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Rochdale was the only town in the country to officially commemorate United Nations Peace Day yesterday (Sunday 21 September). Youth and community groups from across the town...
Date Published 22/09/2008
Council staff will be out and about next week to give advice on benefits that Rochdale residents might be entitled to but aren’t claiming at the moment. A special mobile advice...
The NSPCC is launching a major new appeal for funds to develop its vital helpline services in Rochdale today (Monday 22 September) and across the rest of the UK in what is the...
Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, officially opened the new multimillion pound health centre, Nye Bevan House, in Milkstone and Deeplish. Mr Johnson said the new...
Date Published 20/09/2008
A Rochdale Town Centre estate and letting agents is boasting the best website in town following the site's launch this week. Updated daily, the Keystone Properties website is a...
Date Published 19/09/2008
Rochdale residents are being invited to an important event at the Town Hall on Monday evening (22 September) as part of plans to help shape development in the town up to the year...
Final arrangements for Rochdale Football club's ceremony to receive the Freedom of the Borough have been made. Rochdale Online revealed that the honour would be bestowed on the...
A major package of improvements to bus routes throughout Greater Manchester has helped to attract almost 20% more passengers on certain journeys. A report to today’s Greater...
A wedding car has crashed at Long Street Methodist Church in Middleton, causing an injury to the groom's mother. The incident occured at around 3pm this afternoon (Friday 19...
The refurbished Oakenrod footbridge has been re-opened in memory of a Sparth resident who campaigned for years to get the bridge redeveloped before she passed away earlier this...
A Rochdale Council Executive is to leave her post after accepting a new role as Chief Executive of Sefton Council. Margaret Carney, who is responsible for performance and...
Rochdale Devlopment Agency has responded to an article in satirical magazine 'Private Eye', which claimed that the Kingsway Business Park was still nothing more than a muddy...
An organisation that supports thousands of offenders and ex-offenders into training and work has been highly commended at a prestigious national awards ceremony for its efforts to...
A new scheme introduced by the Council will allow those entitled to benefits payments to receive their money quicker. Since a new fast-tracking system was introduced last month,...
Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health, is to visit the new multimillion pound health centre in the Milkstone and Deeplish area of Rochdale. The visit celebrates the...
An independent report has claimed that nearly 10,000 jobs could be created if a congestion charge is introduced in Greater Manchester. The report, on behalf of the Greater...
Newly qualified teachers, who started work in Rochdale's schools last week, were welcomed by the council at the Town Hall last night (Wednesday 18 September). There are 106 new...
Date Published 18/09/2008
The Rochdale Township awarded £6,000 to each ward in the town earlier this year and in Castleton they have spent some of their funding in a bid to tackle the area's anti-social...
Unemployment in Rochdale has risen for the third successive month — reflecting national figures which have seen the jobless total reach its worst level for almost a...
Rochdale's most passionate pie-eaters are wanted for a specialist panel in a quest for pie perfection. Neil Court-Johnston, managing director at Baxendale firm Holland’s, is on...
A campaigner for Rochdale's MEP Chris Davies has appeared in court charged with racially abusing a police officer. Christian Walker is employed by Mr Davies as a member of his...
“Give peace a chance” – that is the message from Rochdale Council and Peace Parade UK as they play host to the only official event in the UK in support of the United Nations Peace...
Allegations against the conduct of Greater Manchester Police have risen by 5 per cent over the past year. Between September, 2007, and August this year there were 3,186 new...
Ministers have bid to reduce red tape in the fight against knife crime in Greater Manchester. Officers will no longer have to fill out lengthy forms when stopping people for...
The division saw a big reduction in burglary in August compared with last year’s figures for the same month, but burglary is still a big challenge for the force. I would like to...
Rochdale Online again has first access to original archived documents. These newly revealed documents from asbestos company archives, once believed to be destroyed, shed new light...
Date Published 17/09/2008
Shoppers in Rochdale can now be swept from their doorstep and taken to their supermarket thanks to a new door-to-door service. The new Rochdale Borough Shopping Link launched...
Hundreds of years of history will be opened up through a new heritage guide to the Kirkholt neighbourhood in Rochdale, published this week. Residents and visitors to Kirkholt...
Anti-social behaviour in Castleton has been reduced by approximately 65% over the past four months according to police figures. Operation Buchan has been running in the area...
Recent revelations surrounding the asbestos cover-up at Rochdale's T&N factory and Sir Cyril Smith's interaction with the company have been featured in satirical magazine Private...
