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The Royal Mail delivery offices in Bacup and Todmorden could soon close with operations moving to the Rochdale office. It is understood that Royal Mail is currently undertaking...
Date Published 31/07/2015
Friends and family of Dean Wharmby will get together on Monday (3 August) to celebrate his life. His funeral will take place at St Chad’s, Rochdale Parish Church from 1:45pm.
NatWest Rochdale held a fun day in aid of the Hospice on Wednesday (29 July). The event included a raffle and hospice information. A fundraising page has been set up to help...
Rochdale's secondary schools have the fifth highest permanent exclusion rate in England. Pupils were expelled from the borough’s high schools 36 times last year, according to...
Last month’s ‘Poppy Picnics’ raised more than £1,700 for the Royal British Legion. A cheque for £1,705 was presented to Wing Commander David Forbes, President of Rochdale...
The first six months of 2015 saw reported hate crimes against Jewish people rise by over half, compared to the same period in 2014.
Endemol Shine UK has announced that Sky 1 has commissioned Shine TV to produce The Force: Manchester – a 20 x 60 minute observational documentary series with first-time access to...
Comedian/actress Helen Lederer, author and poet Gervase Phinn and ‘Emmerdale’ star and photographer Bill Ward will feature at the Rochdale Literature & Ideas Festival.
Six businesses suspected of selling NPS (new psychoactive substances) have been raided as part of a crackdown on so-called ‘legal highs’. Acting on intelligence received about...
Date Published 30/07/2015
Thrill seekers have another chance to get a bird’s eye view of Rochdale and raise cash for a good cause this September – when a charity abseil is staged at the Town Hall clock...
Heartless thieves have stolen valuable gardening equipment - two strimmers, a chipper and a Honda lawnmower - from Springhill Hospice.
Thousands of pounds worth of equipment was stolen when Sudden and Brimrod Community Centre, on Cheltenham Street, Rochdale, was broken into on Tuesday.
Justin Barker, whose house was broken into on Cleggswood Avenue between midnight and 6am on Saturday 25 July, is unhappy after receiving a letter from the police stating that they...
Nadeem Hussain, 27, of Falkland Avenue, Rochdale has been charged with two counts of money laundering following a number of early morning raids executed by Lancashire Police on...
Thieves armed with a sword and a hammer threatened staff and robbed the Co-operative store on Sutherland Road, Heywood, at 6.00pm on Monday 27 July.
A man has been charged with murder after a woman died in Rochdale. Josphat Mutekedza (13/08/1979), of no fixed address was charged with murder and section 16 firearms offences...
Karen Danczuk has stirred up another storm of controversy on Twitter by defending disgraced peer Lord Sewel - who faces a police inquiry over The Sun on Sunday’s revelation that...
A man has described the shocking moment two vicious dogs pounced on a pram carrying two terrified toddlers as they tried to attack a family pet. Nick Cross, 31, was walking...
Following the BMA’s call for a 20% sugar tax to subsidise the cost of fruit and vegetables, experts in The BMJ this week debate whether a sugar tax could help combat obesity.
The Rotary Club of Rochdale East has a number of charity projects in the pipeline for the coming year, with the main project being the provision of Hansa Boat for Hollingworth...
The investigation into claims by Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk that former Rochdale MP Cyril Smith was found with child abuse images in the boot of his car on the M1 in...
Modern medicine is finished if the problem of antibiotic resistant germs is not confronted, the Chief Medical Officer has warned. Dame Sally Davies said prescribing antibiotics...
Since the Child Sex Offenders Disclosure scheme (‘Sarah’s Law’) came into force in April 2011 just one in six applications for information has been successful. Greater Manchester...
The woman tragically stabbed to death on Shawclough Way has been named as Miriam Nyazema. Ms Nyazema had worked at Shawside nursing home in Shaw for 13 years. Ruth Yates,...
Date Published 29/07/2015
The Reeve family, who live on Major Street, Milnrow are appealing to Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) and Rochdale Council to have a ramp installed to replace steep concrete...
Rochdale Council is set to take legal action against travellers who have been staying on land opposite Bamford precinct. The land that the travellers have set up camp on is...
Inspired thinkers and snappy writers can enter a competition that could see them perform their work alongside an acclaimed author at this year’s Rochdale Literature and Ideas...
The community in and around Shawclough, where a woman was killed last night, have described the incident as ‘shocking’. A number of residents living close by to the scene have...
A 16-year-old boy was attacked and had his mobile phone stolen as he walked on Albert Royds Street. As he walked over the railway bridge at 11.00pm on Saturday 25 July 2015, he...
Nitrous Oxide canisters, synthetic cannabinoids, liquid gold poppers and sachets of gocaine were just some of the products seized as part of a Greater Manchester Police force-wide...
