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People will be able to have their say on how justice is carried out by nominating sites for offenders to clean up. The borough is one of 54 Neighbourhood Crime and Justice...
Date Published 02/04/2009
Hundreds of homes were left without power after vandals broke into a dangerous voltage unit in Newbold. Fire crews attended an electrical sub station in Worsley Street at...
Youthful Rochdalians are being given the chance to learn about the borough’s heritage, thanks to a new Brighter Futures project. A new guide to the history of the Milkstone and...
Date Published 01/04/2009
This week has been the last week Parliament has been sitting before the Easter recess and the legislative programme has been very light. I’ve had two oral questions – the first...
Middleton solicitor Peter Carey has taken over as President of Rochdale Local Chamber Council. Mr Carey has been a resident of Rochdale for the last 15 years, but is Middleton...
A 10p rise in bus fares is set to hit thousands of children, disabled people and pensioners. The increase in concessionary fares — rising to 80p from Sunday — will affect...
One of Britain's most senior black police women has lost her battle with cancer – aged just 45. Karin Mulligan, chief inspector at Rochdale police station, died just minutes...
More than a quarter of Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Rochdale Infirmary, have experienced harassment, bullying or abuse at work over the past 12 months....
More Rochdale workers are to become jobless as O2 announces a staff chop. It was announced today (Wednesday 1 April) that the large mobile phone company is to shed 160 staff from...
To celebrate the launch of the new Summit and Calderbrook Heritage Trail, the Friends of Summit and Calderbrook, Groundwork Oldham & Rochdale and Rochdale Council's Countryside ...
The transformation of secondary eduction in Rochdale has moved a step closer after the council whittled down its shortlist of bidders to undertake the Building Schools for the...
Residents, businesses and other interested parties in Rochdale are being asked for their views and comments on where residual waste disposal facilities should be located. A...
Date Published 31/03/2009
At “Jazz on a Sunday” we only have good bands and better bands. Despite the financial obstacles bands are queuing up to be invited to visit Castleton, and the first visit of...
Fly-by-night car salesmen on Bolton Road have been stopped in their tracks. Used cars were regularly seen for sale at a lay-by on the corner of Manley Road but the Council...
School governors from Oulder Hill have called for extra signage. LEA Governor, Councillor William Hobhouse, has agreed to investigate and report back as to why there are signs on...
A new digital 3D screen has been installed at the Odeon cinema in Rochdale; taking a trip to the local cinema to a whole new dimension. The cinema will be showing new film...
The Moorhouse Children's Centre in Milnrow is hosting a number of activities over the Easter period. There will be an Easter theme to the timetable for the Little Treasures...
The Health Protection Agency North West and NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale have renewed their plea to parents to vaccinate unprotected children with two doses of MMR vaccine...
Rochdale Borough Council could be forced to disclose detailed information on senior staff pay. Local Government Minister announced yesterday (Monday 30 March) that a new legal...
It will be happy families at Spotland on Saturday 18 April when Rochdale Football Club hosts its 'Full of Families' day. Parents and children can get in to see Dale's match...
An elderly shopkeeper had a knife held to his throat during a robbery in Middleton last month. At 2pm on Thursday 29 January the robber went into the shop on Bowness Road...
The North West Government has been fined a staggering £16M for lost documents and badly filed paperwork. An audit by the European Commission shows a string of serious errors...
Rochdale residents can have their say on how criminals should be punished as part of a pilot scheme from the Ministry of Justice. A website will allow the public to vote on...
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen, Heywood and Middleton MP Jim Dobbin and Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Phil Woolas, whose constituency covers Milnrow and Newhey, claimed £466,450 on...
A man has been bailed in connection with a collision in which a Middleton man died. Pedestrian Sean Keane, 23, from Alkrington, was hit by a Seat Leon on Townley Street...
Parents are being offered extra help and advice after a child caught Measles in Middleton. Fears grew that the child could be infectious and may have made it more likely for other...
A schizophrenic teenager who went missing from a hospital ward has finally been found safe and well. Police issued an appeal after Joshua Thompson, from Rochdale, disappeared...
The heartbroken parents of a teenager who was found hanged have paid tribute to their “angel”. Sam Riley was just 13 when he was found at his family home in Greave on
Date Published 30/03/2009
More than a fifth of NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale staff witnessed potentially harmful errors, near misses or incidents in the month before filling in a national survey to...
A man who fled to Australia to escape sex assault charges more than a decade ago has been brought to justice. Andrew McDonough, 45, of no fixed address, admitted a number of...
