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The Northern Care Alliance NHS Group (NCA) – the local NHS organisation that runs hospitals and community healthcare services in Oldham, Bury, Rochdale and Salford – has announced...
Date Published 29/12/2020
Stepping Stone Projects and WHAG (formerly Women’s Housing Action Group) have made a successful application to the Winter Transformation Fund to support the council in helping...
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for snow throughout Wednesday evening into Thursday (30 to 31 December).
A 30-year-old man has died after being hit by a car on Rochdale Road in Slattocks on Thursday 24 December 2020.
Castleton caregiver Lynda Kent takes the lead role in a newly released episode of Armchair Adventures, an interactive podcast created to help people feel connected and less...
Led by sprinkler fitter, Andrew Ormrod, 35, a team of 15 will be walking 72km to Blackpool on February 27, 2021 to raise money for Springhill Hospice and Neil’s Appeal, in a...
Brownhill Learning Community has been running an ongoing project with local care homes to try and ease loneliness and bring cheer.
Date Published 28/12/2020
The East Lancashire Railway (ELR) will play host to the most iconic steam engine in history – when the Flying Scotsman returns to its tracks in spring 2021.
In lieu of Christmas activities this year, employees at local construction firm H Bell & Sons have donated funds to local charities.
Greater Manchester’s first commissioned homeless service for people identifying as LGBTQ+ and experiencing homelessness has opened in the region.
Britain’s Got Talent’s local sign language champions Sign Along With Us are embarking on a UK tour next year, bringing their message of inclusivity to even more people in an...
Fire tore through a house on Agincourt Street in Heywood on Christmas Day.
Date Published 27/12/2020
Mental health charity Rochdale and District Mind have created a booklet for people living in Rochdale, Middleton and Heywood who are struggling both physically and mentally.
In his annual visit to Heywood, Santa Claus has been seeing which children have been naughty or nice in the run-up to Christmas.
Work has started on repairing a landmark street in Rochdale.
The borough of Rochdale has been named as one of 57 areas to provisionally benefit from the Future High Streets Fund, and could receive approximately £17m.
A yellow warning for snow and ice has been issued by the Met Office from Sunday 27 December through to Monday 28 December.
With the region’s long-term development plan hitting the rocks and Covid casting a long shadow over the economy, Greater Manchester’s future has rarely looked so uncertain.
When putting up your decorations or writing your Christmas cards, have you ever wondered why we associate robins with Christmas? Maybe you’ve always wondered where “the holly and...
Date Published 26/12/2020
The Boxing Day floods in 2015 were an unprecedented and surreal experience in the borough. A combination of the wettest and warmest December on record, along with over 100mm of...
While the festive period is wonderful, it can create tonnes of unnecessary waste a year. Wondering what you can do to help reduce your waste and impact, gift more sustainably or...
Many of us have a cherished baby blanket created with love from a relative, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a handmade blanket filled with more affection than the pink flowery...
Date Published 25/12/2020
A Christmas message from Mayor of Rochdale, Councillor Billy Sheerin.
Twelve months ago I penned my Rochdale Online Christmas message and looked forward to 2020 with hope, optimism and excitement at the many visionary council projects we had ‘oven...
Date Published 24/12/2020
Traders are celebrating after a developer pulled controversial plans to demolish a busy industrial estate and build more than 200 homes on the site.
David Yates has gone above and beyond throughout the current pandemic, being available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to his pupils and their families.
Music icons Sir Cliff Richard, Dolly Parton, Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue and Gary Barlow will join Owain Wyn Evans for a special week of programmes on local BBC radio this...
Christmas message from Reverend Margaret Smith, Chaplain: Rochdale town centre, Police and Armed Forces Associations.
A local Indian restaurant will serve a free portion of curry, rice, and a drink on Christmas day to the homeless and those less fortunate.
England is set for a very windy Boxing Day – and not just because of the sprouts consumed the day before – with strong gusts of up to 80mph on the way for hilly areas.
