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A 31-year-old man who was threatening to throw himself from the top of Rochdale Bus Station last night (Thursday 9 July) was talked down by police. Crowds gathered at the foot...
Date Published 10/07/2009
Police have launched an urgent investigation after two men were shot in Rochdale town centre in the early hours of this morning (Friday 10 July) in what is believed to be a drugs...
Organisers of the Feel Good Festival that is underway in Rochdale town centre have pledged “the show goes on" despite the shooting incident on the outskirts of the town centre...
Two men are suffering possible life-threatening injuries after being stabbed in the street last night (Thursday 9 July). Witnesses report “screaming and shouting” erupting from...
Shortly after 12.50am today (Friday 10 July), a man was discovered on West Street, following an incident in a flat on Yorkshire Street, with gunshot wounds to his leg. He was...
Preparations for the biggest festival in town for decades are well underway this evening (Thursday 9 July). Event co-ordinators have been busy supervising erection of marquees on...
Date Published 09/07/2009
There will be a flowery theme to Castleton Children Centre's staff, parents and children as they get ready for their walking float as part of Castleton Carnival on Sunday 26 July....
A gang of thieves who supplied stolen cars to criminal gangs have today (Thursday 9 July) been jailed. Three men were involved in a number of thefts across Greater Manchester,...
Teenagers leaving school this summer are being invited to apply to be one of Rochdale Council’s new apprentices, working in the team that processes benefit applications and...
Rochdale Council have placed an official notice to attract a building contractor for its new £50 million municipal offices. The riverside development will provide a new library...
Kingsway Park High School is to be the name for the new school that is being developed by the amalgamation of Balderstone Technology College and Springhill High...
Payment for residents in 26,500 occupied care home beds for the elderly in the North West comes in full or in part from public funds. That is 62.5% of the total number of...
A high-speed rail line from London must run to the North and not end at Birmingham, the man in charge told MPs yesterday. Sir David Rowlands said it made no economic sense to...
More than 200 bikers and truckers brought the M62 to a standstill this morning in a protest against rising fuel and road tax prices. Police halted traffic on the westbound...
A lorry fire belching thick black smoke closed the M62 at the Saddleworth junction yesterday lunch time. The incident caused traffic tailbacks across Rochdale for the remainder...
Transport bosses have finalised a package of bus services to cater for passengers while the Oldham Loop Line is converted to Metrolink.
A German company has won the battle to transform the area around the Imperial War Museum North at Salford Quays. A total of 50 designers from across the world competed for the...
A sod-cutting ceremony has marked the start of building of the most modern police headquarters in the UK. Police leaders and developers gathered at Central Park, in Oldham...
Children in Rochdale will be warned of the dangers of swimming in reservoirs in advance of what is expected to be a summer scorcher. With eight drownings in North West...
Rochdale Borough Council has said there is “nothing we can do” about adverts littering the borough without planning permission, despite admitting that many adverts "contravene...
Date Published 08/07/2009
Prime Minister’s Question time (PMQs) over the last few weeks has been dominated with the debate about public spending cuts. The Prime Minister has accused the Leader of the...
A new GP practice will officially open in Smallbridge on 1st August - the first of five new GP services planned for the borough this year. As part of a £18 million investment...
The Government has been accused of “fighting tooth and nail” to cover up the truth about the alleged torture of Rochdale terrorist Rangzeib Ahmed. Former shadow home secretary...
A High Court judge has ruled that all future court proceedings for Colin Blanchard and Vanessa George, the case for possessing pornographic images of children, will be held in...
Heartless muggers pushed an 82-year old woman to the ground and robbed her of her purse and bus pass on Monday (6 July) Police are hunting down the muggers who struck the...
A postman could be put behind bars after he admitted setting fire to hundreds of letters and parcels. Aaron Heaney, 20, stashed piles of post in his car before torching...
The co-operative Milnrow Band has earned a place at this year's Scottish Open Championship following their recent victory at the Blackpool Spring Festival. The band were...
Date Published 07/07/2009
Posters advertising Springhill Hospice's upcoming ladies-only Midnight Walk have been turning heads across Rochdale. The ‘trailetto campaign’ comprises a half trainer and...
Police believe a taxi driver could be the key to an investigation in which a teenager was injured in Rochdale. At 9.50pm on Saturday 6 June 2009, a house party at the junction...
Rochdale and District Mind took home the Mental Health and Wellbeing award at the North West Health and Social Care Awards for Comple@t, internet café projects to help people with...
