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The annual Summer Reading Challenge run by all local libraries is now underway, with nearly 200 children signing up within the first few days. Children will soon be sharing...
Date Published 21/07/2009
The BNP is attempting to drum up local support by offering organisations a share of their expense accounts and salaries. Constituents across the North West will be able to...
Transport Secretary Lord Adonis has thrown his weight behind Rochdale’s Plan B. The £1.5 billion proposals to bring trams into Rochdale are a replacement for Greater...
MPs were last night handed help guides on how to deal with any cases of forced marriage over the summer — with many families thinking they can get away with it in the holiday...
Young people are often struggling to find their way in the adult world. For some, a troubled background of drugs, violence and sex, can see them snowball into disaster. But how...
Two of Rochdale's parks have achieved the coveted ‘Green Flag’ status for the first time. The awards for Packer Spout and St Chad's, behind Rochdale Town Hall, and Truffet...
The new Head of Children’s Social Care, appointed by Rochdale Borough Council, has promised to help improve the livelihood of vulnerable children across the borough. Steve...
Kandy Klub will remain closed for a further four weeks and a whole host of conditions have been imposed on its licence by Rochdale Borough Council’s Licensing Committee. The...
Date Published 20/07/2009
Parents and staff at Howard Street Sure Start Children’s Centre having been finding out about how to keep the whole family safer in the car. Road Safety Officer Dave Godley...
Children's charity MedEquip4Kids is hosting a curry night next Monday (27 July). The event, at Raj Restaurant on Edenfield Road, starts at 7pm, and will raise money for the...
Health chiefs from NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale are reassuring local residents not to worry and keep following recommended hygiene procedures, as the level of swine flu...
Rochdale Council will be given £946,842 to help schools open longer hours — even in school holidays. The money for the borough is part of a £167 million pot to allow schools...
Hopes of a Government U-turn to save churches and sports clubs from huge hikes in water bills — the so-called “rain tax” — have been dashed. Ministers have ruled out making...
Four people have been charged after a Rochdale teenager was attacked and racially abused in Springfield Park. The 17-year old girl suffered a fractured eye socket in the brutal...
This is Dave Reynolds, a married father-of-two, who was enjoying a lunchtime coffee when he was pulverised with a hammer and left for dead in a pub toilet. Doctors told him if...
A Rochdale man has been prosecuted after he was caught selling cigarettes to an under-age teenager. Aqeel Ahmed, 23, of Drake Street, was working at a newsagent in Blackpool,...
The Borough of Rochdale Fund is advising local community group leaders that there is still money available for their groups. Groups can apply to the Fund for grants of up to...
An extra £3 million will be invested in neighbourhoods across Oldham and Rochdale this year to help improve the choice and quality of local housing. The Housing Market Renewal...
Rochdale Hornets Rugby League Club and Rochdale MP Paul Rowen have £800 to pupils at Hollingworth Business and Enterprise College. The money will be put towards a trip to...
Date Published 19/07/2009
Police are investigating after a wheelie bin full of rubbish was set alight and propped against the front door of a house this morning (Sunday 19 July). Firefighters entered...
A new contact centre in Rochdale has been awarded a three-year contract from Network Rail to provide a national technical helpdesk service. The centre is based on Drake St, as...
Men in clogs and bells dancing with sticks, yes its Littleborough Rushbearing Festival but if your idea of the festival is those opening words then you are out of touch with a...
Police in Greater Manchester have pledged to leave no stone unturned in their fight to bring burglars to justice in a week of action starting this Monday (20 July). Operation...
From behind the 20ft walls of Yarl’s Wood immigration detention centre, there is not much view of the outside world. For the Iloba family who, after five years in the UK, were...
Date Published 18/07/2009
A woman has spoken of the moment she feared for her life as a van smashed into her living room this evening (Friday 17 July). Margaret McCabe, of Badger Close (off Broad Lane),...
Date Published 17/07/2009
The teenager who could be kicked out of the country after settling in Rochdale five years ago has spoken out for the first time. Saskia Iloba, 17, spoke with Rochdale Online...
Family deaths, forgetfulness and illness are the main reasons why people fail to turn up for dental appointments, according to a new survey conducted by NHS Heywood, Middleton and...
Heartbroken friends of Saskia Iloba, the star pupil from Falinge who could be forced back to Nigeria, have made an emotional plea to keep her in the UK. Umar Mukhtar, 17, and...
Scout Moor Wind Farm, the largest onshore wind farm in the country, is helping to put the North West at the forefront of the UK’s shift to low carbon. The North West has 140...
Councils could save tax payers thousands of pounds a year if they do more to tackle gypsies, according to Government Communities Secretary John Denham. Rochdale has had...
