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Nine different charities and community organisations were presented with cheques from the Rotary Club of Middleton earlier this week. The rotary club entertained guests from...
Date Published 12/02/2009
A man was stabbed in front of his girlfriend as robbers attempted to steal his car. At about 8.20pm on Saturday 31 January 2009, the 24-year-old man was with his girlfriend when...
Coronation Street star Samia Smith will be back in Rochdale next month. Just a few weeks after opening the new-look Heywood library, Ms Smith is set to appear at Live Life, the...
A frightened old lady was knocked out of the way while heartless robbers rummaged through her home. The 84-year-old answered the door to her Middleton home on Monday (9...
The money spent on NHS mobile clinical units could have been used to give Rochdale a state-of-the-art hospital, a leading councillor has claimed. Councillor Jean Ashworth says...
Date Published 11/02/2009
The number of people claiming job seeker’s allowance has soared by 54% in just one year, figures have revealed. Over 5000 in Rochdale are without a job, part of a massive...
A criminal who posed as a cabbie without a licence or insurance has been landed with a fine and driving ban. Mohammed Altaf drove a Jo Baxi marked car without the required taxi...
The family of a missing teenager has made a public appeal to help him return home safely. Daniel Sharples has been missing from his Smallbridge home since Wednesday 4...
Rochdale Council's chief executive has denied that the recent pay and grading review of staff salaries is a cost-cutting exercise, saying that the wage budget has increased...
Greater Manchester’s transport chiefs are to tell Rochdale: “We don’t want your roads.” The new Local Transport Act gives Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority...
Rochdale rail travellers need earlier Sunday trains to go to work or shopping in Manchester, says a local support group. Support the Oldham-Rochdale-Manchester rail group...
People from across the borough are being encouraged to take part and make a difference during Fairtrade fortnight (23 February- 6 March). The national campaign, supported by...
Health chiefs at Rochdale Infirmary have admitted there are “more people than beds”, leading to an extra ward being opened to cope. The hospital has been forced to open the...
It's a well known fact that the Great Train Robbery of 8 August 1963 happened at the Bridego Railway Bridge in Buckinghamshire, but for one night only Heywood will be hosting...
Parking charges on council pay and display car parks in Rochdale town centre will not be going up in 2009, thanks to a decision made by Councillors at the Rochdale Township...
Rochdale Borough Council’s magazine, Local Matters, is to be aired as a regular podcast on the website. Described by the acting council leader as a “radio-style magazine...
The council has erected signage at Sudden Village after local businesses claimed roadworks had cut them off the map. The new sign has been put up on Old Manchester Road near...
Date Published 10/02/2009
Representatives of Rochdale Council have met with the Bishop of Manchester to discuss the economic downturn. The Right Reverend Nigel McCulloch discussed the impact of the...
Rochdale Football Club are giving their support to a fan serving in Iraq. Jack Stanley is serving with 5th Battalion - The Rifles, who will be one of the last regiments to be...
A taxi driver tried to rape a customer who was on her way home from a night out in Manchester. The 27-year-old victim, along with her friend, flagged the car down in the city...
The All-In-One garden centre on Rochdale Road in Slattocks is set to double in size. The centre has purchased four and a half acres of land from a neighbouring farm and is in...
An old lady was left frightened and helpless after two men forced their way into her home in Castleton. The 80-year-old pensioner had just returned from shopping when a man...
Rochdale Council's cabinet member for finance Greg Couzens has revealed details of the Council's gritting process last week and says that the current supply of grit is 'no...
The University of Salford has praised the Council’s Partnerships for Older People Project (POPPs). University officials believe that similar schemes in other local authorities...
A man has been charged following an armed robbery at a Co-op food store on Albert Royds Street on Saturday morning (7 February). A shotgun was fired by a masked offender during...
The number of GP's surgeries in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale offering extended opening hours to patients has gone up over the past month. Latest Department of Health...
Rochdale-born star Anna Friel was slated in a national newspaper for her appearance at the Elle Style Awards in London last night (Monday 9 February). The beautiful actress was...
A North West Euro-MP has slammed the European Parliament for refusing to accept that population growth is a major factor in climate change. Euro-MPs in Strasbourg voted...
The lifestyle of former Greater Manchester Police chief Michael Todd did not impact on his duties, according to a report released today (Tuesday 10 February). But extra-marital...
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) is warning residents not to gamble with their lives during National Chip Week, which started yesterday (Monday 9 February)....
