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Councils are taking court action and using bailiffs to recover people’s debts, rather than helping arrange affordable payment options, a debt charity has said. However,...
Date Published 13/03/2015
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has admitted a "complete lack of understanding" of child sex abuse (CSE) in Rochdale and a failure to recognise the "scale of abuse", and...
Members of Rochdale and Littleborough Peace Group paused during their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday evening (11 March 2015) to remember the ongoing suffering of the...
Common sense can sometimes be in short supply in politics, and in the last week one simple matter of fact statement stood out for me. It came from Wayne Jones who sits on Greater...
Date Published 12/03/2015
Following the success of Go Green for Springhill Hospice last year, the Hospice are now asking people to go greener. This year Go Green Day will be held on Friday 15 May and...
Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace the relatives of a woman Shirley Warren. 79-year-old Mrs Warren died at her home in Rochdale on 28 February 2015.
A man has been arrested following a high-speed chase with police through Bury and Rochdale. At around 10am on Thursday 12 March 2015, a man stole a van parked up in...
Mike Goldrick Window Blinds is sponsoring this year’s Woman of Rochdale Luncheon and has presented the Hospice with a cheque for £1,000 for the event. Speaking about the...
Arran Cowen, 32, from Middleton died of multiple injuries as a result of a road traffic collision an inquest has heard. Mr Cowen, a plant fitter, died when the Land Rover he...
A mouse was spotted running around Lidl on Spotland Road on Monday (9 March). A customer shopping in the store saw the mouse and told an assistant. The assistant then dealt...
Shaw actress Shobna Gulati has told the High Court how phone hacking led to her son being bullied at school. Ms Gulati, who played Sunita Alahan in Coronation Street, gave...
Date Published 11/03/2015
Construction on a state-of-the art proton beam therapy cancer treatment centre at the Christie in Manchester is to start this summer.
Over 2,000 students from secondary schools across Rochdale, along with 40 businesses, packed into an industrial unit on Heywood Industrial Park today (Wednesday 11 March) for the...
Hack Off Cancer, an event in aid of Cancer Research UK has raised over £3,000. Organised by fundraisers Kath and Andy O’Donnell from Littleborough, the event, which was a fun,...
Rochdale Round Table is set to hold a Dragon Boat Race again this year for Springhill Hospice following the success of the inaugural event last year. Last year’s event was a...
Michael Smith (03/11/1963), of Lightowlers Lane, Littleborough and his company C. Smith and Sons (Littleborough) Ltd have been charged with breaches of the Health and Safety at...
David Crompton, 35, of Milnrow Road, Rochdale has been jailed for 42 weeks after he pleaded guilty to possessing counterfeit money intending to pass or tender it as genuine and a...
Congratulations to the following pupils who, over the last week, have achieved an average of 85% in their Accelerated Reader Quizzes: Aaron Found, Abigail Mottram, Alfie...
Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team (RPMRT) would like to thank the family of the late Heath Nield for their generosity following his death last year. The Team carried...
This Sunday, 15 March, join us at 9.30am for Mothering Sunday Holy Communion. There is Sunday School during the service. All children are welcome to join us for Sunday School and...
Call for Chancellor to take more action to help the lowest paid tops ACCA Budget wishlist, alongside promise of protections for vital public services. The Chancellor should use...
New research from Sustrans reveals that over half (58%) of parents in the North of England want their school run to be on roads within 20mph limits. Yet only 5% of parents...
Year 7 attended a Rugby Festival at Matthew Moss School on Tuesday night. There were excellent performances from the year 7 boys: Kai Smith, Harvey Holden, Scott Santi, Matthew...
Tobacco Free Futures is urging the North West’s 1.2 million smokers to put myths aside and start their quit journey this No Smoking Day. New research released ahead of the...
The Year 9 Boys Rugby Team have qualified from their group to represent Greater Manchester in the Lancashire ‘All Schools’ Finals. After the first round matches, Oulder Hill...
Simon Danczuk MP has praised the “fantastic community spirit” on show at Butterworth Hall in Milnrow after seeing for himself how volunteers have put the centre at the heart of...
Date Published 10/03/2015
Freehold Community Group held their 15th annual celebration of International Women’s Day on Saturday (7 March). Held at Castlemere Banqueting Hall, over 200 people attended the...
Gill and David Hollas have raised £885 for Diabetes UK by holding a cheese, wine and cake event. Around 70 people attended the event on 1 March to help raise money for the...
Volunteers at Hare Hill House are looking for someone who can fit a carpet for them – by the end of this week. The team of volunteers who are working to restore Hare Hill House...
Market traders currently selling on Rochdale Market are hoping to approach the council about taking control and running the market. Councillor Farooq Ahmed, who has helped the...
