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A coroner has ruled that a security guard took his own life after suffering psychological trauma following a vicious attack. Keith Williamson (35) never recovered from the...
Date Published 30/01/2009
The number of listeners tuning into 96.2FM The Revolution rose by 10.5 per cent in the last quarter of 2008, according to the latest Rajar survey into radio listening. The...
Rochdale Council is a crucial player in getting local communities through the economic downturn according to the Department of Communities and Local Government. Communities...
Jazz styles can be presented in many different ways and when a band appears without a trumpet and trombone you can see the apprehension on the faces of the ‘Doubting Thomases’,...
They are uncomfortable, noisy, and unloved — but transport bosses are fighting to keep the old fashioned “pacer” trains for Rochdale and Oldham rail passengers. The...
A 41-year old man was arrested on Wednesday afternoon for exposing himself on Gales Terrace, off New Barn Lane. Police officers arrested the man on suspicion of outraging...
Another brave member of the Rochdale Online news team has decided to take the plunge for Springhill Hospice. Journalism student Nicola Bamford, who has a work experience...
Potentially lethal drugs were stolen from a pharmacy in Heywood two thieves went into the Internet Pharmacy on Manchester Road and demanded staff open a locked drugs...
Businesses are being urged to nominate their professional Muslim women employees into a prestigious competition, the Muslim Women Power List 2009. Power List, which is being...
Police have released an E-fit of a man involved in an armed robbery at a house in Middleton, in which a father and his son were assaulted. At around 11.30pm on Tuesday 6...
A soap star is urging Rochdale residents to flex their fund-raising muscles and take on a New Year challenge. “Coronation Street’s” Sue Nicholls, who plays Audrey Roberts, is...
Date Published 29/01/2009
The extent of Rochdale's decline in the current recession has been highlighted by the Research Institute Centre for Cities. Of the 64 towns and cities in their annual report,...
State-of-the-art trams, that could eventually be running into Rochdale, are beginning to take shape at their production site in Vienna. Greater Manchester Passenger Transport...
Hospitals that continue to treat patients in mixed–sex accommodation will not be paid for their care, the Health Secretary has announced. Alan Johnson unveiled a tough package...
An inquest into the death of a security guard, who died while on sick leave after suffering a terrifying armed robbery, was told how he begged his GP to sign him fit for work over...
A community garden in Wardleworth has had an overhaul and is now ready for the 2009 growing season. Zetland Place Community garden has been improved over the last year by 67...
Rochdale Council is confident that the proposed new Sixth Form College has a future despite funding for the town centre building being put on hold. The 'financial climate' has...
Young aspiring film-makers in the Rochdale area aged 16-25 have been invited to participate in a ‘mass’ film-production training event at the Norton Grange hotel on Manchester...
Rochdale Council’s Green Volunteers have been keeping countryside traditions alive by perfecting the art of dry stone walling at Watergrove Reservoir in Wardle. A team of 10...
A partner in a top Rochdale law firm has been reprimanded at a tribunal because he was too embarrassed to deal with letters from his regulatory authority. The Solicitors...
Central Rochdale Councillor Zulfiqar Ali has extended an open invitation to Birkenhead MP Frank Field to come and look at integration in Rochdale first hand. Councillor Ali was...
Rochdale Council’s Big Clean campaign has achieved another milestone in its mission to tidy up the borough by getting a 500th firm to sign up to the Tidy Business Standards...
Hollingworth Lake is the place to be for all bird lovers this weekend. Rochdale Council’s countryside rangers, based at Hollingworth Lake, have teamed up with The Royal...
Oldham Sixth Form College, which has 300 pupils from Rochdale, has cemented its outstanding reputation by being named among the best in the country. It is in the top five per...
Immigration Minister Phil Woolas has hit out at MPs who used a Rochdale school to claim integration is not working. Across the country, there are 10 primary schools where no...
A Rochdale resident that submitted an appeal for a local 'grot spot' to be cleared up as part of the Council's Big Clean project, has been told his application was successful on...
Thousands of absent parents who owe millions in child maintenance will not be allowed to leave the country — until they pay up. Passports and driving licences will be...
A school head teacher has hit back at claims that his pupils being denied the freedom to choose their GCSE subjects. Graham Wright, who runs Wardle High School, read on the...
A Crimewatch appeal to catch football hooligans who brawled in Manchester city centre during last year’s Uefa cup final has been a huge success. Greater Manchester Police...
Over a quarter of Rochdale people drink themselves to danger, a new survey has revealed. Figures obtained by NHS North West and the Department of Health show that over 25% of...
