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Langley ladies are being urged to celebrate International Women’s Day by enjoying an event dedicated to womanhood next week. The IWD event next Tuesday (10 March) at Langley...
Date Published 06/03/2009
The week long Recycled Teenagers festivals will return later this year across the borough. Various weeks of activities aimed at providing people over 55 with an opportunity to...
Tony Earnshaw has been appointed as Head of Programmes with the Oldham Rochdale Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder. Mr Earnshaw joins from Stockport-based SQW Consulting where...
A former chief executive of Rochdale Counci has been given an Outstanding Achievement Award by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Frances Done, a...
Rochdale’s Lib Dem Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions Paul Rowen MP yesterday stepped up his call for an end to fuel poverty amongst pensioners. Mr Rowen was speaking in a...
Date Published 05/03/2009
Pupils from St John’s RC Primary School in Rochdale are the latest in a string of young people that have done their area proud and completed a litter pick as part of Rochdale...
A knife-welding teenager who subjected a shopkeeper to a frightening robbery has been jailed. The boy, 16, burst into KG Ahmed on Miller Street, Heywood in September last year,...
Over 30 children embarked on an exciting treasure trail as part of Fairtrade Fortnight. The youngsters joined with the traders from Rochdale Market’s Fair for All stall...
A woman was rushed to hospital with “serious facial injuries” after a three-vehicle smash this morning (Thursday 5 March). Fire crews and police rushed to the junction of...
An “alarming” number of pubs have been forced to close down across the borough, causing fears that the traditional pub culture is dwindling away.
Greater Manchester Police will be giving out 24,000 energy saving light bulbs to householders across the county this month in a bid to protect homes from burglars...
Ambulance chiefs say workers spending their wages on booze on pay day are behind a surge in alcohol-related incidents. They are urging people to drink safely and responsibly...
Soaring unemployment has put a flagship programme to get the region’s long-term jobless back to work at serious risk of ‘failure’, a committee of MPs has warned. The budget...
Curry houses will be forced to shut their doors unless Government gets a grip on the immigration system, ministers have been warned. The curry industry is feeling frustrated...
Almost £3 million of funding will be ploughed into school projects in Rochdale a year earlier than planned to kick start the local economy. Schools Secretary Ed Balls last...
A Rochdale GP is to take part in a new ‘in-store’ doctor’s polyclinic with Sainsbury’s. Dr Mohammed Jiva, secretary of Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Local Medical Committee
Councillor Robin Parker has hit back at comments made by Council leader Councillor Alan Taylor concerning the ongoing Hopwood Hall township voting issue. Under a motion passed...
People who live in the Housing Market Renewal (HMR) neighbourhoods in Oldham and Rochdale are invited to share their views on what HMR is doing by joining the Pathfinder-wide...
Heap Bridge Primary School has been told by Ofsted that it is improving well, has a number of good features and no longer requires significant improvements. Inspectors...
Sporting hero Sir Steve Redgrave will be one of the star guests taking part in a special launch weekend of Middleton Arena in April. The five times Olympic gold medalist rower...
Rochdale Council is ‘improving well’ say the Audit Commission who have awarded the authority a three out of four star rating. The report, released today (Thursday 5 March) says...
Rochdale residents are being invited to take advantage of a special reduced price offer to experience one of the area’s top tourist attractions. Anyone who lives in the borough...
Police have confirmed they are hunting down the arsonists who torched Crystal Clear carwash, causing £100,000 worth of damage. The popular car wash, on Manchester Road,...
Date Published 04/03/2009
I have during the last couple of weeks been leading for the Liberal Democrats on the Welfare Reform Bill. During the committee stages of a bill members go through the proposed...
Who will be the woman of Rochdale 2009? Nominations are now being taken for the unsung heroines of the borough, ready for the Springhill Hospice’s Women of Rochdale Luncheon in...
A woman who accused an innocent man of rape has herself been put behind bars. Lauren Chaffey, Huddersfield Road, told police she was raped by a man she’d met on a night out with...
Traders who and sell alcohol, cigarettes and knives are to be given guidance on how to ensure a safe sale. Trading Standards has launched the Responsible Retailer Scheme on Monday...
Homeowners who are on the brink of repossession are being offered a “rescue service” from Rochdale Borough Council. The central Government scheme, filtered through local councils,...
Thousands of Rochdale railway travellers are getting a raw deal, says a watchdog. The majority who travel daily to Manchester from Mills Hill, Castleton, Rochdale,...
North West Air Ambulance (NWAA) is welcoming onboard its own paramedics as it flies into a new era. It will take over full responsibility for operation and staffing of its two...
