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The NHS has paid out almost £11 million for cases of clinical negligence involving hospitals across the region in just one year. According to information from the NHS...
Date Published 24/08/2009
New figures showing that pubs are closing at the rate of 52 a week have been greeted with anger by the UK Independence Party. Local Euro-MP and the party’s chairman, Paul...
The family of a security guard facing double murder charges in Iraq hope a legal loophole could allow him to stand trial in Britain. Former Paratrooper Danny Fitzsimons, 29,...
Courts will be given new powers to deal with the growing threat of domestic violence — as figures reveal a case is reported to Greater Manchester Police every eight minutes....
River Island are set to move into the Rochdale Exchange shopping centre in October. The large fashion chain is moving out of its Yorkshire Street store on Saturday 3 October...
I begin this article by highlighting the massive and constructive contribution of the voluntary or third sector organisations. I represent this sector on behalf of my Trade...
A man had a noxious substance sprayed in his face during an attack on his own doorstep. It happened during an attempted burglary on Piethorne Close in Newhey on Saturday...
The Family Fun Day and Summer Fayre at the Leonard Cheshire Disability Honresfeld Home in Littleborough provided an afternoon out for families and people of all ages. The event...
Date Published 23/08/2009
Leader of the Conservative Gorup on Rochdale Borough Council, Councillor Ashley Dearnley, has called on the Council to "stop the spin". Councillor Dearnley was speaking out...
A vicious gang of men who laughed as they brutally kicked and punched their victim while he lay defenceless on the ground have been sentenced. The trio battered the victim so...
More than 670 people, 67 of them in Rochdale, have been arrested as part of Operation Admiral, Greater Manchester Police's major crackdown on alcohol-fuelled crime. In one of...
Rochdale Borough Council has chosen a partner to work on its £196 million Building Schools for the Future (BSF) Programme to transform the borough’s secondary schools....
The controversial ID card is set to be rolled out across Greater Manchester within weeks. The card is intended to be used for travel across Europe, and the Government claims...
Date Published 21/08/2009
Four in 10 Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale residents who vowed to quit smoking have successfully kicked the habit. In total, 1,820 gave up smoking between April 2008 and March...
Irish Comedian and Rochdale's adopted son Jimmy Cricket is making a special appearance at the Royal Court Theatre in Bacup to record his first DVD. Jimmy has recorded a video...
A 15-year-old boy is due to appear in court charged with burglary. The boy, from Middleton, is due before Rochdale Youth Court on 2 September.
While most A Level students were out celebrating their exam results, Rochdale student Toby Iloba was told his results from the confines of Yarl's Wood Detention Centre. Toby...
A new GP practice in Smallbridge is now open to the public. The practice at the Ralph Williams Centre on Stevenson Square is currently registering new patients.
Milnrow residents were left scratching their heads and checking their calendars this week as Council workers put up this year's Christmas lights. A full four months before the...
Arrests have been made across Rochdale after a major crackdown on violent crime. Hundreds of officers took part in early morning raids targeting violent criminals across...
Sir Cyril Smith, the former Rochdale MP, is recovering at Rochdale Infirmary after a recent fall. Sir Cyril attended the Infirmary 10 days ago after being found collapsed in...
Date Published 20/08/2009
Preparations are well underway for a special star studded night celebrating the Rochdale borough's extraordinary contribution to British music. The ‘Rocking the Blue Plaques’...
Nominations have flooded in for the Rochdale Town Centre employee of the year award, sponsored by Rochdale Online. Managers at town centre businesses and members of the public...
A major power cut left thousands of Rochdale homes without electricity last night (Wednesday 19 August) and motorists faced dangerous conditions as traffic lights went out all...
The Rochdale Rotary Club is organising it's third annual Arts and Crafts Fair in the Great Hall, Rochdale Town Hall, 10.00am - 4.00pm on Sunday 13 September, the event coincides...
The nervous wait for more than a hundred of Rochdale's young adults was ended today (Thursday 20 August) as they picked up their A Level results. The number of candidates...
A number of roads on the Kirkholt estate have recently been resurfaced for the first time since the Second World War. Queen Victoria Street, Gisburn Drive, Cavendish Road and...
Date Published 19/08/2009
The keys to Heywood's £7.3 million Phoenix Centre have been handed over and the development should be in public use this autumn. The centre, at the site of the former Heywood...
Rochdale’s Cabinet Member for Older People Councillor Pauline Maguire has called on the Government to act after figures revealed that Britain has the fourth highest levels of...
A Smallbridge woman has won through to the final of radio competition and has the chance to get rid of her banged up car and exchange it for a brand new one. Sarah Cryer, 20,...
