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Health and safety inspectors are targetting construction sites in Rochdale as part of a campaign to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries in the construction...
Date Published 14/06/2009
Rochdale Light Orchestra will perform a programme of midsummer melodies this month in Castleton. The orchestra, conducted by Graham Marshall, will perform at St.Martin’s...
Milnrow and Newhey MP Phil Woolas will now take charge of the North West after being handed another job in Gordon Brown’s reshuffle. Mr Woolas had kept his job as Immigration...
Date Published 13/06/2009
Rochdale MPs will be forced to publish every expense claim they make on the internet as part of Gordon Brown’s plan to clean up Parliament. The Prime Minister said although...
A major project to rebuild or refurbish every secondary school in Rochdale is “over-optimistic” and will be hit by severe delays, a Commons watchdog said this week. The...
Rochdale residents are being invited to think about how they travel to work as part of the first-ever regional commuter challenge. It is one of a number of cycling events...
Roadworks are set to continue at the Middleton junction of the M60 during weekends until late August. Between junction 19 (Middleton) and junction 23 (Ashton-under-Lyne)...
Rochdale Councillors have agreed that the town should join almost 3,000 cities and towns in 134 countries worldwide who support the 'Mayors for Peace' campaign. The move has...
The number of people accepted as homeless by Rochdale Council is down 11% from the same time last year. Statistics show that the number of households accepted as homeless in...
A retired bank manager has raised funds for Rochdale Connections Trust after completing the Nidderdale Charity Walk. Friends and colleagues of Martin Coupe, who retired from...
Police have arrested a man in connection with Thursday's (11 June) armed robbery at a town centre bank. The incident saw machete-wielding thugs rob a cash delivery man at the...
Balderstone School students celebrated the end of school with the now traditional 'prom' tonight (Friday 12 June), this year held at the Heaton Park Orangery. Some students...
Date Published 12/06/2009
What a ten days. Six resignations from the Cabinet, and Gordon Brown like a desperate man clutching at straws refuses to stand down or call a General Election.
Another armed robbery took place, an hour after the one which happened in Rochdale town centre yesterday. Masked men armed in balaclavas stole cash, also from a cash delivery...
The Mayor of Rochdale, Councillor Keith Swift, welcomed another flourishing business which has opened its doors in Castleton today (Friday 12 June). The Frock Exchange, in the...
Pupils at Deeplish Primary School got a real taste of what it is like to be a hardworking police officer. A team of Police Constables popped into the school this week to chat...
Love was in the air this week as National Carers Week celebrations attracted hundreds of carers to events throughout the borough. The events, organised by Rochdale Borough...
A man was thrown into Castleton canal and another beaten after an early morning brawl on the railway platform. Witnesses say a gang of males became aggressive after a failed...
A 54-year-old man who ran an illegal ammunition factory has today been jailed for three years and two months. (Thursday 11 June 2009). Officers investigating Christopher...
Date Published 11/06/2009
A decision relating to Government funding for Hopwood Hall College was been put on hold. The Learning and Skills Council was due to announce progress at a meeting on 3 June,...
Local businesses are collectively missing out on combined cost savings of as much as £1.5 million per day by ignoring the potential of water efficiency, say sustainable business...
Campaigners are urging Rochdale folk to get on their bikes as part of the Commuter Challenge. Bike Week 2009 (13th – 21st June) is encouraging people across Greater Manchester...
Quizzed about the BNP prohibiting non-whites from joining the party, leader Nick Griffin told a press conference in Manchester yesterday that it would need to be considered by the...
Crimestoppers is asking Greater Manchester to help police rid communities of drugs by passing on information on drug related crime. The campaign coincides with the Home Office led...
The Rochdale Feel Good Festival is just a month away. On Friday 10 and Saturday 11 the town centre will play host to a feast of free live music and entertainment at 8 venues...
Fire fighters have released an audio file to Rochdale Online News, in a bid to track a serial hoax caller down once and for all. The distinctive voice calls 999 a couple of...
The fourth Rochdale Grand Prix will take place in Rochdale town centre on Wednesday 1 July. Two races will take place - the support race, and the elite riders, both of which...
Machete-wielding thugs robbed a cash delivery man at a town centre bank this morning (Thursday 11 June). Shoppers watched in horror two men, in balaclavas, pulled up outside...
A gang mugged a man and left him with a broken wrist – for a packet of cigarettes and £3 of loose change. The 40-year-old man was tormented and pushed to the ground as the yobs...
Burglars forced a chemist door open with a crowbar before stealing a large quantity of potentially fatal drugs. Strong pain killers and stimulants were among the medicines...
