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Arming more Greater Manchester Police officers with Tasers will cost the force almost £350,000 this year, records reveal. Training up the rank and file to use the...
Date Published 23/06/2009
A man will today to appear in court accused of possessing child porn, a case which sparked an investigation into a female nursery worker in Plymouth. Littleborough man Colin...
The new St Anne’s Academy school in Middleton is well on the way to completion just seven months into the construction phase. The significant progress of the construction work...
The Wardle Gateway has now opened to provide access to the Ashbrook Valley. The Gateway was the idea of Wardle residents in the hope of creating a network of safe access for...
Prom night for the pupils of St Cuthbert’s RC School but not a stretched limousine in sight; instead a mystery tour with pupils arriving at St Cuthbert’s in Rochdale not knowing...
Date Published 22/06/2009
Rochdale Borough Council has remorsefully withdrawn from an advertising contract which supports out-of-town market stalls, following a controversial story published on Rochdale...
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen is planning to launch legal proceedings against the Rochdale Observer for “inaccurate and misleading” coverage of MP’s expenses. The newspaper printed a...
Pupils from Smithy Bridge Primary School have been having some green fingered fun whilst making Smithy Bridge train station extra eye-catching.
A teenage girl suffered a fractured eye socket after being brutally attacked and racially abused at Springfield Park last Tuesday evening (16 June). The 17-year old girl had...
Developers in the North West will be given more time to start building and further flexibility to adapt plans under a new package of measures announced by Housing Minister John...
Rochdale Council is set to increase the number of activities available to young people at weekends. This major government drive aims to provide a key opportunity for councils...
Celebrity chef Aazam Ahmad is hoping to give Rochdale an unforgettable dining experience. Mr Ahmad will be cooking up a six course meal next Friday (3 July) at Bar 5 in...
Rochdale residents are being encouraged to make sure they are protected from bacterial infections that can follow flu. The infection known as pneumococcal disease can affect...
Players from Rochdale Ladies Football Club (RLFC) will be swapping the football pitch for the long road this summer as they prepare for the launch of this year’s Springhill...
Drivers who break down on local motorways now have new location signs to help the Highways Agency and emergency services to pinpoint exactly where they are. The signs tell...
Plans to ease overcrowding on trains are in danger of coming off the rails. Concern is growing that the Government is about to renege on its promise to ease overcrowding for...
Rochdale has made its way into a complimentary feature in next month’s Lancashire Life magazine. The four-page picture and word spread is full of colourful images of the town...
A family was evacuated from their home after a TV exploded, setting the loft ablaze. Fire crews attended the house on Major Street, Milnrow, in the early hours of Saturday...
The Mayor of Rochdale, Councillor Keith Swift raised the flag this morning to commemorate British Armed Forces day. The flag raising ceremony took place at Rochdale town hall...
In the midst of the worst recession since the 1930s with the town centre in serious decline, businesses closing down at an alarming rate of knots and Rochdale market decimated and...
Date Published 21/06/2009
The Rochdale Legal Advice Partnership Project is being launched by the Mayor of Rochdale, Councillor Keith Swift. The project is funded by the Big Lottery – Advice Plus (BIG) and...
St Edwards CE Primary School won the DCSF Award for Sustainable Schools in North West of England at the 2009 Teaching Awards. The school won the coveted prize because as well...
Police Community Support Officer Madasir Nasir got his hands dirty as part of an area clean up. The PCSO who is part of the Rochdale South Neighbourhood Policing Team was...
During May there were 155 reports of burglaries across the borough compared to 137 during the same period the previous year. Of those burglaries 53 were a result of people leaving...
Senior police officers at Rochdale Division are taking their management meetings to the streets. The monthly meeting, which is being held at the Salvation Army at 1.00pm on...
Nine people have been charged following a disturbance in May 2008 in which a 17-year-old received life-threatening head injuries. Ajay Singh, born 3/4/91, of Fulford Street,...
A day highlighting the single biggest cause of accidental death in older people is being held in Langley this week. One person dies every five hours as a result of a fall in...
Parents and children from Moorhouse Children’s Centre will be keeping fit, healthy and safe this week by taking part in the Big Toddle in aid of Barnados. Families will be...
Jim Dobbin MP for Heywood and Middleton, Castleton, Norden and Bamford has pushed for better understanding of heartbeat disorders during Arrhythmia Awareness Week (8-14 June)....
Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Community Healthcare is the new name for the provider services operating throughout the borough. Staff put forward suggestions for what they...