You are Here: Home » News » News Search
Welcome to the News Search.
You can browse through our news archive using the list below or use the following search form.
59656 Article(s) Found
Almost 5000 households are on the waiting list for a council house in Rochdale according to latest figures. 4819 households were on the social housing waiting list for 2008, a...
Date Published 23/01/2009
More than £9 million of repair backlogs at hospitals across the region could be putting patient and staff safety at risk, it has been claimed. According to the Department of...
Rochdale residents will not face pay-as-you-throw bin charges after no councils wanted to take part in the controversial trial. Local authorities had been asked to volunteer...
Almost £4 million is paid to Rochdale Council middle managers who are cashing in on salaries and benefits topping £50,000, a report today reveals. According to information...
Greater Manchester’s transport leaders have met with Government ministers and MPs to discuss the future of the region’s buses, train and trams, after local people voted down the...
The Government will not force climbers to pay to be rescued when stuck on mountains — even if they are taking significant risks. Transport Minister Jim Fitzpatrick fears...
Rochdale, Heywood, Middleton and Pennines Townships have had £400,000 of capital funds handed back over after a controversial budget-cut caused outrage among the council. It was...
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen has tabled a parliamentary motion calling for a review of the decision to axe four of Greater Manchester’s maternity units, including the one at Rochdale...
A judge has caused controversy after calling a paedophile 'courageous' for pleading guilty to the abuse of an 11-year old girl. Brent Knowles, 34, from Rochdale, pleaded guilty...
Residents living near to the Sudden junction on Manchester Road were delighted by a Government decision to have advertisement hoardings removed from the area. Rochdale Council...
Businesses that fear they will be swallowed by the recession are being urged to partake in an ‘action plan’ put forward by the Chamber of Commerce. Following today’s news...
Former leader of Rochdale Council Allen Brett was the victim of a car-jacking near Rochdale Labour Club on Tuesday (20 January). The ex-Councillor was accosted by a gang of...
Date Published 22/01/2009
A test purchase exercise involving young volunteers has led to the council being able to take legal action against three retail outlets for selling knives to a minor. Another...
Police in Heywood have appointed the new Neighbourhood Constable who will replace PC Gary Cryer as Beat Manager for West Heywood Ward area. PC Cryer has moved to a school based...
Police in south Rochdale will be better equipped to patrol the area thanks to a donation of four new pedal bikes. Councillor Mohammed Sharif gave the bikes to officers on...
The Council has announced the sites within the Rochdale and Pennine areas which will be tidied up as part of the Big Clean project. Work will begin at sites across the town in...
Rochdale residents can have their say on access to council services, and suggest ideas to improve the way they are delivered, at An Equalities Listening Event next month. The...
It may not be Yellow Stone Park, but children at Newbold Children’s Centre will be taking part in a bear hunt next week as part of National Storytelling Week. On Saturday 7...
The development of a £10million mental health unit at Birch Hill Hospital were given the go-ahead by councillors at Pennines Township planning committee meeting last night...
Health professionals must be trained in spotting medication dependency as sufferers are not getting the support they need, a report warns today. A year-long study by the All...
Every receipt for expenses claimed by MPs will be published after an attempt to exempt the details was shelved. MPs were due to vote today on proposals that would have...
Unemployment in Rochdale rose by more than 500 last month to 5,250 as the economic crisis gripping the country deepened. There are 4,009 jobless men, a rise of 474 in a month,...
NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale plan bring up to eight new dentists to the borough as part of a strategy to improve local NHS dental services. Two of the new dentists will...
Barrack Obama's inauguration as President of the United States has obviously been the biggest news this week - worldwide. For a black man to become President of the most powerful...
Rochdale Council has unveiled a brand new fleet of recycling vehicles which they believe will make the collection of recyclable waste much more efficient, reliable and...
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) North West has repeated its plea to people with norovirus infection, so-called winter vomiting, not to attend GP surgeries or hospital Accident...
Latest figures show incidents of domestic burglary have increased across Greater Manchester. There were 705 more victims of the crime between July and September last year...
Paul Rowen MP plans to grill the health secretary after an increase in the number of births has caused extra panic about declining maternity services. Rochdale Infirmary is...
The founder of Springhill Hospice, Margaret Geoghegan, is to receive the honorary Freedom of the Borough from Rochdale Borough Council. Margaret will receive the honour during...
Nine fire fighters rushed to the Elephant and Castle pub in Bamford after the kitchen went up in flames. Crews attended the pub on Bury Road, Bamford, at 3.30pm yesterday...
