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2021 is the year of the census - and this year's will be the first to be run predominantly online.
Date Published 29/01/2021
Jordan’s Plants and Eggs stall can now be found within the Rochdale Exchange Shopping Centre, following the independent trader's move to the old outdoor market this week.
Every ward in the Rochdale borough now has a named neighbourhood police officer on the beat, following a pledge by Greater Manchester Metro Mayor Andy Burnham last year.
Date Published 28/01/2021
A Bury roofing supplies firm and its Rochdale director have been fined after two workers fell from a tower scaffold, sustaining serious injuries. Manchester Magistrates’ Court...
Local priest Father Paul Daly is leaving Heywood to take on a new role at Salford Cathedral after 16 years at Our Lady and St Joseph’s.
Information on current and forthcoming roadworks planned to take place across the borough.
Rochdale Borough Council is to receive just short of £500,000 of a £23m government fund to support people who are most at risk of the long-term impacts of Covid-19.
More than 300,000 people have received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine so far in Greater Manchester, according to the latest figures. As of Tuesday (26 January),...
Key bus corridors could be improved between Rochdale, Oldham and Ashton, under £69m plans to transform public transport.
Holocaust Memorial Day takes place on 27 January each year and Rochdale borough holds an annual commemoration, hosted in a different part of the borough each year in rotation –...
Date Published 27/01/2021
Schools will not be able to reopen after next month’s half-term break, but could from 8 March, the Prime Minister has said.
Heavy rainfall on Thursday (28 January) may lead to some minor transport disruption and flooding. The Met Office has issued a yellow weather alert for rain throughout the North...
Six people have been arrested for drugs offences after seven warrants were executed this morning (Wednesday 27 January) at properties in Heywood, Radcliffe, Whitefield and Bury.
Veronica Green proved she is definitely one to watch in RuPaul’s Drag Race UK competition after she was crowned overall winner of the second episode which aired on Thursday (21...
Bowlee Primary School in Middleton has received a gift of around 200 books from book publisher Miles Kelly, via Business in the Community (BITC).
The free wi-fi which was offered onboard Metrolink trams has been permanently withdrawn as a cost-saving option.
The M60 around Manchester could soon get its missing link road at Simister Island to make it England’s only complete orbital motorway.
Students at Wardle Academy recently heard the testimony of Holocaust survivor Tomi Komoly in a special online session.
Date Published 26/01/2021
A local policeman, who had to learn to walk again after an ear infection left him with a brain injury, will take on a 300-mile charity run to thank the NHS staff that ‘saved his...
Former Springhill Hospice Fundraising Manager, Ian Jenkins has joined the Co-op Group as their Member Pioneer for Castleton, Heywood and Middleton.
A woman and a child were rescued by firefighters after becoming stuck in a muddy Heywood footpath at the weekend (Saturday 23 January).
The first episode of new Channel Four drama ‘It’s A Sin’ which filmed scenes in Norden aired on Friday (22 January). Film crews were spotted on Shelfield Lane during the first...
There has been an increase in burglary and vehicle crime in Rochdale since Christmas, Rochdale Police are warning. In an update on social media, PC Chadwick warned that the...
Greater Manchester’s long-delayed Clean Air Zone could be signed off by leaders by the summer after months of public consultation. Vans, buses, coaches, taxis, private hire...
A Heywood woman has paid tribute to her brother and her father after they both died of Covid-19 just months apart. In under a year, Suzanne Holden, of Heywood, has lost both her...
A Rochdale man has been jailed for six years after pleading guilty to fraud offences and dangerous driving. Shahid Khan, 27, pleaded guilty at Minshull Crown Court on Thursday...
Date Published 25/01/2021
Plans to create a brand new cycle lane in Castleton are now out for public consultation, with residents encouraged to provide their thoughts and feed into the plans.
A man, 35, has been taken to hospital following a hit and run collision on Milnrow Road, Rochdale during the early hours of Sunday morning (24 January).
Rochdale Borough Council has launched a new Micro Business Grant to help businesses which have not been eligible for most of the previous Covid-19 support schemes.
A thug who left his former headteacher needing reconstructive surgery after glassing him has been jailed for drug dealing. Jermaine Bullen, 37, was sentenced to 12 months’...
