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Greater Manchester is the worst area outside of London for cars being stolen after the keys have been seized by robbery or burglary, new figures show. Home Secretary Jacqui...
Date Published 21/05/2009
The fight to keep local railways free from crime is well on track, according to the latest figures. There was an 11% reduction in robbery and an 8% drop in violent crime in...
A Liberal Democrat Euro-MP fighting to retain his seat next month’s elections has attacked the UK Independence Party for “betraying Britain’s real interests”. Chris Davies...
The Government has been accused of playing a cruel trick by encouraging colleges to bid for grandiose rebuilding projects rather than modest refurbishment. The Conservatives...
Councillor Keith Swift broke into song last night (Wednesday 20 May) as he accepted his post as the new Mayor of Rochdale. A semi-professional singer and music lover,...
Date Published 20/05/2009
An unusual little boy who gives up his lunch hour to help the caretaker clean up has been given an exciting award.
A group of young parents from Sandbrook Sure Start Children’s Centre will be celebrating completing a 12 week course in self defence on 1st June.
Touchstones Rochdale is calling for snapshots of the borough of Rochdale for the up and coming 'Instant Day' on Saturday 30 May. The Instant exhibition at Touchstones shows...
Greater Manchester Police has teamed up with Rochdale Borough Council and NSL Services Group to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour.
A busy doctor’s surgery in Rochdale hopes to relocate to a purpose-built building helping to improve services for patients and regenerate the Oldham Road canal-side area.
Councillor Keith Swift will tonight (Wednesday 20 May) become the new Mayor of Rochdale, at a prestigious Mayor Making Ceremony at the Town Hall.
New cabinet members have been announced ahead of tonight’s meeting (Wednesday 20 May).
Volunteers from Rochdale Borough Council’s Doorstep Crime Action Group have formed a dramatic collaboration to tackle bogus callers. The team have been performing bogus caller...
East will meet west at Newbold Sure Start Children’s Centre next week as Bollywood takes centre stage. Families are invited to come dressed in their finest outfits for the...
Delays in visa and immigration applications have been highlighted by the Rochdale MP as a “danger to security." Paul Rowen questioned a Home Office Minister in the House of...
Rochdale is losing its maternity ward – yet Oldham is to get a brand new maternity unit. A new maternity and neonatal unit has been earmarked for The Royal Oldham Hospital as...
A poster which shows a toddler breastfeeding her doll has caused outrage at Rochdale Infirmary. The poster shows a little girl with the toy to her chest, with a slogan reading...
Licensees across the North West raised a glass to celebrate the prestigious JW Lees Pub of the Year awards. And there was success for a Middleton ale house in the shape of the...
Date Published 19/05/2009
A textiles firm from Littleborough has been fined £12,000 and ordered to pay £2,552 costs for a pollution spillage which killed 300 fish in Ealees Brook. Fothergill Engineered...
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen will be revealing details of his Parliamentary Expenses to Rochdale Online this Friday (22 May). Rochdale Online reporter Jan Harwood will be visiting...
Smallbridge & Firgrove Councillor Brenda Kerslake has dramatically quit the ruling Liberal Democrat group and opted to serve her constituents as an independent...
An engineer who was exposed to asbestos aged 15 has been awarded £400,000 compensation after developing terminal lung cancer. David Smith (56) was forced to give up work in...
The British Safety Council's 'International Safety Award' has been presented to Rochdale Boroughwide Housing for the fifth year running. The Council's arms length management...
Young people across Rochdale are set to join the battle to prevent tobacco deaths with the launch of an Anti-Tobacco Youth Forum. It is the brainchild of the Roy Castle Lung...
Heywood residents can see the latest in cutting edge interior design at one of the new environmentally friendly bungalows on Heady Hill Road this weekend. The bungalow has been...
Middleton Rotarian Keith Trinnaman and his team of nine fellow Rotarians and friends raised £4,500 for the Prostate Cancer Charity when they completed the Great Manchester Run on...
Rochdale Council is expecting to roll out the 'free after three' parking scheme early next month. The scheme means that shoppers will soon be able to park for free in the town...
A further two men have been charged in connection with a stabbing in Middleton during the early hours of Christmas morning last year. Three men were stabbed in the early hours...
Two men punched a driver and sprayed him with CS spray in a bid to steal his car on Saturday night (16 May). Shortly after 11pm, the 18-year-old victim was sitting in his...
A man was so terrified of a group of racist thugs that he jumped into Rochdale canal and waded to the other side to escape them. Four white men attacked a 69-year old black man...
