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Councillor Jane Howard has been chosen as the Conservative candidate for Rochdale in the forthcoming general election.
Date Published 07/05/2017
Councillor Chris Furlong, the local favourite to be the Labour candidate in the forthcoming general election, has made it onto the list for interview at Labour headquarters in...
Attacks on firefighters have more than doubled in the past 12 months. The Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) said that in the 12 months to March 2017, the...
Hundreds of people turned out to line the streets of Heywood for the 'Monkey Town Goes Ape' parade on Saturday (6 May).
Newly elected Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has announced the leadership team which will work alongside him to "build a new future for Greater Manchester".
Date Published 06/05/2017
More rubbish has been dumped on Woodland Road, part of the site of the former Turner Brothers Asbestos (TBA) site in the Spodden Valley, during the first week of May.
An old water pipe has been isolated at the former Turner Brothers Asbestos factory in Spodden Valley after a leak was reported on Wednesday (3 May).
Neil Wharmby, from Rochdale Philatelic Society, is trying to uncover the complete history of a combined letterbox/lamppost on Toad Lane.
Team Sasha Dog Rescue urgently require the public’s help to raise more than £6,000 towards life-saving spinal surgery for border collie, Hope.
Residents in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale are being supported to look after their mental health as part of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week.
On Thursday 4 May, a group of LKS2 children represented us at the IPLCN cricket event at Rochdale Cricket Club, accompanied by Miss Mullane. They performed excellently and were a...
Ten secondary schools from across the borough made it to the Rochdale Schools Cup Finals, held at Hopwood Hall College’s public Sports Arena.
The Arras Battlefield lies some 20 to 30 miles north of the Somme Battlefield where so many local soldiers fell between July and November 1916. It stretches from the Vimy Ridge in...
A small fire has broken out on Crompton Moor at around 5pm on Friday (5 May). Plumes of grey smoke can be seen billowing across the blue sky from Rochdale town centre.
Date Published 05/05/2017
Labour’s Andy Burnham has been voted Greater Manchester’s first metro mayor with a landslide 63% of the vote. Announced on 5 May shortly before 4pm, Burnham won with 359,352...
Since being told he will not be Labour's candidate in the forthcoming general election, ending his tenure as Rochdale's controversial MP, Simon Danczuk has been busy burning...
Andrew Gwynne, the Labour Party National Elections Campaign Co-Ordinator, has publicly backed Councillor Chris Furlong to be the Labour candidate for Rochdale in the forthcoming...
Rochdale Ophthalmology Clinical Assessment and Treatment Service (CATS) has been named as the first specialist ophthalmology service in the country to receive an outstanding...
A changing facility for people with disabilities has been opened on the ground floor of Number One Riverside in Rochdale town centre.
Just a quarter of voters turned out in Rochdale for the first ever Mayor of Greater Manchester poll.
Claire Renton has won Miss Photogenic at the Ultimate Beauty of the World pageant in Belfast. The Middleton beauty queen beat 17 others in her age category to win the title.
Pennine Acute Trust has come under fire from Judith Wilkinson, after the Trust withheld annual leave she says she is entitled to.
Over the past few years, Bamford Academy has received endless generous donations and support from Gary Robinson, Tesco Manager at Bamford precinct Tesco Express.
Kingsway Park High School, Reach for the Future Graduates, met with five local employers recently. The employers were keen to come into Kingsway Park High School to work with...
Rochdale Sixth Form College welcomed four Rochdale schools to submit a team of math enthusiasts to battle it out to win the Rochdale Sixth Form Mathematics trophy.
Date Published 04/05/2017
Rochdale Sixth Form students were lucky enough to take part in Career Placements over the Easter break at businesses across the borough, including leading IT firms and Care Homes.
Providing for your family on a day to day basis comes as second nature. So why do we put off thinking about making provision for before when we die?
Umar Iqbal, who followed and sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl in Rochdale, has been sentenced to three years in prison, ordered to sign the sex offender register for life,...
Polling booths opened this morning as voters prepared to cast their vote for the first ever Mayor of Greater Manchester.
Danielle Sheerin has beaten her £500 target and raised more than £1,000 in Joshua McCormack’s memory after completing an 11,000ft skydive on Saturday (29 April).
