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If you’re looking for work then the Rochdale's annual jobs fair could be just what you need. Many local employers will be at Rochdale Town Hall on Thursday 11 September...
Date Published 29/08/2008
Owner of Twist nightclub, Dave Sinclair, has offered to waive prices of room hire at his Drake Street venue for those affected by the recent closure of the Broadfield Hotel. The...
Leigh Carlisle, who pioneered treatment for the deadly asbestos-related disease mesothelioma, has died aged 28. It was believed that Leigh was the youngest sufferer of the disease...
The shocking revelation that Sir Cyril Smith lobbied for what was the world's largest asbestos factory, Rochdale's Turner & Newall, to help keep the dangers of asbestos...
A Greater Manchester Police team will be swapping their warrant cards for windbreakers to raise money for a crime fighting charity. The GMP team will be one of 20 police crews...
Date Published 28/08/2008
The population of Rochdale has shown the biggest decline in the whole of Greater Manchester according to latest population figures from the Office of National Statistics. The...
The fallout from the closure of the Broadfield Hotel continues and Rochdale Online can reveal that thousands of pounds of customer's cash could be lost after the company that ran...
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen has called for all hotels and suitable function rooms to rally round after hearing the news, exclusively revealed by Rochdale Online, that the Broadfield...
Motorists in Rochdale are being urged to attend one of two car-crime clinics to combat registration plate theft. They will take place at B&Q, Sandbrook Park, this Wednesday...
Residents of Castleton and Council highway officers are to meet with Rossendale transport bosses tonight (Thursday 28 August) to try and bring the 442 bus service back to the
The Broadfield Hotel has gone into administration. Irate staff and customers have been at the hotel on Sparrow Hill within the last couple of hours (Wednesday 27 August) to voice...
Date Published 27/08/2008
Police have released CCTV footage of a man armed with a knife, who stole cash from a craft shop in Middleton. The robbery occurred at the Glitterbox shop on Townley Street at...
A 77-year-old man was rescued from his smoke-filled home yesterday after a police officer saw smoke coming from the building. Shortly after 4.20pm yesterday afternoon (Tuesday 26...
A Rochdale based engine designer and car manufacturer is currently producing his first sports car. Al Melling, of Melling Consultancy Design on Mellor Street, is finishing...
Police are encouraging older and vulnerable residents to sign up to the ‘Nominated Neighbour’ scheme and keep themselves safe from bogus callers.
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing board members and senior officers have held a joint planning event with senior councillors and senior council officers to develop a shared vision of...
Fancy yourself as a bit of an Alan Titchmarsh or Charlie Dimmock? If you reckon you could give them a run for their money and have a little time to put something back into the...
I attended the ceremony in Rochdale Town Hall to celebrate the handing over of the Olympic Flag to the U.K. for the 2012 London Games. It was fitting that the Olympic flag was...
Date Published 26/08/2008
Harry Alldritt, a well known Middleton personality, is embarking on a walk of almost 300 miles on 13 September to raise money for the British Heart Foundation, one of the Mayor's...
People over 50 have many reasons to celebrate throughout September when the Recycled Teenagers festival hits venues across Heywood, Littleborough, Milnrow and Rochdale. Organised...
Applications for child care and supervision orders have plummeted by 25% since councils were forced to bear the full cost of court fees, prompting fears that vulnerable children...
The British Asian Sports and Arts Foundation (BASAF) provided a great cricketing competition and the crowds witnessed teams from all over England with players from as far away as...
This year sees the 20th anniversary of fire safety laws which have saved thousands of lives by making sure that furniture in the home is safer. The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire...
A programme of mosque-led initiatives in Rochdale included a successful Bank Holiday training project on Saturday 23 August 2008 in fellowship with the borough Safeguarding...
The Borough of Rochdale flew the flag on Sunday to celebrate the official beginning of the London Olympiad in 2012. Towns and cities across the country raised the official 2012...
A 21-year-old woman from Middleton, Claire Burns, has died and a man is in hospital after a couple were rescued off the Blackpool coast. The pair were pulled from the water at...
Date Published 25/08/2008
Rochdale born the film producer and director Zafar Iqbal creator of the award winning of crime drama, Banana Boys, is on the look out for local talent for three new films. Mr...
Date Published 24/08/2008
Boots (Market Way Rochdale) - open 10:30 - 16:30 Cohens (Milkstone Road Rochdale) - 10:00 - 18:00 Kingsway Pharmacy (Morrisons Superstore Rochdale) - 10:00 - 16:00 Asda...
Following Simon Danczuk's, Rochdale’s Labour Parliamentary Candidate, criticism citing an unprecedented number of problems around elderly people’s bus passes, a spokesperson for...
Two taxi drivers have been attacked in separate incidents in Middleton. At around 10pm on Thursday 21 August, a 47-year-old taxi driver picked up two men from outside an address...
Date Published 22/08/2008
