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As part of Tackling Drugs, Saving Lives week, Rochdale Online takes a look into one of the organisations which provides a great help in Heywood. Adelaide Street Addiction...
Date Published 10/06/2009
Another GPs surgery has opened all hours in the last month and now people in Rochdale have more than a 70% chance of seeing a doctor out of working hours. Figures published...
At a time of crisis Rochdale’s high quality clothing retailer Denis Hope is one of few local businesses continuing to flourish and as an independent company they are remaining...
Police together with Rochdale Council are launching a new community safety scheme to ensure vulnerable young people are safe at night. 'Stay Safe' sees police and the council...
As part of Tackling Drugs, Saving Lives week, pupils at Middleton Technology School have been learning about the dangers of drug abuse. The hard hitting talks, focused on both...
A much-hyped Government action plan to end the scandal of families too poor to heat their homes is doomed to failure, a damning report by MPs warns today. The Great British...
Victims of rape suffer from a 'postcode lottery' over their attackers being convicted, and the conviction rate within Greater Manchester is only 6.1% according to latest...
Councillors have spoken of their anguish this week after cabins were placed in disabled parking bays at Rochdale Infirmary. Two portable units housing makeshift offices for...
The Housing Market Renewal programmes in Oldham and Rochdale have been deemed a triumph by homelessness charity Shelter. The scheme is successfully turning neighbourhoods...
The fire and rescue service have released audio files to Rochdale Online in the hope of catching a hoax caller. A number of malicious hoax calls have been received recently,...
A man who turned himself into a human advertisement is now auctioning off his sandwich board for a Rochdale charity. Jason Fruen, 39, from Salford wore the board which read...
A Littleborough man appeared before Trafford Magistrates Court yesterday (Tuesday 9 June) charged with possessing and distributing indecent images. The arrest of Colin...
Tackling youth crime in Rochdale has received a vital boost after being handed £350,000 to help clear-up antisocial behaviour, make schools and communities safer and provide...
Date Published 09/06/2009
A pound shop is going to open in Rochdale town centre on Thursday. Poundland store will open its doors in the Rochdale Exchange shopping centre, generating 30 new jobs for...
This Friday (12 June) will mark the end of Tackling Drugs, Saving Lives Week, however local agencies are determined that the work done to tackle drugs and reduce drug related...
The Mayor of Rochdale enjoyed a good cup of tea at a fundraiser for Marie Curie Cancer Care. The Mayor, Councillor Keith Swift and Mayoress Sue Etchels joined with charity...
Town centre shoppers have slammed Rochdale Borough Council for spending £67,000 on a re-branding plan, instead of using cash to rebuild a “ghost town.” Rochdale Online News...
Transport bosses have asked for detailed studies into rail links between Heywood, Bury and Ramsbottom. Members of Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority (GMITA) are...
Students from Hopwood Hall College are the latest recruits for NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale’s Volunteer programme. The scheme, which has taken on 70 volunteers so far,...
Greater Manchester Police is on the move to multi-million-pound, state-of-the-art headquarters — but not until 2011. The force is currently based at Chester House, in...
Rochdale football teams are being invited to play dirty at a tournament with a muddy difference. The 2009 Swamp Soccer New World Championships is taking place in Argyll,...
The boss who will bring trams to Rochdale town centre is getting in a little practice...on Manchester. Hired last year from Melbourne by Greater Manchester Passenger Transport...
Phil Woolas has kept his job in a Government reshuffle which sees Gordon Brown fighting for his political life. The Milnrow and Newhey MP now faces an even tougher time in his...
North West Euro-MP Chris Davies claims those who failed to vote played a big part in the British National Party gaining its first European seat. Nick Griffin, leader of the...
The Christie cancer hospital is to be paid back the £6.5 million it lost during Icelandic banking crisis. The government will pay back the money via NHS North West, which was...
Grouchy deadpan American comic Rich Hall is appearing at the Middleton Arena this autumn. The quick witted star of hit BBC television shows including ‘QI’ and ‘Live at the...
Date Published 08/06/2009
Rochdale Councillors received more than £700,000 in allowances from Rochdale Council in the last financial year. Although councillors are volunteers and unpaid, they receive...
A busy motorway lane was closed off yesterday (Sunday 7 June) after a woman’s car overturned on the M62. Fire crews, police and paramedics arrived at the scene at 4.00pm to...
The development of a five storey office block and flats in Heywood is set to be approved at Wednesday’s Township Planning Sub-Committee meeting (10 June). The building will be...
The North West enjoyed some economic growth last month according to a poll of purchasing managers from the Royal Bank of Scotland. But the bank states that the growth was...
