHS Organ Donor Registry found...
Moves to phase out all but energy-saving lightbulbs have been slammed by a North-West Euro-MP. Chris Nuttall, of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), has hit out at moves by the...
Motorists are being warned to expect lane closures on the M62 while vital work to improve the central reservation and verge safety fence takes place. The work, which will begin...
Four Greater Manchester Police officers and one member of police staff will face charges of misconduct in public office following allegations of the use of excessive force and...
When Tory frontbench politician Chris Grayling MP compared gang crime in Moss Side to that of Baltimore, as depicted in the Wire, his remarks sparked a storm of protest. The same...
Local grant maker The Community Foundation for Great Manchester (CFGM) has awarded £241,209 from the Government’s Targeted Support Fund to help eight charities and voluntary...
Exhibitions that have been running throughout spring and summer at Touchstones will end this week, we sent our reporter/photographer to take a look before it was too late! All...
Date Published 31/08/2009
Now in its 8th year, Littleborough Arts Festival is increasingly popular attracting visitors from all over the UK. We sent our reporter and photographer along today (Bank Holiday...
This afternoon, and carrying on into tonight (Sunday 30 August), live music was pumping out at the Backdoor. The event, 'A Lazy Sunday Afternoon', is in aid of Springhill Hospice...
Date Published 30/08/2009
The Healthy Futures roadshow which has been travelling the north east of Greater Manchester for the past three months has now reached an estimated 50,000 people. The roadshow aims...
Date Published 28/08/2009
Rochdale borough’s seven-year-olds are lagging behind at school. New figures show that 82 per cent of them reached the expected standard for their age in reading and 78 per...
Holidaymakers had an average of nine alcoholic drinks on every day of their summer break a new survey has revealed. The study — part of the Know Your Limits campaign — showed...
Dozens of babies across the area were so keen to come into the world they did not let their mums get to the labour ward before making their appearance. In 2008, 120 babies...
The number of people killed or injured on Greater Manchester’s roads has fallen by more than 70 a month in the last year, according to the Department for Transport. A total of...
The eagerly awaited Springhill Hospice Rochdale Calendar for 2010, sponsored by the Wheatsheaf Shopping Centre and featuring pictures from around the Borough taken by local...
A Rochdale-based father-of-two has admitted selling fake designer clothing and footwear on Bradford Market – claiming he needed to do it to make ends meet. Market trader Tahir...
As the North West gears up for one of its busiest holiday periods over the August Bank Holiday, health bosses in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale are issuing advice to local people...
There is nothing tame about the Tame Valley Stompers, superb musicianship, superlative teamwork and an evening of entertainment par excellance. Lead by eccentric trombonist...
A leading meningitis charity is warning parents to be on their guard against the potentially deadly illness as they gear up to send their children back to school. Meningitis...
