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Middleton teen Gavin Woodward is determined to end a national trend by becoming a fully-fledged child carer. Recent figures revealed that there were only 56 men working in...
Date Published 14/10/2008
Rochdale and District Mind celebrated its 20th anniversary on Friday (10 October) to coincide with World Mental Health Day. More than 200 people attended the event at Heywood...
Rochdale Council is celebrating after winning one of the top accolades at the North West In Bloom awards held last week in Liverpool. Improvement works to Packer Spout, the...
As part of the Government's "Not in My Neighbourhood Week" (13 to 17 October) the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police Peter Fahy has launched a campaign to circulate...
Crunch time for ‘Jazz On A Sunday’ has not been helped by the credit crunch - and a pre-evening bowl of cornflakes doesn’t really help either, but you can always guarantee a good...
Middleton residents can find out how to protect their homes and family in the event of a flood at the Middleton Flood Awareness Event at Middleton Arndale Centre, Limetrees Road,...
Moving Hammersmith and Fulham Council's call centre to Rochdale will create up to 20 new jobs in the town and save taxpayers in the London borough around £150,000 a year according...
Date Published 13/10/2008
The bank which holds a mortgage charge on the Spodden Valley site has been nationalised. In a move described in the media as one that "fundamentally changes the nature of...
Greater Manchester Police is warning football hooligans not to travel to Minsk for the match between Belarus and England on Wednesday (15 October). Operation Tiber will target...
A six year programme aimed at revitalising inner Rochdale officially came to a close today (Monday 13 October). The SRB5 programme closed at a celebration at the Town Hall. The...
Jim Dobbin MP is joining forces with Breast Cancer Campaign for its award winning fundraising event, wear it pink, on Friday 31 October. This year’s theme is ‘dare to wear’ and...
Rochdale Exchange shopping centre is hosting a charity ball in the Great Hall at Rochdale Town Hall. Rochdale Town Centre Management are backing the event and are urging...
Balderstone Learning Centre is hosting a ‘Get Online Day’ for adult learners on Wednesday 22 October. The aim of the day is to open up Balderstone Learning Centre on Queen...
A Rochdale man has been given a five year jail sentence after pouring petrol onto a Good Samaritan and threatening to set him on fire with a lighter during a carjacking on...
Bowlee Park Housing’s Junior Wardens impressed the audience at The Riverside Group’s tenants and residents national conference in Liverpool with their success stories from...
Don’t trash it, recycle it! That’s the message from Rochdale Council as residents get rid of their old phone books. Old phone books can be put in the blue polythene recycling...
Neighbourhood policing in Rochdale is being boosted by the addition of six officers working to tackle local priorities. The additional officers are strengthening Rochdale's...
A man who drove away from a crash with his girlfriend dead in the passenger seat, has been sent to prison for four years and four months. In October last year Asim Rashid, now...
Residents can cycle themselves a smoothie this weekend at a health road show in Littleborough. The ‘Speak Up! It’s Your Health’ event, led by NHS Heywood, Middleton and...
Anyone that has moved house in the last few months and has not yet returned their electoral roll registration form will not be able to vote in the Greater Manchester wide...
Date Published 10/10/2008
Rochdale's MP Paul Rowen has hit out the Government, saying that they have failed to do anything for unemployed people in Falinge. In a House of Commons debate on unemployment...
A man who was arrested in Rochdale after making more than 100 threatening phone calls has been sent to prison for four years. Ian Parry, 48, from Bacup, told some of his female...
The consultation into the future of transport in Greater Manchester ends today (Friday 10 October). If successful money from the Transport Innovation Fund will be spent on...
Rochdale Council confirmed today (Thursday 9 October) that they have not invested any taxpayer's money in Icelandic banks. Local authorties up and down the country have been...
Date Published 09/10/2008
Well that’s the Party conference season over for another year! Both main parties failed to follow the expected pattern forecast by the media. The Labour Party did not descend...
The knife-wielding teenager who was ordered off a bus by a teacher in Rochdale has been sent to jail. Adam Paul Taylor, 17, was today sent to prison for 12 months after he...
Rochdale is to welcome a brand new service dedicated to gaining resident’s views and suggestions on health and social care issues. Voices4Wellbeing is a new Local Involvement...
Residents in Rochdale’s care homes are to get new powers of complaint when new government legislation is brought in. The Times says that elderly residents or family members who...
Latest figures show that 51 days pass between a persistant young offender in Greater Manchester being arrested to them being sentenced. In 1996 the Ministry of Justice pledged...
The M62 eastbound carriageway between junction 21 at Milnrow and junction 22 at Rishworth Moor has been fully re-opened following a vehicle fire this morning (Thursday 9...
