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Journalists working for the Guardian Media Group have declared a vote of no confidence in the Scott Trust Ltd over a decision to make sweeping job cuts. Members at the NUJ...
Date Published 16/03/2009
School pupils from deprived backgrounds in Rochdale are half as likely to get five or more A* to C GCSE passes, including English and Maths, than their more affluent peers. New...
It is time again for Healey Ward Forum, where members of the community can meet to discuss arising matters such as recent fly tipping issues. The area forum will take place at...
We are currently working together with Link4Life and Rochdale Council on a local ambassador programme for the town centre. This will involve using volunteers from key...
Ramblers are getting ready for a seven and a quarter mile trek from ‘Hospice to Hospice’ to raise money for charity. The walk will commence from both Springhill Hospice, Rochdale,...
Rochdale and Littleborough Peace Group urged people in Rochdale town centre to think seriously about NATO. Peace Group members handed-out leaflets to shoppers on Yorkshire...
A walker has expressed fury after discovering a heap of dumped waste across the hills near Syke Pond. Jerry Lloyd, from Syke, was crossing Brown House wham, close to Syke...
A dispersal order is being introduced in Kirkholt and Kingsway in a bid to reduce anti-social behaviour and improve the quality of life for local people. Police and the...
Leader of Rochdale Borough Council, Alan Taylor, is out of his sick bed and proving to be back on form, as he took part in a St Patrick’s Day celebration at the Town Hall this...
A virus on the Diocese of Manchester's computer system has left the Bishop of Middleton without emails for more than a week. The central offices of the Diocese of Manchester...
It will be all hoes, shears and shovels after the active Parents Group, 'Hands on at Howard Street' acquired some grant funding to bring a little green happiness into their...
Police in Rochdale are investigating a spate of bag and purse thefts. Between December 2008 and February 2009, 15 people have reported that their purses or wallets have been taken...
Dale fans will be ditching their football shirts for plus fours as they embark on a Golf Day with local business people. The Rochdale AFC Golf Day 2009, organised by Jennifer...
The youth leader of the Rochdale Division of the St John Ambulance has been awarded a prestigious Diana Award. Daniel Lotockyj was awarded alongside his sister Larysa for their...
The age a woman is screened for cervical cancer is set to be reviewed as ministers come under increasing pressure to lower the age. Cervical cancer screening has been pushed...
Hospitals across the area raked in more than £1.6 million in car parking charges last year, new figures have revealed. A breakdown shows £919,689 was paid out by visitors and...
Rochdale town centre has been branded a ‘ghost town’ as it emerges that nearly a third of shops are closed down. A worrying survey as revealed the town as the third worst in the...
This brave bunch set out in the wind and rain last week to sell cakes in aid of Comic Relief. The five girls, from Crossgates Primary School, Milnrow, decided they would take it...
Do you know a special woman who you think should be recognised? The North West’s Annual Inspiring Women Awards is fast approaching, and the time has come to make nominations
A Rochdale company is to be wound up in the public interest after failing to deliver on a promise "to assist fraud victims of elaborate scams carried out on an international scale...
Date Published 15/03/2009
The Daily Mirror has a two page article on the Turner & Newall abestos factory in Spodden Valley with the headline: "How Turner & Newall condemned its workers to an agonising...
Date Published 14/03/2009
Rochdale police will be visiting over 750 homes in the Central, Milkstone and Deeplish and Balderstone and Kirkholt to find out how much community members know about their local...
A night of plate smashing, free ouzo and live Bouzouki music is taking place next month to raise money for children’s charity, MedEquip4Kids. Demetris Café and Bistro at...
The number of people caught by police for not wearing their seatbelts has rocketed by 71 per cent, it has been revealed. Figures obtained by Rochdale Online News shows 1,819...
Date Published 13/03/2009
Young people from across Rochdale, Middleton and Heywood have come together to work on an exciting new community project funded by Connexions, called 'Project X'. A team of...
Fourteen more people in Rochdale have lost their jobs, as Principles becomes the latest victim of the recession. The popular high street store, which had a branch in the Rochdale...
A ‘Quit it’ bus is taking to the streets of Rochdale to help promote giving up cigarettes. NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale has launched the ‘Quit It’ campaign this week, in...
Coronation Street star Vicky Binns dropped in at an International Women’s Day event in Langley this week. Visitors at the event held at Langley Children’s Centre on Windmere...
Pupils at Healey Primary School have been enjoying a fun-packed day of events in aid of Comic Relief. Boys and girls of all ages came in fancy dress, some in bright red wigs and...
To mark World Glaucoma Day, yesterday (Thursday 12 March) local MP Jim Dobbin joined RNIB and researchers from Moorfield’s Eye Hospital in London at a parliamentary reception...
