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Proposals to build 70 homes on what may be Rochdale’s oldest farm have been given the green light by council planning chiefs despite fierce opposition from councillors and members...
Date Published 16/01/2015
An open public meeting between Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd, senior Rochdale police officers, and members of the public took place in Heywood on...
Heywood Fire Station has won an award for their fundraising efforts in 2014. The station, along with others from across the North West, held a car wash fundraiser last...
People are more likely to be unemployed, deprived and have a lower quality of life in Rochdale than many other towns in the UK, according to a damning council report outlining...
UK doctors subject to complaints procedures are at significant risk of becoming severely depressed and suicidal, reveals research published in the online journal BMJ...
John Horner, 33, of St Ann’s Road, Rochdale, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after he stole a car whilst he was drunk, as a passenger sat inside. Horner, made off...
Date Published 15/01/2015
Officers from the Rochdale East Neighbourhood Policing Team executed a drugs warrant at an address on Halifax Road, Smallbridge on Monday (12 January). During the raid, a...
Councillors sitting on the Pennines Township Planning Sub-Committee have approved plans for a housing development on the former Akzo Nobel site. Despite objections from local...
Three men stormed into the Co-Op shop on Kenyon Lane, Middleton this afternoon (Thursday 15 January) and battered a cashpoint with hammers. It is understood that a fourth man...
Thirty children aged 10-11 from St Margaret’s Primary School in Heywood spent the afternoon at Rochdale Sixth Form College as part of their project on aspirations. The children...
Over 400 guests joined teaching staff at Rochdale Town Hall to see Hana Barzinji named 'Student of the Year’ at the Rochdale Sixth Form College annual leaver’s award...
A wall of the former Baby World store in Middleton has partly collapsed due to damage from the wind. The derelict building, which is located on Market Place now has a hole in...
The Richard Exall/Amy Roberts Band made a much anticipated return to its Newtown National Club, Nixon Street venue on Sunday 4 January 2015 to collect the Harry Cameron Memorial...
Public services are important to everyone. Whether it’s the police, NHS or child protection services, we all recognize the valuable role they play in keeping us safe, healthy and...
North West Labour MEP, Afzal Khan, Vice-Chairman for Security and Defence, called on the EU to support Pakistan’s efforts in its fight against terrorism.
The Met Office has issued a Level 3 alert for the North West of England – meaning that severe weather is now occurring. A Level 3 is declared when average temperatures have, or...
The future of local authority services in the North West is under threat from a growing financial crisis, with significant cuts already being made to statutory adult care and...
Year 9 Parents’ Evening Thursday 22 January 2015 On Thursday 22 January 2015, between 4.30pm and 7.00 pm, you are invited to meet your child’s subject teachers.
Road users across the North West are being urged to check the weather and driving conditions before setting out on journeys this afternoon and this evening (Thursday 15 January)...
Few UK family doctors seem to be treating overweight/obesity appropriately, with some not treating it all, suggests an analysis of patient records published in the online journal...
Heywood Old Road, Birch 26 January 2015 only, between 9.30am and 3.30pm Promoter United Utilities Traffic control Temporary 2-Way Signals at the motorway bridge to facilitate...
The Humanities Department are accompanying 50 pupils to the Battlefields of Europe. Mr Hargreaves has asked that if families have connections with Ypres or the Somme and wish for...
Ensuring youngsters learn 'British values' should not involve questioning impressionable primary school children about sex, said UKIP deputy leader Paul Nuttall. "I was...
At its meeting on Wednesday (14 January 2015), Rochdale and Littleborough Peace Group welcomed news that former deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott has come ‘round to the view...
B6189 between A664 Assheton Way Middleton and Lodge Street Middleton. Market Place in Middleton closed in both directions between the A664 Assheton Way junction and Lodge...
A woman was trapped in her vehicle and had to be freed from the car following a two car accident on Manchester Road last night (Tuesday 13 January). She suffered minor injuries...
Date Published 14/01/2015
Alison McEwan is trying to trace Christopher and Anne Wood, who have connections to Rochdale, after personal items belonging to them where found on the Manchester to Leeds train...
Big Brother is coming to Rochdale on Thursday (15 January) to recruit potential housemates for the shows next series. A team from the show will be at Chronicles Café in Falinge...
Peter Jordan, a farmer whose family have been trading on Rochdale market for over 90 years, is looking forward to a fresh new start when the market reopens on the former black box...
Hannah Jukes, a teenager from Shawclough, will start 2015 on a high after signing up for a sponsored skydive in aid of Springhill Hospice, who cared for her nan who died of cancer...
