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A Middleton man who raped a woman in Manchester city centre more than ten years ago has been sentenced. Stephen Leonard, 46, of Easby Road, was sentenced to seven and a half...
Date Published 03/08/2009
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) – the organisation that manages the borough’s council properties - says there arew fewer empty council houses than ever before. RBH set...
Date Published 02/08/2009
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) has been successful in securing a share of £84 million funding from the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA). The £1.4 million funding will help...
History was made at Spotland Stadium when a Kabaddi Match took place on a professional football pitch for the first time ever. Rochdale Kabaddi Club hired the stadium at a cost...
The Summer Festival at Sparth Community Centre was a hive of excited activity with children and adults of all ages enjoying the sunshine AND a mixture of fun activities and more...
A new post has been established to help reduce the pressure of alcohol related admissions to Rochdale Infirmary Accident and Emergency (A&E). Anne Livesey has been appointed as...
Date Published 01/08/2009
The results of a new survey carried out by local authorities to ask local people for their perceptions about the area in which they live has revealed that the Borough of Rochdale...
In its latest annual health profile for the Borough of Rochdale the Association of Public Health Observatories, funded by the Department of Health, has revealed the health of...
July has been the wettest since 1998 and experts predict there’s worse to come. Rain has fallen for 24 days out of 31 — a lot higher than the average of 13. Rochdale has...
Empty units at the Rochdale Exchange Shopping Centre could soon be a thing of the past with the Shopping Centre management hopeful that three of the four units currently vacant...
The 'September' issue of Rochdale Borough Council's 'propaganda' magazine, Local Matters, has for the past week (the last week in July) been dropping through letterboxes...
Rochdale Borough Council has over the past few weeks repeatedly said it would not take commercial advertising in its 'propaganda' magazine, Local Matters, and yet the issue just...
A man has been charged in connection with a fatal road traffic collision in Heywood. Christopher Bennett (05/01/1980), of Kenyon Lane, Middleton, has been charged with causing...
The Homes and Communities Agency has shortlisted six Rochdale projects for its ‘Kickstart’ programme, which could see over 400 new homes built in the borough.
Date Published 31/07/2009
Rochdale Centre of Diversity is to cease providing services from Monday 3 August. Rochdale Borough Council has made interim arrangements so that the support previously provided by...
Leading North West health campaign group Our Life has criticised a new report into alcohol misuse by a committee of MPs for failing to address the role of alcohol retailers who...
Around 650 new jobs will be created in the Rochdale borough over the next two years as part of the Government’s Future Jobs Fund. Greater Manchester has been awarded up to £52...
Heywood Court, a newly refurbished care centre, has recently had its annual Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection. The inspection allowed Heywood Court’s status to be changed...
Fire fighters battled with an arson attack on Curzon Close, Kirkholt. The incident occurred today at 1.40am.
The Fire Service was called out to a deliberate fire at Spot Road, Spotland, at 5.59 am.
A Rochdale man’s been given a suspended jail sentence after admitting claiming £17,000 in Income Support and Council Tax Benefit that he wasn’t entitled to. Mohammed Javaid,...
Fire fighters rushed out to Yorkshire Street, Heywood, after fire spread to a waste pipe. The incident was reported at 1.45am. The fire spread from a large amount of waste...
Date Published 30/07/2009
Rochdale Police have been criticised for their recently announced inititative of being out and about stopping local residents to ask them if they know who their neighbourhood...
The Rochdale Town Centre Business Awards, which have been running since 2007, focus on and reward Rochdale town centre’s Unique Selling Point, which is customer service. This...
A job vacancy in the office of a Rochdale Euro-MP attracted 755 applications in just seven days. Liberal Democrat MEP Chris Davies needed to appoint at short notice a new...
Heywood North Councillor Peter Rush has been appointed to represent the Borough at the North West Employers Organisation. The organisation provides advice, support and...
Speaking to Rochdale Online, campaigners and experts say a landmark High Court decision could have “important parallels” for the future of the former asbestos factory site in...
The transformation of secondary eduction in Rochdale, under the £200 million Rochdale Building Schools for the Future programme, has moved a step back after Rochdale Borough...
A group of 10 councils, including Rochdale Borough Council, is rushing to find a replacement for the Anite Pericles revenues and benefits software system. The authorities...
Patients with swine flu symptoms in the borough of Rochdale are being encouraged to stay at home and use the new National Pandemic Flu Service (NPFS). The new self-care...
