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A new Audit Commission report, Rising to the Challenge: improving fire service efficiency, has identified Greater Manchester as pioneers, stating that other fire services should...
Date Published 23/12/2008
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen will use his position as Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Light Rail to lobby the Government for the £17,000,000 needed to connect the...
Rochdale MP, Paul Rowen tabled a motion in Parliament warning of the dangers of the injectable tan, melanotan, and urging the Government to protect the public from potential harm....
Everybody is affected by regulations in some form or another; this is especially true of business. In these difficult economic times the Greater Manchester Public Protection...
Campaigners opposing plans which could politicise police authorities will argue their case at a one-off evidence session. Greater Manchester Police Authority (GMPA) is among...
A 42 year old off-duty police officer was seriously assaulted when he went to the aid of a woman in Rochdale. The man was walking home from work in Bamford, Rochdale, on...
Date Published 21/12/2008
A motorist died when his car crashed into a set of railings in Castleton, police have said. The accident happened on Manchester Road in the early hours of Sunday....
Rochdale-born Al-Qaeda terrorist has been sentenced to life imprisonment today (Friday 19 December) – with a minimum term of 10 years. Manchester Crown Court brought Rangzieb...
Date Published 19/12/2008
People from across the borough with big hearts and some time to spare are being asked to sign up for a new voluntary scheme, aimed at supporting children and young people with...
A gang of thugs responsible for over 40 burglaries, robberies and thefts have finally been put behind bars. The eight merciless yobs subjected Rochdale and a large part of...
12 December was a historic day for transport policy, not only here in Greater Manchester but across the UK. The democratic voice of the people voted against the introduction of...
Rochdale Council has teamed up with local police and health services to urge revellers to drink responsibly this Christmas. The move comes as statistics show Rochdale to be a...
Date Published 18/12/2008
Police in Middleton are set to launch Operation Spin, a move that hopes to tackle the rising number of burglaries in the area. Crime hot-spots will be patrolled by...
Middleton based company Bowlee Park Housing has this week welcomed the news that its prepayment meter customers have had a total of £100 million cut from their bills, while...
The developers behind controversial plans to build a wind farm at Crook Hill in Littleborough have been accused of 'misinformation' by Rochdale MP Paul Rowen. Coronation Power...
A Rochdale-born terrorist has become the first al Qaeda convict ever to be found guilty of directing terrorism. Rangzieb Ahmed, 33, has been found guilty at Manchester Crown...
Keep your handbags close and your purses closer – that’s the warning being issued to shoppers in Middleton as the number of pick-pocketing crimes increases in the run up to...
A former Rochdale football player has been fined by the courts for being a drunken nuisance on a Darwen football pitch. Gary Brown, 23, of Anchor Avenue, admitted drinking 20...
The killer who murdered his wife and tried to make out she had committed suicide has been caged for life. Littleborough taxi driver Michael Bamford shot his wife in the head...
Binge drinkers who take up Accident and Emergency services have more than doubled since 2003, figures have revealed. Staggering statistics by the North West Public Health...
It’s all happening at Hollingworth Lake this Christmas period as the picturesque tourist attraction puts on some seasonal fun aimed at getting the family away from the glare of...
Kind-hearted pupils at Shawclough Primary School filled over160 shoeboxes full of Christmas presents to send to disadvantaged children in Romania. The boxes travelled from the...
A man and a woman had a narrow escape earlier this morning (18 December) when their cars collided on the M62. The cars, a silver Toyota Avensis and an orange Nissan...
A family were threatened at knifepoint by armed robbers who broke into their home and left with their two cars. The family were in the upstairs bedroom of their home on Lenten...
A Littleborough resident has transformed her caravan home to an environmental friendly living space with the help of the Government’s Warm Front Scheme. Jean Ashworth, 73, was...
Date Published 17/12/2008
Let your hair down, not your guard – that’s the message for women across Rochdale this Christmas as the police put their rape awareness campaign into action. Posters are to be...
The divide between health care and patient feedback is set to be erased following the launch of Voices 4 Wellbeing, the new organisation created for Rochdale Borough Local...
Poorly children at the Rochdale Infirmary had their day brightened up when Mrs Christmas and Pudsey bear turned up at visiting time. A festive treat of toys, chocolates, DVD’s...
A roaming metal detector will visit the entrances of town centre pubs and clubs this Friday (19 December) to help festive partygoers feel safe on one of the busiest nights out of...
An axe wielding killer murdered his wife and tried to make out she had committed suicide. Littleborough taxi driver Michael Bamford shot his wife in the head at their luxury...
