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Greater Manchester Police is warning residents to take extra care securing their homes from burglars on Valentine’s Night. Burglars take advantage of people letting their...
Date Published 10/02/2009
A 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 February.
A driver who pulled a number of handbrake turns on the M62 near Rochdale has escaped a jail sentence. 20-year old Marc Kirk, from Keighley, West Yorkshire, put other drivers at...
Date Published 09/02/2009
A campaign to help people recognise the signs of stroke was launched today (Monday 9 February). The campaign informs the public about FAST - Face, Arm, Speech, Time to call 999...
Agencies working on the Langley estate in Middleton are coming together this week to discuss progress and ideas for the future of the estate. The Floating Support Seminar will...
A taxi driver was injured after a suspected drink driver caused a five-car smash in Castleton. The Globe taxi driver was making his way past the New Inn pub when he ploughed...
Two young swans had a frightening ordeal over the weekend, after getting stuck in a frozen pond for almost three days. Animal rescuers rushed to Syke Pond on Sunday afternoon...
Arsonists torched a transit van and part of a clothes store in an early morning attack in Deeplish. Two fire engines rushed to Ashfield Road just after 4.00am on Sunday morning...
A drug dealer has been sent to jail indefinitely after breaking into a woman’s house and raping her. When the rape took place Alan Kibbler, 24, was on bail for being found with...
A furious couple is calling for the introduction of traffic calming measures on a popular route from Rochdale to Shaw before it turns into a death trap. Norman and Olwyn...
A bid to ease the recession for Rochdale families by scrapping a 10p bus fare rise for schoolchildren has failed. Labour members of Greater Manchester Integrated Transport...
A shotgun was fired during an armed robbery at a Co-op food store on Albert Royds Street on Saturday morning (7 February). Fortunately no-one was injured when the masked robber...
Organisers for this year's North West Inspiring Women Awards are looking for nominations from people that know of any Rochdale women that have made a significant difference to the...
Family and friends of a former Edinburgh city music teacher, who spent the early part of his musical career with Rochdale Youth Orchestra, will pay tribute to him at a special...
Greater Manchester Police is today (Monday 9 February) launching an awareness week to help stop the heartbreak for domestic abuse victims and their families this Valentine’s Day....
The first patients have were seen at Rochdale's new state of the art mobile clinical units last week. The units are part of Greater Manchester CATS (Clinical Assessment and...
Local railway campaigners have renewed calls for car parking improvements at Rochdale train station after plans were thrown up in the air by the public rejection of Greater...
Lancashire Police are hunting a man originally from Rochdale who is wanted on prison recall for a 'wounding with intent' offence in June 2001. The last known addresses of...
Businesses are being urged to support a community clean up with Deeplish Community Primary School this Friday (13 February ) between 1.30pm and 2.30 on Exeter Street. The clean...
The Government is building a secret database to track the movement of travellers, and it will be housed 20 miles from Rochdale. An intelligence centre will store everything from...
Date Published 08/02/2009
Rochdale Council was one of just seven local authorities in the north of the country to receive an emergency supply of grit yesterday with fresh snow set to fall tonight. Snow...
Some bins in parts of the Pennines Township have not been collected due to hazardous conditions on some of the higher roads following this week's snow. The Council’s refuse...
Date Published 06/02/2009
A gang of “20 youths” have launched another vicious attack on the Zion Baptist church, this time assaulting the pastor. Pastor Dennis Rigg and his brother Mervyn have been in...
It will be all white on the night for Rochdale-born actress Anna Friel when she appears on the 'Friday Night with Jonathan Ross' show tonight. The former Brookside star will...
The eastbound carriageway of the M62 has now fully re-opened after an earlier accident had caused delays. The carriageway had been closed from junction 19, Heywood, because of...
Rochdale Council says it has enough grit to last through the current cold snap. The town is preparing for a second wave of freezing cold temperatures this weekend, with more...
Staff from the NHS have been awarded for going the extra mile to help their patients. The Going for Gold award ceremony, held at Rochdale Town Hall last night (Thursday 5...
Two men have been jailed for five years each after repeatedly raping a 17-year old girl in Rochdale last July. Asylum seekers Mohammed Ali, who was believed to be 25 at the...
A woman whose life was turned upside down by an auto-immune disease is setting up a group to help other sufferers. Juliet Dollard was told by doctors she had Multiple Sclerosis...
A man was hailed as a dog's best friend after he rescued his stranded pet from a frozen lake in Alkrington Woods, Middleton. Marc Greenhalgh, 25, has been awarded by an animal...
