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Parents are being urged to keep their children away from construction sites over the summer holidays Dozens of children are seriously injured on construction sites every year,...
Date Published 14/07/2009
Teenagers who have created their own film on living as Muslims in Rochdale are backing a campaign to give young people interesting things to do on Friday and Saturday nights....
Motorists in Rochdale are set to benefit from a share of £45 million for additional repairs and safety measures on local roads. Rochdale is one of four areas in Greater...
The first of many Metrolink trams has arrived in Manchester after a marathon journey from Vienna. The M5000 unit made the final leg of its journey from the manufacturing site...
Swine flu has struck Rochdale Council staff – with six employees off work with the illness. Workers from Telegraph House were sent home after contracting the illness, and an...
Travellers have pitched up on private land in Castleton. A small group of caravans appeared on Gypsy Lane yesterday morning (Monday 13 July). Rochdale Borough Council say they...
A woman who has just six months to live is campaigning to get her illness ‘taken more seriously’ by the NHS. Carol Hoyle, of Rochdale, is in the final stages of COPD (Chronic...
Dads and children from Howard Street Sure Start Children’s Centre joined a sponsored Thomas the Tank Engine walk round Falinge Park one very hot, sunny afternoon last week. The...
Fire fighters rushed to Freehold this afternoon after arsonists torched four adjacent garages. Crews attended Ulster Avenue, off Merefield Street, shortly after midday today...
Date Published 13/07/2009
I welcome the agreement on climate change reached by the G8 leaders. Gordon Brown has been putting pressure on other countries including America for some time. The G8 leaders have...
Shoppers stopped in amusement this morning (Monday 13 July) as bank staff tried to help a cash collection man who locked himself out of his van. Workers from Yorkshire Bank,...
Bus staff from First Manchester have become special constables and their beat is...the buses. They have joined colleagues from Stagecoach and GMPTE to spend one shift a week...
A long-awaited decision over restoring justice for victims of an asbestos-related disease will be made within days — but a union fears it will be a betrayal of the working...
A senior police officer has quit the force after being caught drunk behind the wheel. Superintendent Paul Brookes was found swerving across the road by his colleagues at GMP,...
The British National Party’s first two Euro-MPs are finding it increasingly hard to win friends and influence people in Europe. BNP leader Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons both...
More primary schoolchildren in Rochdale are eating healthy school meals than in other parts of the country. Figures published by the School Food Trust showed that, across the...
The number of people convicted for carrying a knife in Greater Manchester has risen by two thirds in 10 years. In 1998, courts across the region convicted 242 people —...
The Feel Good Festival “felt great” said one visitor to what has to be the most successful event in town for very many years. The two day festival attracted thousands of visitors...
Date Published 12/07/2009
The Flying Horse saw probably the most eclectic mix of bands in the Feel Good Festival music extravaganza. The acts booked by Red Deer Club promoter Duncan Sime provided a steady...
Early revellers at Mango last night were given a taste of something a little different to some of the Feel Good Festival's more mainstream sounds. From a cello to a classical...
The Feel Good Festival spirit was alive into the early hours at the Back Door Music Project. Hundreds of revellers made their way up to the Broadwater Centre, Water Street, for...
An intimate and appreciative audience enjoyed a range of live music at one of the Feel Good Festival's fringe venues yesterday (Saturday 11 July). Touchstones was away from the...
The Bluetones rolled back the years as they rocked Rochdale. Thousands flocked to Town Hall Square to see one of the nineties eponymous Britpop indie bands back together to...
Date Published 11/07/2009
Crowds swarmed the town centre streets this afternoon (Saturday 11 July), for the first batch of live music for the Feel Good Festival. Rochdale Online News reporter Kirsty Rigg...
A superb atmosphere in town today as the Feel Good Festival lives up to its name. The Butts and Town Hall Square have been packed with locals and visitors from many neighbouring...
Police are investigating after a man was savagely beaten in a Heywood bar. Officers were called to JD Whetherspoons bar at 1.00pm yesterday (Thursday 9 July), where a person...
Date Published 10/07/2009
Another sticky night in Rochdale, the tropical capital of the north, and the jazz world were delighted to see Maurice Gavan back on the keyboards with The Jazz Gentlemen after...
Hundreds of people flocked to The Butts in Rochdale town centre today (Friday 10 July) for the first day of the Rochdale Feel Good Festival. The highlight of the day came in...
Local libraries are working with the Family Learning Service and Learn Local promote the Six Book Challenge 2009. Adult learners across the borough have taken part in the...
Two brothers are in intensive care after being stabbed by their cousin during a vicious family feud. Mohammed Asif Khan, 18, was stabbed close to his heart, while his brother...
