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A local dog training school, On Track Dog Training, has opened a new 'dog park' and started a voluntary group to form a constitution for what is now known as 'Pennine Community...
Date Published 24/09/2008
Police in Blackburn are growing increasingly concerned for a missing man. Brian Partington, 60, has not been seen since 4.45pm on Tuesday 23 September when he left his home on...
The radical transformation of secondary education in the borough has moved a step closer with the announcement of a shortlist of three bidders to undertake the council's ambitious...
After the appetiser events of last year, Rochdale borough is ready to serve up its mouth-watering second course at The Manchester Food and Drink Festival 2008. Six borough venues...
"Check before you change!" That’s the message from Rochdale Borough Council ahead of new government planning regulations that come into force in October. The government has...
Shortly after 12.50pm on Tuesday 23 September 2008, police received a report that a bogus official had tried to con a woman out of money. A man approached the woman's home...
A leading councillor is putting her best foot forward - all in the name of charity. Councillor Doreen Brophy-Lee, the council’s cabinet member for housing, is stepping out in aid...
Work to replace the Oldham train line with a brand new Metrolink tram line will begin in just over one year’s time. Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE) and...
This weekend has seen an outcry over what has been deemed the ‘Phantom Goal’. Furious Watford fans called for an enquiry after a controversial goal was awarded to...
Date Published 23/09/2008
Local Labour politicians have expressed shock and disbelief at the latest allegations to emerge about Sir Cyril Smith’s relationship with asbestos giant T&N after correspondence...
Four armed robbers have today (Tuesday 23 September) been given a total of 32 years behind bars for a number of offences, which included those related to a robbery of Mainway Post...
Rochdale's holidaymakers may soon pay less to use their mobile phones abroad if an EU initiative to force mobile phone companies to cut international charges is...
The new £600,000 CT scanner at Rochdale Infirmary has been officially opened by a man whose pioneering work lies behind the machine’s computerised technology. Geoff Tootill,...
From next week pensioners that lose their free travel pass will face a £10 charge to have it replaced. Since they were introduced in April, the Greater Manchester Passenger...
The public has just 18 days left to have their say on the Transport Innovation Fund and the controversial congestion charge that would come with it. People have until Friday 10...
Cinemagoers to the Odeon cinema in Rochdale will see one of the most hard hitting anti-tobacco short films ever seen on British screens. 'Slaughterhouse' is currently being...
The national pay dispute that saw hundreds of Rochdale Council workers go on strike earlier this summer, has been referred to arbitration. Conciliation service Acas will hear...
A terraced house in Spotland was destroyed by a fire that broke out on Friday evening (19 September) after a pan of food was left unattended on a cooker. The house, on Spotland...
Recycling rates across Greater Manchester have reached 30% according to a new report and hopes are high that the rates will soar further over the next year. The latest annual...
Rochdale and District Mind are hosting its 20th anniversary celebration to coincide with World Mental Health Day on Friday 10 October at Heywood Civic Hall. The day long event...
Two teenagers who have terrorised the lives of their neighbours in Middleton have been served anti-social behaviour orders, thanks to the work of Bowlee Park Housing and Rochdale...
Date Published 22/09/2008
Two of Rochdale's primary schools are set to learn about the greener things in life with a trip to local woodlands. Pupils from St Patrick’s RC Primary in Foxholes and Healey...
Members of Rochdale and Littleborough Peace Group took a very active part in ‘The Costs of the War’ demonstration at the Labour Party Conference in Manchester on Saturday (20...
It’s Party Conference time again and as usual it was the Lib Dems first, Labour second and Tories third. I write this article in advance of the Labour Party conference in...
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen would hold his Rochdale seat if a general election was to be held now, according to the largest ever study of marginal seats. Rochdale is one of few...
Occurences of MRSA infections at hospitals run by Pennine Acute Trust, including Rochdale Infirmary and services at Birch Hill, have been cut by nearly 75% in a year. There...
A group of 12 young people from Middleton are the latest to have completed Groundwork Prince’s Trust Team programme, concluding with an emotional final presentation earlier this...
Rochdale residents received a surprise visit over the weekend as two Government ministers took to the streets to speak to people on their doorsteps about the issues that matter to...
Residential landlords can get help and advice at a free event in Castleton on Thursday (25 September) organised by Rochdale Council. The ‘Landlord Accreditation Scheme Forum’...
Camera crews are back in Rochdale today (Monday 22 September) for the latest shoot of the BBC drama Waterloo Road. Trailers and crew members have based themselves at the Academy...
