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Councillors in the Hopwood Hall ward must decide for themselves whether they will sit on the Heywood or Middleton townships. Traditionally the three Hopwood Hall Councillors...
Date Published 26/01/2009
The voters of Greater Manchester paid more than £2.2m to throw out congestion charge plans in last month’s referendum. And the returning officer, who spent 26 days in the...
Cyclists are in for a treat as the New Cycling Centre Open Day it to take place next month at Hollingworth Lake. The Hollingworth Lake water activity centre will open up for...
Dr. Catherine Quigley, the Health Protection Agency North West’s Regional Epidemiologist, is warning that this time of the year brings a peak in meningococcal infection and...
The council and a host of local learning disability service providers are to develop a new approach that hopes to give people with learning disabilities more choice and say in...
This Saturday (31 January) Rochdale Market will be celebrating the launch of their new-look facilities by taking shoppers back to where it all began, 1251, the year that the...
The Live Life healthy living exhibition is back for 2009. Live Life will be staged at the new Middleton Arena on Monday 2 March, with a host of ideas and help to get Rochdale...
Oldham Athletic's captain Sean Gregan appeared before magistrates today (Monday 26 January) accused of drink driving on a motorway in Rochdale. The League One defender...
A representative for Paul Rowen MP was marched out of a public conference because he asked the speaker if he could read out a speech. David Hennigan, who works as an agent for...
Rochdale’s M6 Theatre Company will open its new production, 'Family Business' at a special preview at their Studio Theatre tomorrow night (Tuesday 27 January). 'Family...
The Government's decision to upgrade cannabis to 'Class B' status has been branded as ludicrous by North West MEP Chris Davies. Mr Davies said the change took no account of...
Rochdale Canal will come under new management when a new organisation is formed to maintain the 32-mile waterway and find more money to improve the attraction of the canal to...
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing recently appointed a new Business Development Manager. Clare Tostevin has been with RBH for just over a month and has more than 16 years'...
The search is on for Rochdale businesses that have a chance of winning a Manchester Tourism Award 2009. Hopes are high that Rochdale can build on the success it had at last...
Hundreds of people crammed into Castlemere Community Centre to meet George Galloway MP, who was speaking about his views on Gaza. Representatives from the Muslim, Jewish and...
One in five girls and one in ten boys have gone further than they wanted to sexually because they were drunk according to a survey of 14 and 15-year olds in Rochdale. The...
Police vans, cars and a mobile video unit rushed to Castleton yesterday (Sunday 26 January) after reports that a group of youths were attempting to burgle a house. Officers...
A Rochdale-based haulage firm has gone out of business just over a year after striking a deal with the 'Dragons Den' entrepreneurs. Paul Merker and Jerry Mantalvanos accepted...
Police are re-appealing for witnesses after an off duty police officer was seriously assaulted in Rochdale just before Christmas. The victim was on his way home from work at...
Hundreds of pounds are expected to be raised today (Saturday 24 January) at a special fundraising event for Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary. Shoppers at Asda Rochdale have been...
Date Published 24/01/2009
A sense of unity was shared among local people as they joined in celebration of Sports for All Awards 2009. People of all ages, genders, political and ethnic backgrounds came...
An application for a sex shop licence for a shop on The Walk in Rochdale Town Centre has been turned down by Councillors on the Regulatory Committee. Councillors said that...
Date Published 23/01/2009
Police have made a further arrest for a brutal stabbing which took place in a Middleton restaurant in the early hours of Christmas Day. A 24-year-old man was arrested on...
UNISON has called for an “urgent” meeting with the chief executive of Rochdale Borough Council after mass pay cuts devastated hundreds of workers. The pay and grading review...
Design work on Rochdale's new bus station is well underway and the Council is expecting a planning application to be submitted in March. Work on remediating the site has already...
Car boot sales are back on the Town Hall Square starting in April. Rochdale Town Centre Management are encouraging people to get rid of their old stuff and earn some extra...
As part of their Burn's Night celebrations the owners of the Spring Inn on Broad Lane are hosting a Haggis Hurling competition. The unusual sport involves two team members -...
A Police officer from Rochdale is to appear in court on charges of misconduct. 44-year old Robert Bowen is charged with three counts of wilful misconduct in a public office.
A compulsive pickpocket has been banned from entering the town centre after dipping into 16 pockets in the past year. Anthony Holt, of Lower Falinge, whose criminal history...
Hikers are being challenged to a 50 mile trek in just 24 hours to raise money for MedEquip4Kids. The major charity challenge, called “Mega Hike”, is a circular route from...
