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Volunteers at Littleborough History Centre have been researching the service personnel from the Pennine districts of Rochdale (Littleborough, Milnrow, Newhey, Smallbridge and...
Date Published 25/06/2023
The mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham today (23 June) announced a range of new tickets that will be introduced in September to tie in with the launch of the Bee Network,...
Date Published 23/06/2023
HMR Circle in partnership with and thanks to funding from Dr. Kershaw's Hospice will be launching a reliable and affordable transport service for people attending selected classes...
Taxpayers now have until 5 April 2025 to fill gaps in their National Insurance record from April 2006 that may increase their State Pension - an extension of nearly two years.
A 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs and possession with intent to supply Class A drugs after a police raid in...
Lots to do in and around the borough this weekend: The Active Living Social, Rochdale Gramophone Society, IT Skills & CV Support, Messy Church, ‘Voltage, Akindred, Final Hour and...
Date Published 22/06/2023
Most children learning a foreign language will do so by practising to speak it in the comfort of their own classroom. However, 52 lucky year five and six pupils at Holy Trinity...
Work to extend the multi-million pound link road which connects junction 19 of the M62 to the South Heywood Distribution Park started this week. The project to create a link road...
Five people have been charged in connection with the murder of Callum Riley in Heywood on 17 September 2022. 17-year-old Callum was found in the garden of a house on Atholl Drive...
Service users, volunteers, staff and supporters of homelessness charity Petrus Community are preparing to complete their annual sponsored walk on 28 June to raise funds for their...
Date Published 21/06/2023
Police are appealing for information following a report of an assault on Pilsworth Road in Heywood, on Friday 28 April 2023 at around 5.25pm.
Following the closure of the Barclays branch in Heywood earlier this year, the bank is opening a new cashless banking service in Heywood Library.
Greater Manchester’s political leaders have called for urgent action from the government to help house asylum seekers and refugees. They have spoken of the ‘acute’ pressures local...
As part of the wider restoration of Rochdale Town Hall, another archaeological dig is taking place in Rochdale town centre this summer.
Date Published 20/06/2023
A new quiz that tells you ‘how good your job is’ has been launched this week. The short online questionnaire rates jobs according to a range of criteria including flexible...
Local fundraiser Wesley Dowd and his new rescue dog Butch will set off on their first of many fundraising walks for the Rochdale Children’s Moorland Home on Friday (23 June).
Metrolink staff have accepted a pay deal, ending a dispute which almost led to tram strikes during Parklife festival and other major events earlier this month. Workers will now...
Date Published 19/06/2023
Information on current and forthcoming roadworks planned to take place across the borough.
Tributes have been paid to Robin Parker the former Rochdale Mayor who went on to spearhead the campaign against plans to flatten the town’s landmark Seven Sisters tower blocks.
A new scheme designed to create more than 100 new bus drivers to help protect services and routes in Rochdale and the wider Greater Manchester region is open for applications.
A group of HGV drivers from P&H Haulage – on behalf of the JD Sports Distribution Centre at Kingsway, Rochdale – climbed Ben Nevis in aid of mental health charity Mind.
Popular local soprano Louise Taylor began solo singing at the age of 24, going on to perform over 30 lead roles in light opera and musicals as well as singing oratorio and...
Date Published 18/06/2023
The Heywood and Rochdale Lions clubs, which help others and support local good causes, held an information stall at Middleton Shopping Centre with the aim of raising awareness of...
Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary is appealing to anyone looking for a pet to come and look around as they are currently inundated with dogs, cats and kittens.
Date Published 17/06/2023
North West boxing champion Leevan Fong is running 100 miles in the space of a week to raise money for a learning disability charity – all whilst sitting his GCSEs.
Two Rochdale residents, Wendy Cocks and Jane Touil, will join other supporters of Just Stop Oil to slow march in Manchester on Saturday 17 June, to draw attention to the...
Andy Burnham has hit back at the government after criticism of his education plans which were branded as ‘unequal’ and ‘narrow’. The Greater Manchester mayor wants to create a...
Date Published 16/06/2023
A man from Heywood has been arrested after a dawn raid led to recovery of cash and drugs on Friday morning (16 June).
The latest column by Rochdale MP, Sir Tony Lloyd.
Thunderstorms and heavy rain are once again expected on Sunday (18 June) across the entirety of England and Wales. A yellow weather alert has been issued by the Met Office for...
