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The annual art exhibition giving Rochdale artists the opportunity to exhibit in their local gallery at Touchstones Rochdale has been officially opened by the Mayor, Councillor...
Date Published 07/07/2009
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen has today voted against raising beer tax in British pubs. In a key vote supporting the British pub industry, the MP voted for an amendment to the Finance...
Residents are being asked to nominate their health heroes for NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale’s annual Going for Gold Awards. The Trust has developed two awards where the...
People from Rochdale have helped make a North West anti-smoking campaign a national award winner. They were among more than 60,000 from the region — the biggest response in...
A drunken thug who beat a man into a coma following an argument over a mobile phone failed to convince top judges he was wrongly convicted yesterday. Stephen David Woolfall...
NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale (HMR) is emphasising the need for people with swine flu symptoms to stay at home and not go into GP practices, walk in centres or Accident and...
Falinge Park High School pupils have designed an outfit for TV celebrity chef Aazam Ahmad to wear at this weekend’s Rochdale Feel Good Festival. Year 10 pupils Viqas Bhatti,...
Greater Manchester’s transport bosses will be taking the fight for the region’s fair share of new train carriages direct to the Government this week. Leading members of Greater...
The main executive boxes at Spotland Stadium have been badly damaged following a flood on Friday morning (3 July). The Main Stand roof could not cope with the morning's heavy...
A Rochdale terror plotter, a convicted member of al-Qaeda, has made allegations against the police and MI5 for perverting the course of justice. Rangzieb Ahmed, who was jailed...
A busy road was cordoned off after a two-car smash in yesterday’s rush hour. Fire fighters and an ambulance attended Kiln Lane, Milnrow, at 6.00pm (Monday 6 July), after the...
Police have released details of a girl thought to be responsible for the brutal, racist attack in Springfield Park last month. The Hate Crime Unit has been tracing the...
Date Published 06/07/2009
National Grid has announced a £76,000 investment in improving Rochdale's gas network. The national power and gas transmission network operator is renewing 370 metres of gas...
School pupils are being made to carry government ID cards in a pilot scheme to curb underage drinking and smoking. Youngsters from Falinge Park High School were given the cards...
A group of nine Asian teenagers huddled into the dock at Rochdale Magistrates Court this afternoon (Monday 6 July), charged in connection with the near-death of a teenage boy,...
Shocking drinking habits of Rochdale’s under-age boozers have been revealed. One in four drinks more than 20 units a week, according to a North-West-wide survey of 14 to...
Aazam Ahmad, BBC Fusion Chef, cooked up a delicious 6 course meal for 50 hungry guests in Bar 5 as a warm-up to this weekend’s Feel Good Festival. The Mayor, Cllr Keith Swift,...
Over 2000 people are thought to have attended the Darnhill Festival on Saturday (4 July), said to be the biggest crowd yet. Local people “lined the streets” to watch the...
Nine males will appear before Rochdale Magistrates today (Monday 6 July) charged in connection with a gang attack on a teenage boy in Denehurst Park last year. Three of the...
Rochdale is being hardest hit by the recession because it has a large number of poorly skilled workers, according to a national study. The study by the Work Foundation found...
Rochdale Council has backtracked on what appeared to be a commitment not to seek commercial advertising. The Council was recently embarrassed to be found advertising Hebden Bridge...
Date Published 05/07/2009
Popular local musician/sound engineer Tom Szakaly is appealing for witnesses to a road traffic collision he was involved in on 9 June around 2.00pm. The incident occurred at...
Paul Rowen, MP for Rochdale says he will fight to keep “deeply concerning” water drainage costs down for non-profit organisations. Places of worship, amateur sports groups, and...
The delivery of the Supporting People programme provided by Rochdale Borough Council has been awarded a one star ‘fair’ rating in a report by the independent Audit...
The Mayor of Rochdale, Councillor Keith Swift, today decided to join in on the fun at the Greater Manchester Fire Service Museum open day. Children from across the borough...
A mugger used a screwdriver to frighten his victim into handing over his mobile phone. A 34-year-old man was approached as he walked along Newbold Hall Drive at 9.30 on Tuesday...
NSPCC Littleborough branch has raised over £7000 in a single fundraising event to help stop cruelty to children. Fundraisers and generous donators attended a garden party, with...
Youngsters who don’t wear their seatbelts were urged to think twice by fire fighters yesterday (Saturday 4 July), as they were cut out of a car in an eye-opening...
The local health service has been praised for making good progress in the past 12 months. Two projects from NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale were praised in a region wide...
Date Published 04/07/2009
Rochdale Borough Council’s Customer Service centre in Milnrow moves to a new home within the nearby library on Newhey Road from Monday 13 July. The centre, which provides free...
