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There is fun for all the family in Rochdale tomorrow (Sunday 5 July), as Greater Manchester Fire Service Museum holds its annual open day. Fire engines will be on display old...
Date Published 04/07/2009
A blanket of smoke covered part of Heywood last night (Friday 3 July) as a huge blaze ripped through Heywood Mill. Fire fighters from across the region worked through the night...
Fun lovers are expected to brave tomorrow’s wet weather to enjoy the Darnhill Festival 2009. The event, organised by the Cartwheel Arts and the Darnhill Festival Association,...
Date Published 03/07/2009
Rochdale Council are inviting local businesses to the town hall on 15 July to the next in the series of events designed to improve access to business opportunities with public...
Thousands of people voted for it as part of a television fundraising competition and now Rochdale residents can come and celebrate the arrival of an important historic steam...
Members of the public are being invited to Middleton Township meeting on Thursday (9 July), to hear about local issues in the area. The meeting will take place at Middleton...
Teenagers aged 13 to 18 are being invited to 'capture the canal', with a chance of winning prizes worth a total of £850. Rochdale Canal Society, is association with the...
A janitor at Rochdale fire station has paid a large sum of money to clean up the grave of the original Beatles bassist Stuart Sutcliffe. Beatles fanatic Colin Unwin fixed up...
The government’s higher education policy is “falling to pieces”, says Rochdale MP Paul Rowen. The statement follows news that there will be a freeze on student loans and...
Manchester airport’s flagship Terminal One has been given a £50 million makeover, based on the advice of psychologists. Passengers jetting off from Thursday this week were the...
Rochdale rail passengers hoping to escape the misery of overcrowded local trains were dealt a double blow yesterday. Two train companies have been told that the number of...
Commuters faced rail misery this morning as services from Rochdale to Manchester on the Oldham loop line were halted by a suspected arson attack. Trains from Rochdale, via...
Police officers will have their day-to-day work scrutinised as part of a tough new scheme to bring down crime. On-the-job tactics will be closely examined by the UK’s top...
NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale has announced that its current Chief Executive, Trevor Purt, will be leaving the organisation to join the new management team for NHS Wales and...
A child sex attacker who went missing six years ago has been tracked down in Mexico through a “most wanted” website. Littleborough man Andrew Eden, was jailed for four years...
Greater Manchester Fire Service is called out to almost 10 hoax calls each day, according to research from the Liberal Democrats. Since 2003, there have been 17,395 false...
Date Published 02/07/2009
A man has today Thursday 2 July 2009, been sentenced to two years in prison after admitting to a number of burglaries and other offences, including one in Rochdale. Aaron...
A pub landlord and his wife were tied up by robbers following a break-in during the early hours of this morning (Thursday 2 July). Three robbers climbed through a secure...
A 15-year-old boy suffered a serious head injury following a fight outside a house party. The victim was kicked, punched and stamped on during the fight and is currently in a...
The streets of Rochdale town centre will come alive to the sights, scents and sounds of the Rochdale Feel Good Festival in just one week's time, on Friday 10 and Saturday 11...
Last Saturday (27 June) members of the Rochdale branch of the M S Society enjoyed their President's Garden Party. The party took place at the home of Helen and Hermann...
A pilot project helping older people in the borough stay healthy and independent has secured funding for a further year. At its Stakeholder Day on 8 July, Rochdale Borough’s...
North West Euro-MP Chris Davies has praised Brussels bureaucrats for a deal that will benefit mobile phone users everywhere.
Rochdale residents sizzled yesterday as temperatures reached a three-year high. The mercury reached close to 28C (82F), the hottest since July 2006.
The cycling grand prix made its return to the streets of Rochdale town centre yesterday evening (Wednesday 1 July) and the fourth annual event was another success, with cycling...
Workers at Manchester Airport will not be forced to trial the controversial identity card scheme after the Government dropped plans to make the cards compulsory....
Commuters in Rochdale are more unhappy with their trains than anywhere else in the country, new figures reveal. The National Passenger Survey puts local operator Northern Rail...
An MP has hit out at Tory leader David Cameron’s claim that keeping the public in the dark over any spending cuts could lead to rioting on the streets. Immigration Minister...
Despite the humidity and threat of a summer storm, school leavers from Oulder Hill School arrived for their prom looking cool as cucumbers. Year-11 leavers arrived at the...
Rochdale’s British Asian Girls group (BAG) took a trip up to the wind farm on Scout Moor to learn about renewable energy and the environment. The group got as close as possible...
Date Published 01/07/2009
