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Community group Reuse Littleborough urgently requires volunteers to help with donations.
Date Published 24/10/2020
Local MPs were divided over voting on extending free school meals for children over the schools holidays until Easter 2021.
Rochdale-based motorcycle group Brass Knuckle Riders need your help once again, by donating children’s toys for Christmas.
Extra support for councils to help them to prepare for the introduction of landmark legislation that will ensure domestic abuse victims and their families get the vital help they...
Littleborough resident Liesl Beckles has embraced a challenge to walk 310,000 steps throughout October to raise money and awareness for the stillbirth and neonatal death charity...
Date Published 23/10/2020
Local community group Army of Kindness has set up several lunchtime collection points for over the half term week, after the government voted against extending free school meal...
If you have any good condition shoes – new or used – that you no longer want or need, consider donating them to Rotary North-West District’s Shoe Aid campaign, via The Co-op Store...
The East Lancashire Railway, which runs between Heywood and Rawtenstall, has received a fresh boost to support its ongoing recovery from the impact of Covid - with a new grant...
Rochdale Football Club is backing an initiative by the local mental health NHS trust, Pennine Care at Birch Hill Hospital, which is aiming to improve the environment on the ward...
Greater Manchester, including Heywood, Rochdale and Middleton, is now under Tier 3 (very high alert level) Covid restrictions. What does this mean for residents in these areas?
A worn-out cricket pitch at Lenny Barn playing fields in Falinge is to be replaced by Rochdale Borough Council after local youngsters complained about its dangerous state.
Rochdale-based motorcycle club, MT Heads MCC has presented a cheque from a joint fundraising effort with a Los Angeles rock band to the Rochdale Children’s Moorland Home.
It is the official end of British Summer Time (BST) this weekend. BST ends at 2.00am on Sunday 25 October, so clocks need to go back an hour to 1.00am to revert to Greenwich Mean...
Labour leaders in Greater Manchester say they are ‘sticking together’ as Bolton bargains for its own share of a £60m pot offered by government.
Date Published 22/10/2020
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced he will increase support through the existing Job Support and self-employed schemes, and expand business grants to support companies in...
A 102-year-old World War Two veteran from Rochdale has had his garden made over by selfless volunteers – so he can remain independent.
Patients attending local hospitals and community appointments in Rochdale, Oldham, Bury, and Salford are being asked to follow guidance and advice outlined in a new video,...
Information on current and forthcoming roadworks and road closures across the borough.
The deputy leader of the Labour party has been accused of calling Chris Clarkson, Conservative MP for Heywood and Middleton, “scum” in the House of Commons.
Engineering works affecting local train passengers are due to start on Saturday.
Date Published 21/10/2020
Greater Manchester’s ‘red wall’ Conservatives appear to be split over whether Andy Burnham should carry the can for the collapse of Tier 3 negotiations.
A new service has been launched at The Royal Oldham Hospital to provide extra support for mums and dads-to-be who have previously experienced stillbirth, late miscarriage or early...
It will become illegal for drivers to pick up and use their mobile, under new government plans to close a legislation loophole and improve road safety.
Crime has fallen by a fifth in Greater Manchester on the same time last year, according to a new report by Greater Manchester Police.
Staff and students from Whitworth Community High School were set the task of walking the distance between their school and Uganda. Head of English Peter Williams is a trustee of...
Date Published 20/10/2020
Greater Manchester, including the Rochdale borough, will move into Tier 3 restrictions, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced today (Tuesday 20 October).
Heywood children’s charity, Little Monkeys, which helps under privileged children, reopened the doors of its shop on 5 October after closing due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The historic Hopwood Hall in Middleton has been named on Historic England's list of the historic sites most at risk of being lost forever.
Innovative flood risk management techniques have taken another step forward on Crompton Moor in Oldham with the installation of five 'leaky dams'.
Date Published 19/10/2020
A police investigation has been launched after gunshots were fired in Heywood on Saturday afternoon (17 October). Police were called to Bury Old Road in the Heap Bridge area at...
