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Update 1.30pm The M62 is now fully reopened in both directions. Highways England said the M62 motorway has been closed in both directions - between junctions 21 and 24...
Date Published 08/05/2019
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has announced plans for That Counts!, an ambitious campaign that aims to get two million people in Greater Manchester moving by 2021.
A five-kilometre run in memory of John Purdy has raised over £2,000 for Springhill Hospice.
The family of a young Middleton boy with a muscle-wasting condition are hoping to raise over £7,000 for a special sports powerchair.
Date Published 07/05/2019
Rochdale’s Fabdance Centre danced their way to the top of the leaderboard at the British Isles Championships in Wales over the first weekend of May.
Inspector Robert MacGregor, of the Rochdale East Neighbourhood Policing Team, on what the police are doing to tackle local issues across the borough.
Former leader of Rochdale Council Alan Taylor died on Friday 3 May after a period of illness. The former Liberal Democrat councillor was leader of the Council 2006-2009 and...
A four-year-old girl from Whitworth will be running the Mini Great Manchester Run on Sunday 19 May to raise funds for the Christie hospital in Manchester.
A man wanted in connection with the rape and abduction of two women in London is now being investigated for further offences, including one in Heywood, after he was arrested in...
Greater Manchester members of campaign group, Sling The Mesh, are protesting in Manchester amid fears that the UK is now in the grip of a pelvic mesh implant crisis.
An ambitious data sharing scheme will give residents across Greater Manchester access to thousands of fitness classes and sports facilities at the touch of a button.
For the third year running, North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) has been awarded with a certificate of excellence for their sustainability reporting.
National charity Action on Hearing Loss is marking Deaf Awareness Week 2019 (6 May – 12 May 2019) by encouraging people in Greater Manchester to learn more about deafness and how...
In May we remember the casualties of the Second World War who were residents of the Pennine Townships who died 75 or 80 years ago this month.
Rochdale’s Labour leader Allen Brett said he was not surprised his party avoided a ballot box backlash as his party tightened its grip on the borough council.
Five cycling enthusiasts from Rochdale and Preston have teamed together to complete the Coast to Coast challenge this May and are hoping to raise as much money as possible for...
Two more acts have been added to the line-up for this year’s Rochdale Feel Good Festival. Leading northern soul band The Northern Soultrain will play the main stage on Saturday 10...
Gaetano came from Naples to Rochdale as a young boy. Ten years later he opened his first hair salon in Oldham Road, Gaetano, the Italian hairdresser, who was to become a legend...
Date Published 06/05/2019
To celebrate National Gardening week, Springhill Hospice are taking a look at their wonderful, North West in Bloom Award winning gardens.
A Milnrow scout was one of 300 people to parade at Windsor Castle after achieving his Queen’s Scout Award on Sunday (28 April).
To mark the 25th anniversary of women first being ordained as priests in the Church of England, a conference in Manchester on Thursday 2 May celebrated how far women have come and...
Springhill Hospice is looking for more community volunteers; have you got a few spare hours to make a real difference in the community?
The team behind the annual spring Rochdale Science Extravaganza have registered as a Community Interest Company to bring even more science to the Rochdale borough.
Barnardo’s annual Big Toddle fundraiser is returning once again for 2019.
Heritage Open Days, the UK’s biggest grassroots festival of history and culture, celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2019, with a specially commissioned new event in Rochdale town...
With more than 1,240 calls last year from people in the North West concerned about baby birds found away from their nest, the RSPCA explains how to tell a nestling from a...
Date Published 05/05/2019
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Group (NCA) has invested £2.9 million in new CT and mammography equipment for its radiology department in Oldham, Bury, Rochdale and North...
Castleton Health & Leisure CIC has applied to the Tesco Bags of Help Centenary Fund to give a big boost to funds for their highly-anticipated hydrotherapy pool.
Cycling UK has launched its Big Bike Revival to rescue the estimated 834,661 unused and unloved bikes in Greater Manchester and get more people cycling.
Springfield Park has inflatable fun, playgrounds, snacks and treats – something for everyone this Bank Holiday.
Date Published 04/05/2019
