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Residents in Middleton are invited to meet their local Neighbourhood Policing Team while they shop this weekend. Middleton Neighbourhood Officers will be at Middleton Shopping...
Date Published 26/02/2009
Rochdale Council chiefs have been handed more than £91,000 by the Government as a “reward” for successfully promoting growth in the borough. The Local Authority Business...
Traffic police across Greater Manchester are taking part in a day of action tomorrow (Friday 27 February) to clamp down on illegal drivers in the county. Police will be using...
A shopkeeper struggled with a gang of thieves armed with a machete during a robbery in Middleton on Saturday evening (21 February). The shopkeeper suffered a minor injury to...
Homes that cannot be sold because of the property crash should be bought by the Government for Rochdale’s rising army of homeless, MPs have demanded. Any home on the market...
Water bosses and fire chiefs have struck a pioneering deal to protect Rochdale against major blazes. United Utilities has teamed up with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue...
Eagle-eyed canal users are being urged to use a new hotline to report dumped supermarket trolleys in canals and rivers. British Waterways is urging local residents to report...
An amateur footballer lashed out and punched an opposition player in the face so he could get a better position for a corner kick. Father-of-three Philip Cartmill, 30, of...
The GMB union is calling on North West councils to acquire empty homes to ease pressures on waiting lists for social housing. Despite a £200 million boost from the Government...
Surgeons are carrying out a growing number of stomach-stapling operations on dangerously overweight patients as obesity continues to spiral, official figures have revealed....
Ambulance crews are being threatened at hundreds of addresses across Greater Manchester, worrying figures have revealed. The problem is so severe crews are told not to attend...
Opposition parties have criticised the council tax rise claiming that, with more careful measures, it could have been prevented. It was confirmed at last night's Council Budget...
NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale was recognised for its impressive patient and public engagement and partnership working during a recent independent review. The strengths...
A lorry driver has been taken to hospital after his large vehicle overturned on a busy motorway slip road. Fire officers, police, and an ambulance attended the A627M, near the...
Rochdale Council has agreed a Council Tax increase of 3.7%, the lowest for 11 years, but the increase has been slammed as illogical and unjustified by an opposition...
Motorists in Rochdale are being urged to attend a series of car crime clinics to prevent number plates being stolen. The first will take place in the car park of...
The 10-year-old who went missing from his foster home has been found safe and well. David Russ, a pupil from Marland Hill Primary School, disappeared...
Labour Leader Councillor Colin Lambert will propose the lowest ever council tax increase at tonight’s Council Budget Meeting. Disagreeing with the cabinet’s announcement of 3.7%,...
Date Published 25/02/2009
More local workers are to become jobless as Boots Warehouse begins the closing down process. The store, which employs over 130 local workers, has announced it will “slow down” its...
A charitable Rochdale couple are getting their running shoes on to raise money for charity. Jack Thorneycroft and Rebecca Castrey, from Rochdale, are both running for The Prostate...
As the sun sets on the financial year, a new one is about to begin, and many predict this year will be as controversial and challenging as ever. Ahead of tonight’s Council Budget...
Trading Standards has promised to crack down children buying cigarettes – after an investigation showed 50% of traders selling to underage parties. Traders in Rochdale, Middleton...
A terrified shopkeeper and his 17-year old daughter had a handgun held to their heads during an armed robbery at his Lower Tweedale Street shop on Monday night (23...
Heartless carjackers attacked elderly drivers in two separate incidents over the weekend. The first robbery took place in Sautridge Close, Castleton, at around 8.05pm on Friday.
Date Published 24/02/2009
A former nursing home could be transformed into residential premises – if a planning application is accepted. Laurel Grove building, Roch Valley Way, was first intended to be a...
The work of a renowned press photographer, who captured spectacular blazes during an illustrious career, is being celebrated in a special exhibition at the Greater Manchester Fire...
Rochdale families will benefit from a slice of £18 million to keep children safe at home and save lives. A total of 2,133 Safe at Home packs will be distributed in the borough...
Thousands of Rochdale youngsters could face a curfew by courts in an attempt to stop unruly behaviour spiralling out of control. Shadow Home secretary Chris Grayling said the...
The biggest change in Greater Manchester’s railway timetable for two decades became a catalogue of failure. The new winter timetable was supposed to herald a new age of the...
Greater Manchester will be handed nearly £1 million as “reward” for beating its congestion targets. The £978,000 — from the Government’s Urban Congestion Performance Fund —...
