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Rochdale Borough Council employees have hit out at the council for the advice they are giving employees with swine flu saying effectively that it contradicts with the pressure...
Date Published 30/07/2009
Work has begun on developing the new extension to Heywood Cemetery after it was revealed that the space in the current cemetery would be filled.
Castleton Children’s Centre happy flowers walking float entry into Castleton Carnival last weekend had a particularly happy ending. The Children’s Centre was awarded the John...
Touchstones Rochdale is now officially an Arts Awards Welcome Centre allowing the organisation to fully support the Arts Awards and offer practical help to people who are pursuing...
The horseboat Maria is making a special trip along the Rochdale Canal on her return home after attending the Rochdale Canal Festival during July. She will be making a full passage...
Safe4Summer beats boredom and tackles anti-social behaviour. Young people can have fun while staying safe and out of trouble thanks to the safe4summer initiative being launched by...
Date Published 29/07/2009
Police from Rochdale Division will be speaking to residents as part of an ongoing initiative over the coming months. The drive will see officers and police community support...
Thirty-one people were arrested in Rochdale last week as part of Operation Storm, last week’s (20 – 24 July) force-wide week of action to target burglars.
As part of the on-going celebrations to mark Springhill Hospice’s 20 Anniversary, the Hospice, on Broad Lane, Rochdale, will be holding an Open Gardens Day.
A 19-year-old teenager was robbed near Birch Hill Hospital, Rochdale. The young man, 19, was walking along a public footpath behind Birch Hill Hospital in Littleborough between...
The Greater Manchester Police (GMP) Museum will be temporarily closed for renovation from 3 August -15 September and reopened in time for the new school term.
Dorothy Greaves, a lady well known throughout the Rochdale borough has been presented with a certificate of appreciation for the work conducted in the region.
The Iloba family, of Rochdale, have lost their appeal and now face deportation. The family had a dramatic reprieve as Rochdale's MP Paul Rowen’s request for a review into the...
Fire fighters have rushed to a roadside arson attack this morning in Newbold. The attack, which involved a Nissan Micra, occurred in the early hours of today (Wednesday 29 July)....
Rochdale born author Jan Needle, who did his A levels at Rochdale College before he went to Manchester University to study drama, has heard that his latest book, Wagstaffe the...
Date Published 28/07/2009
Promotion of ‘Britain’s strongest beer’ is totally irresponsible, says North West health campaign group Our Life. The campaign group says the promotion of Tokyo oak aged stout, a...
Labour councillors are questioning the reasons and the process which has lead to the coming closure of Rochdale Centre for Diversity (RCD) following a meeting at which a council...
More terraced homes across Rochdale neighbourhoods are getting a new lease of life through the Housing Market Renewal programme in the borough. New stonework, cleaned and...
Jim Dobbin MP has welcomed the Government funding to kickstart a house building programme across the borough. Mr Dobbin says the funding will create local construction jobs...
Councillor Farooq Ahmed has called on the Council to resolve their differences with Mega Mela festival organisers and secure the future of the festival. Organisers are due to...
Schools in Rochdale may not reopen after the summer holidays due to the increasing prevalence of swine flu in the community. The number of swine flu cases continues to...
Rochdale Borough Council is hoping to recruit an army of Community Crime Fighters that will help them and the police tackle crime and make communities safer in the borough....
Colin Blanchard (38), from Littleborough, near Rochdale, Greater Manchester, who was due to appear in court alongside two women charged in connection with a child abuse...
More than 550 people have found their perfect home in Greater Manchester thanks to an innovative housing scheme. Pinpoint, the largest choice based lettings scheme outside...
In a damning post on the Rochdale Online message board, Parish Priest of St Joseph's RC Church in Heywood, Father Paul Daly has accused the council cabinet member responsible for...
Parliament is now in recess which means I change my place of work from London to Heywood until October. It gives me time to work across my constituency and meet individuals,...
Date Published 27/07/2009
A bigamist who revealed to her fifth husband on their honeymoon that she was still married to four other men has been sentenced. Horne married her fifth husband, after meeting...
Rochdale Centre of Diversity (RCD) is being "forced" to close down – making all of its eight staff redundant. The organisation formally announced it is to collapse this...
It was another fantastic night for over 180 ladies who took to the moon-lit streets of Middleton, Heywood and Rochdale for this year’s Midnight Walk in support of Springhill...
Broadfield Park will open up to a day of fun as part of National Playday. Rochdale Council’s Play Development Team – part of Sure Start – have organised a huge variety of free...
