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The snow may be causing chaos on the roads and stopping schools from opening but the upside is the fun that can be had sledging, snowballing, and of course building snowmen....
Date Published 03/02/2009
A furious taxi rank owner has slammed the council after un-gritted roads caused a series of accidents among drivers. Newline and Phoenix owner Saleem Hussain was first called...
Date Published 02/02/2009
Former council leader Allen Brett has hit out at Rochdale Council over their handling of the pay and grading review. Mr Brett says the intention of the review was to improve...
The think tank New Local Government Network (NLGN) has published a booklet focusing on Local Vision as one of the central threads of its claim that the major Building Schools for...
A frustrated Oldham councillor has lashed out at Rochdale council for failing to grit a key highway, causing major disruption to rush-hour traffic after freezing overnight...
Figures published this week in Gavurin's Recession Map suggest that 1,300 jobs will be lost in Rochdale during the current recession. The publication by the economists and...
Kitchen company boss Vance Miller, and associate Alan Ford have been remanded in custody charged with more fraud offences. They appeared before Oldham magistrates on Friday...
Persistent snowfalls are likely to cause more schools to close in the coming days.Today (Monday 2 February) Matthew Moss closed down for the day, followed by St Patrick's RC...
Staff at the Oldham Chronicle, the town's oldest independent newspaper, are in mourning today following the sudden death of advertising manager Jim Whittingham. Mr Whittingham...
Rochdale Borough Youth came in third in the 2009 Youth Entertainment Championships in Blackpool. The band were in search of their fifth successive title but were pipped to the...
The snow may put paid to tomorrow's bin collections. Rochdale Council is asking residents who normally have their bins emptied on a Tuesday to keep an eye on the news because...
A grieving family has been told they can not bury their loved one on a Saturday because they are not of the Muslim religion. The seven sons and daughters of Ronald Rigg, who...
Second year travel & tourism students at Hopwood Hall College carried out a market research project to find out what teenagers in the area would like in terms of...
The North West could lose out on millions of pounds of European money after a Government decision to return cash, according to Euro-MP Chris Davies. He says the European...
A harrowing new £3.2 million campaign to highlight the life-wrecking consequences of speeding was launched today. The THINK! campaign’s stark message is that if you kill...
A fast food take away manager has been arrested after police found suspected immigrants crammed in his upstairs bedroom. Officers raided Chop Suey House on Halifax Road,...
Testing kits for Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea can now be picked up from Connexions centres across the borough and taken home to complete. Once you get the kit home, all you need to...
The family of a man killed in a road traffic collision in Heywood during the early hours of Saturday morning (31 Saturday) have paid tribute to him. William Brookes, 29, from...
As yet more snow falls on the Borough of Rochdale, pupils and teachers are treated to a day at home as local schools close down for the day.
It may have looked like the end for Woolworths, but it has been announced today that the famous brand name has been sold, and will re-launch as an online store. The Joint...
Middleton residents have voiced their anger after travellers returned to Bowlee Park last week. People living near to the Heywood Old Road park looked out of their windows to...
Date Published 01/02/2009
Rising author Anna Perera's latest novel is about how a young boy from Rochdale ends up behind barbed wire at Cuban terrorist camp Guantanamo. 'Guantanamo Boy' follows the...
The Chief Superintendent of Rochdale's police force has announced that he will retire next month. Peter Mason has headed Rochdale police for two years and next month his 30...
A 29-year-old man has been killed and two others seriously injured after the car they were in crashed into a wall in Heywood. The victim was a back seat passenger in the Seat...
Date Published 31/01/2009
Greater Manchester's council leaders have rejecting proposals that would help fund public transport improvements. At a meeting of the Association of Greater Manchester...
Date Published 30/01/2009
Greater Manchester Police is urging people who have lied about being burgled, robbed or having valuables stolen in reports to the police to own up during a month-long amnesty....
Rochdale Rotary Club are working with the Council's Environment Department to grow crops vertically, suspended above the ground. They claim the feat, which uses Growbags...
Work will start at the beginning of next week on an extension at Hollingworth Lake Water Activity Centre. The £270,000 project will see the development of an indoor teaching...
The biggest survey of children’s health, ‘How Are the Kids?’, launches today (Friday 30 January). Millions of families in England will be asked to give information about their...
Elderly people in Rochdale are more likely to have to sell their home to pay for residential care than pensioners in other areas, it has been claimed. Research by the...
