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MPs are demanding that the Government abandons plans to slap 2p on petrol and diesel from next week as the recession continues to bite. The price at the pumps will increase...
Date Published 28/08/2009
This year 47% of students gained five or more GCSEs including English and Maths, compared to 43% in 2008 and 42% in 2007. 65% of the students who gained five or more GCSE...
Date Published 27/08/2009
This year’s Blend Youth Arts Event took place in the fantastic new surroundings of Middleton Arena, and was a great success, involving groups of young people from across the...
Oulder Hill Community School saw a rush of eager students at 10.00am today (27 August) queuing up outside awaiting their GCSE results.
Springhill High School has seen a 10% improvement since last year, and now has 77% overall pass rate for 5A*-C, a steady increase in the past eight years.
Over 21? Spare bedroom? Sense of humour? There are many different types of foster care and virtually anybody can foster. Don’t be put off because you are single, you have a...
Siddal Moor students have reason to celebrate today as GCSE results for the school are released. Governors and staff are “incredibly pleased with the school’s best ever...
Key workers from the Targeted Youth Support Team, part of Rochdale Borough Youth Service, took a group of young people to visit York Dungeons. The young people stepped back in...
There was delight at Beech House school as pupils and staff collected their GCSE results. Of the 22 year 11 pupils taking their exams, 73% got GCSE grades at C or above...
Staff, students and their families celebrated another record breaking year for the school in the annual GCSE results. The school was one of two in the Local Authority nominated as...
Hopwood Hall has enjoyed another successful year, with many mature students sitting their GCSEs and performing remarkably well. A success story of results this year comes from...
Pupils and teachers at Matthew Moss High School certainly had reason to celebrate today as they have exceeded previous years GCSE results. Head teacher Mr Raymer said:...
It may be small but it certainly packs a powerful punch — motorists beware for this compact crime fighter sees everything. The minute motor, a Smart car fitted with a 12ft...
Rochdale Youth Council and the Young Carers’ group recently took part in a fact finding visit to Rochdale’s twin town of Bielefeld in Germany. The purpose of their visit was to...
Pupils at Cardinal Langley RC High School were all smiles this morning as they collected their GCSE results. The school has improved on last years results placing them well...
St Anne’s Academy has established new records in GCSE results and that represents seven years of year on year improvement at the Hollin Lane site, a consistency in improvement...
Votes are flooding in via the Rochdale Online website for the Rochdale Town Centre Employee of the Year award sponsored by Rochdale Online. Within three days of the voting...
NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale (HMR) has been shortlisted for a national award for its service to help patients manage long term conditions, such as heart disease, lung...
Four of the remaining hit touring artists that emerged from the heady days of the early 60s will be on stage together at the Middleton Arena on Friday 11 September. Mike...
Controversy is raging over the decision by the Three Owls Bird Sanctuary to accept the support of British National Party (BNP) Leader Nick Griffin. As revealed by Rochdale...
To bring to an end the official celebrations marking Springhill Hospice’s 20th Anniversary year, the fundraising team at Broad Lane have organised the ‘Springhill Hospice Grand...
A Care Assistant at Millfield Nursing Home, Heywood, has been selected from thousands of applicants to take part in the BUPA Challenge in Ecuador. Sarah Connelly will travel...
Commenting on today's (Thursday 27 August) GCSE results Carol Hopkins Local Manager for Rochdale at Greater Manchester Chamber, said: “Most of those receiving their GCSE results...
Jim Dobbin MP has added his weight to a campaign run by a coalition of twenty organisations representing people with long-term conditions to scrap prescription charges for all...
Manchester Pride will see police officers and staff from 22 forces across the UK walking in Police with Pride this weekend. This Saturday over 270 officers and staff from...
Langley Writers have made a grant application to Middleton Township Fund. Langley Writers is a new group of 12 existing members of the recently finished Cartwheel Community...
Being locked up in a prison cell and seeing how easily a street confrontation can escalate out of control and being ‘arrested’ are on the curriculum for some Rochdale teenagers as...
Date Published 26/08/2009
A hospital has been forced to shake up its pre-operative procedures after a Rochdale woman died following treatment for a leg ulcer. Kathleen Hepworth (78) had a vein bypass...
Nick Griffin leader of the controversial British National Party (BNP) has pledged his support for the Three Owls Bird Sanctuary with its battle "against red tape emanating from...
As students receive their GCSE results tomorrow (Thursday, 27 August), new research shows that young people in the Rochdale want to continue in the education system for longer...
