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Pupils in Heywood & Middleton will join thousands of children from across the UK and over 40 countries worldwide this October to celebrate the benefits of walking to school during...
Date Published 19/08/2009
Last year the National Health Service celebrated sixty years since its creation. The brainchild of William Beveridge, Liberal MP for Berwick upon Tweed and introduced by fiery...
A taxi driver was sprayed in the face with a mystery liquid. The assault happened on Edenfield Road at about 11.45pm on 14 August.
School-leavers in Rochdale are being urged to consider doing an apprenticeship. As A-level results are released tomorrow, Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce believes more...
Rochdale is to benefit from £75,000 additional funding to help tackle surface water flooding, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn announced today (Tuesday 18 August). Rochdale is...
Date Published 18/08/2009
A gang of football hooligans have been banned from all grounds in the country following a brawl at the beginning of last season. Six troublemakers followed Rochdale to Grimsby...
Hollin Lane, Middleton - Hazlehurst Drive to Whalley Road Temporary 3 way signals to facilitate gas main work Until 20 August 2009 Smithy Bridge Road, Littleborough – at...
Ryanair is to switch or close nine of the 10 routes it currently operates from Manchester Airport, blaming the airport's refusal to lower its charges. The firm said most...
Test purchases in the Rochdale borough have revealed pub vending machines could be undermining efforts to prevent underage tobacco sales. Rochdale Council is tackling...
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) Communities First Awards closing date is 28 September; RBH want to hear about any adult or young person who gives up their own time doing...
Police chiefs say they are increasingly taking on new detectives to plug gaps in the CID in Greater Manchester. Reports have suggested that Greater Manchester Police is...
The wooden structure of a partially built home was destroyed by fire in the early hours of Friday morning (14 August). A crew from Rochdale fire station put out the large blaze...
We may not be looking forward to going back to school and work after a few weeks off over the summer, and often the last thing we think of in the rush to get out of the house, is...
Shocking statistics have revealed that while the 17 to 25 years old age group only accounts for one in eight road users, one in three road fatalities is a person aged between 17...
Rochdale motorists are being targeted by a TV advertising campaign to tackle drug driving. The campaign was launched by Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis after new research...
A woman was repeatedly punched in the face during an armed robbery in Middleton. Staff were forced into an office and the 36-year-old woman was attacked by one of the robbers...
Children from as young as 10 were getting on their bikes and learning how to stay safe in a special cycle training course organised by Police Community Support Officer (PCSO)...
Date Published 17/08/2009
Three people were arrested for drug related offences in Rochdale yesterday (Sunday 16 August) as part of Operation Tornado, a forcewide operation to target criminals across...
The grounds of Spotland and Falinge Community Centre have been renovated thanks to hard work by some local volunteers. Volunteers on Groundwork Oldham & Rochdale's Prince's...
Immigration Minister Phil Woolas MP is the “only person who can save the Iloba Family from deportation” says Rochdale MP Paul Rowen. The latest news in the fight is not good for...
Swine flu cases have fallen in the North West for the second week running. And the number of new cases in England fell from 30,000 to 25,000, with the number of antiviral...
An exciting new exhibition opened at Rochdale's Touchstones gallery this weekend. The show has a strong health and environment focus and is the culmination of three 10-week...
Rochdale families are swopping their annual summer holidays for value days out, according to a bus company. Despite this summer’s mixed weather, bus operator First says...
A former British soldier accused of shooting dead two colleagues in Iraq was suffering from post–traumatic stress syndrome and should never have been given a job as a private...
Rochdale's historic Healey Hall could become a treatment centre for recovering alcoholics. Plans to change the use of the Grade II listed building to a 'residential alcohol...
Border officials have uncovered a plot to smuggle £62,000 worth of cannabis into the country through Manchester Airport. A 26-year-old painter and decorator was remanded in...
Tracey Richardson, aged 26, from Milnrow, recently completed the numeracy and literacy courses that Groundwork Oldham & Rochdale are delivering free as part of the national...
More than 300 of Rochdale’s primary school children are taught in classes of at least 36 pupils, according to Government figures. They show the borough’s average primary class...
A quarter of primary school pupils in the Rochdale borough do not speak English as their first language. The figure of 3,866 pupils, or 25.4%, is the fourth highest in the...
Two campers were thrown into the River Spodden during a violent attack early on Friday morning (14 August). Two men have been charged with the attack on a group of men, who...
