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Two Middleton primary schools locked their gates and shutters after reports of a man making threats to a nearby medical centre on Tuesday morning (15 October).
Date Published 16/10/2019
A delay in the delivery of new trains has seen rail operator Northern seek approval for its retiring Pacer trains to operate on a small number of routes, but Rochdale is not one...
The pop-up shop in the Wheatsheaf Shopping Centre has been taken over by Fancy Dress Mad until Saturday 2 November.
A motorist who struggled to charge her electric car at Rochdale town hall has been issued a parking ticket, despite taking every measure to explain the situation.
The announcement a care home is to close has left 24 elderly people – including one aged 103 – in urgent need of alternative accommodation.
Rochdale Literature & Ideas Festival 2019 opened on Monday (14 October), with a blue plaque commemorating the couple who made it all possible being unveiled.
Rochdale council is still owed £5.1m in housing benefits wrongly paid to residents.
The junior parkrun at Milnrow Memorial Park celebrated its first birthday on Sunday 13 October.
Date Published 15/10/2019
An eight-year-old boy from Littleborough will be swimming over five miles in November to raise money for the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation.
Delicious cakes and bakes sold at Whitworth Community High School added up to an amazing £455 for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Applications are now open for local charities and community groups to request grant funding from the Heywood Charities Fete Committee.
A government report on the future of England’s protected landscapes has praised the work being done to create a South Pennines Park.
With the fireworks season fast approaching, vets are encouraging pet owners and animal keepers to start preparing now to prevent possible injury and distress to their pets and...
Healthwatch Rochdale has been recognised as highly commended in the outstanding achievement category at the 2019 Healthwatch Network Awards.
Figures released to mark the end of Sickle Cell Awareness Month (September) show that black people in Greater Manchester are responding to the urgent need for donors.
Residents fear road danger is ‘inevitable’ after permission was granted for new homes near a busy main road.
Date Published 14/10/2019
Rochdale AFC has presented Rochdale Children’s Moorland Home and Dale In The Community Sports Trust with a £868 cheque each.
A national week of action is urging anyone who has ever considered adopting to step forward, as the number of children needing loving homes continues to grow.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Macmillan Cancer Support is encouraging people to be aware of the signs and symptoms of the disease.
Springhill Hospice’s Education Team were joined by over 100 health care professionals from across the borough on Friday 4 October to celebrate their achievements in palliative...
A container in the grounds at Spotland Bridge Mills exploded and caught fire on Saturday evening (12 October).
After watching a David Attenborough documentary with his gran on the amount of plastic in the Pacific Ocean, eight-year-old Jack Adams felt angry and concerned about plastic...
Teenager Khalisa Ahmed joined the army for a three-day challenge and, despite being one of the youngest participants, was picked as the top student.
Barclays bank says its branch in Heywood will be safe from closure until October 2021, as part of a commitment to ‘remote’ communities and places where Barclays is the ‘last bank...
Date Published 13/10/2019
Twenty five families who together have devoted a phenomenal 278 years to fostering children were celebrated at the council’s annual long service awards.
A new initiative to keep children safe is being launched by the Parents Against Grooming UK group in the form of ‘kid safe zones’.
We are more committed than ever to saving our planet, with people trying to cut down on plastic usage and recycling everything in sight. However, there is still a high level of...
A man has been hospitalised after being assaulted outside a nightclub in Rochdale. The victim – who is aged 29 – was taken to hospital with serious head injuries after he was...
This weekly column from the Mayor of Rochdale, Councillor Billy Sheerin, is about the places he has been and the people he has met during the week commencing Tuesday 1 October...
Date Published 12/10/2019
Rochdale Council’s planning committee has deferred a decision on an application from Hoyle Developments to raise floor levels on homes it is building at land off Starring Road, in...
