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Middleton Rotary Club President, Norman Wellens, attended St John's C E Thornham Primary School to present a Childer Award to Alishier Carris on 16 July.Alishier was awarded...
Date Published 29/07/2008
Local residents have highlighted a gaping hole in planning regulations following complaints to Rochdale Council; a large advertising stand is attached to a trailer in Sudden...
Date Published 28/07/2008
Following a massive delay that has caused motorists intense frustration the new traffic lights at Sudden junction, the junction where Manchester Road meets Bolton Road and Silk...
Rochdale Moviemakers, Rochdale's amateur film making group, are embarking on recording 'A Year In The Life Of Rochdale And District' with a view to staging a public show in a...
Police in north Rochdale will be patrolling the area on four new pedal bikes from today, Monday 28 July. Two of the bikes were funded by the Rochdale Town Centre Management...
Rochdale Council has chosen a preferred bidder to construct the new St Anne’s Academy in Middleton. Following a 12-week detailed evaluation process with the final two bidders,...
Rochdale’s Labour Parliamentary Candidate, Simon Danczuk, has called on the town’s Liberal Democrat MP to prove that his Party’s new manifesto tax-cutting pledge is worth the...
When constituents identify the Parliamentary recess as a holiday I remind them that I merely change my place of work from the House of Commons to the constituency. The work is...
Rochdale Council has has carried out a review of the 32,000 households currently receiving a 25% council discount for only having one adult living there. The review, conducted in...
More than 180 offenders were arrested in GMP’s crackdown on burglary last week, bringing the grand total of arrests to almost 1,150 since the beginning of June. Operation Storm...
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen is demanding an explanation from the Cabinet Office after it emerged that an extra 10 per cent funding for the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) would...
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen was joined by Cabinet Member for Adult Care Dale Mulgrew in a summit with Health Minister Ivan Lewis MP. The meeting was called after Ivan Lewis criticised...
Four men from Healey based Sai Martial Arts have raised £1000 for charity courtesy of a Manchester to Blackpool bike ride! David Whittles, Jamie Ward, Robert Howarth and Daniel...
Rochdale MP and former teacher Paul Rowen has challenged School’s Minister Ed Balls over the fiasco over SATS or Key Stage 3 tests. Mr Rowen challenged Mr Balls in a Westminster...
Rochdale Council’s controversial ‘people’s champion’ staff, that costs £150,000 per year, has dealt with an only five complaint launch in April! Councillor Ashley Dearnley,...
The summer holidays are here and hot weather and a barbecue are common partners this summer, weather permitting, and both should be safe and enjoyable experiences for everyone....
Shortly after 4pm on Sunday 27 July 2008, police received a report of a 13-year-old boy missing from his home on Green Meadow, Rochdale. Officers attended and enquiries led to a...
This weekend saw the annual Castleton Carnival take place involving spectacular floats, the Oldham & District Mini Club, festival queens and lots of spectators and family fun. On...
Date Published 27/07/2008
This weekend saw the annual Rushbearing Festival take place in Littleborough. Saturday saw the Morris dancers assembled at the King William IV pub at Shore for drinks and dancing....
Groundwork Oldham & Rochdale held a Street Party for the local Higginshaw community as part of their celebrations to mark the Trust’s 25th Anniversary. The idea of the Street...
Date Published 25/07/2008
The Feel Good Event at The Butts, Rochdale, got off to a scorching start; the event includes everything from cookery demonstrations with celebrity chef Aazam Ahmad (BBC Fusion...
Rochdale's Lib-Dem Euro-MP is calling on supermarkets to slash unnecessary packaging in a bid to reduce Britain’s huge waste mountain. Chris Davies has expressed his concerns...
Anyone coming into the UK to marry will now have to be 21 in the latest crackdown on forced marriage, the Government has announced. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith described...
The Conservatives have promised to plough £100million into getting teenagers living a “Vicky Pollard”-lifestyle into work-based learning — this includes people in Rochdale, which...
In a bid to stop villages dying, the Government has signalled that it will allow councils to push through developments of badly-needed homes. The shake-up follows the...
The Government has given good marks to Rochdale's mental health services. The Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, which covers Rochdale, has been ranked 23rd out of 69 in the...
Jim Dobbin MP for Heywood and Middleton, is backing Oxfam’s emergency response in East Africa and is asking his constituents to do the same. Oxfam is calling on people to...
Latest figures show that Rochdale is one of the only areas in Greater Manchester to see an increase in extreme poverty. Analysis showed that despite areas in Manchester such...
Date Published 24/07/2008
Police have released CCTV images and footage of people they would like to speak to after an incident of violent disorder in Heywood. At 2.10am on Saturday 21 June 2008, CCTV...
Rochdale’s MP Paul Rowen and Mayor Councillor Robin Parker were among the guests at the Peace Day Partnership Meeting held this afternoon (Thursday 24 July). The meeting was...
