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As traffic levels start to increase, motorists are being encouraged to be 'tram aware' in a new campaign from Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM).
Date Published 23/04/2021
Rochdale's infection rate has fallen for the third week in a row, alongside the rate for Greater Manchester, as the number of people in Greater Manchester to have received a Covid...
Date Published 22/04/2021
The family of a 14-year-old boy from Wardle who suffered a stroke out of the blue are aiming to raise awareness of childhood strokes, plus funds for adaptations for the family...
Local group Parents Against Grooming UK has launched a petition, calling for an automatic 30 mile restraining order for those convicted of sexual abuse.
Mountain rescue volunteers helped to rescue a person who suffered an anaphylactic shock when out walking near Rochdale on Tuesday (20 April).
A new Go North West bus route – the 129 – has been introduced, running hourly between Hollin, Stanycliffe, Boarshaw, and Middleton.
A life-saving piece of equipment in Milnrow Memorial Park has been stolen, which could mean the difference between life or death for someone who suffers a heart attack.
Date Published 21/04/2021
A local resident, 81-year-old Margaret Nuttall, has had her first book published – an autobiography entitled ‘Margaret – Lancashire Lass’.
Rochdale Sixth Form College has been awarded a silver accreditation by the community interest company Investors in People.
As new figures reveal that the RSPCA took nearly 4,000 (3,874) calls about animals affected by litter in 2020, the animal charity is urging people to do their bit and pick up...
A two minutes’ silence was observed at the Rochdale Cenotaph for The Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral on Saturday (17 April).
As part of the national roadmap out of restrictions, the government is asking the public to take-up twice weekly LFT tests, known in the borough as FAST testing.
Three people have been taken to hospital following a collision on Spotland Road on Monday evening (19 April).
Date Published 20/04/2021
Rochdale Hornets will host a friendly between England and Fiji at the Crown Oil Arena in October as part of its 150th anniversary celebrations. The club was officially formed...
Rochdale homelessness charity Petrus will not be reopening its community store on Hamer Lane. The community store opened in 2013, recycling a wide variety of furniture, household...
Castleton Leisure Centre has officially re-opened for use now further restrictions have ended – and who better to declare the pool open than its oldest swimmer, Harry Smith, on...
Three more local residents have been fined in connection with littering and fly-tipping offences. One woman ended up being fined a total of £658 for discarding a cigarette butt.
Two machetes were recovered from a car after a collision on Market Place, Middleton (Friday 16 April). A Nissan Qashqai collided with a Ford Fiesta at around 7.40pm.
Hopwood Hall College and University Centre is set to make huge changes to its Rochdale campus after submitting an ambitious proposal to the Department for Education.
Date Published 19/04/2021
31-year-old Tom Rhodes, originally from Rochdale, has been crowned BBC One’s MasterChef 2021 champion.
A new apartment block could be built next to an historic former pub in Rochdale. Plans have been submitted for a three storey-building neighbouring the George and Dragon Hotel,...
A former Rochdale social worker who was serving a 17 year sentence for historic sexual abuse has died in prison. Paedophile James Peter Gavin, 83, was less than two years into...
Rochdale Round Table has donated £3,000 to Rochdale Foodbank. A cheque was presented to the local foodbank on Tuesday (13 April), after funds were raised at Christmas with the...
A team of individuals of all ages and health levels have recently completed a massive 72km walk in aid of local charities Springhill Hospice and Neil’s Appeal.
Date Published 18/04/2021
Cancer charity Macmillan Cancer Support gave over £63,100 locally in hardship grants last year to help people with cancer struggling with the pandemic’s financial impact and the...
The East Lancashire Railway (ELR) will play host to the most iconic steam engine in history - when the Flying Scotsman returns to its tracks this summer.
The rights to develop the autobiography of Nazir Afzal – the chief prosecutor in the Rochdale grooming gang case – for television have been secured.
Date Published 17/04/2021
A 50th anniversary LP of Rochdale band The Way We Live’s first vinyl LP has been released.
Vistry Partnerships, part of the Vistry Group, has been selected by Homes England to develop the former site of Akzo Nobel in Littleborough.
As part of the new Morrisons campaign to spread hope with sunflowers, Rochdale’s community champion Emma Pedgrift will be working alongside Springhill Hospice, the Willows...
Date Published 16/04/2021
