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A group of residents from Littleborough are hoping to raise money to improve the village’s Christmas lights. The group want to raise funds to put lighting along the buildings...
Date Published 23/01/2015
A petition has been launched to honour Rochdale boxer Johnny Butterworth with blue plaque. The blue plaque, which is a heritage symbol used to commemorate a link between a...
Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk has praised Littleborough company Performance Doorset Solutions (PDS) for their work. Mr Danczuk paid a visit to the company on Friday 16 January and...
Date Published 21/01/2015
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...
Date Published 15/01/2015
Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk has asked Eric Pickles, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, to intervene in a row over plans to build 174 homes on the former...
Date Published 13/01/2015
Tuesday 6 January Councillors offer their congratulations to Councillor Robert Clegg who has been awarded an OBE. There are no questions in the open forum.
Date Published 06/01/2015
Thursday 1 January saw Private Jack Garner (John William) from Littleborough recognised on the anniversary of his death. John William Garner was born in 1892 and at the time...
Date Published 05/01/2015
Hollingworth Lake Rowing Club has experienced a great year in 2014, growing in membership – both senior and junior – and competitive success. The Club has gone from strength to...
A Littleborough llama owner has told Rochdale Online of his shock after news that one of his herd had escaped was reported as far away as Russia. Kalista, a female llama owned...
Date Published 02/01/2015
Councillor Robert Clegg has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list for his services to the community in Rochdale. Speaking about the honour, Councillor...
Date Published 31/12/2014
On Thursday 20 December 1984 a fully loaded tanker train became derailed in the depths of the famous Summit Tunnel between Littleborough and Todmorden. Thirteen tankers...
Date Published 20/12/2014
Women’s Housing Action Group (WHAG) has been given a donation of clothes worth over £2,000 by Littleborough fashion boutique, 25 Ten. The clothes comprises of new jeans, coats,...
Date Published 18/12/2014
Over 400 people gathered at Hollingworth Lake Visitor Centre this morning (Sunday 14 December), despite the wind and rain, to show their support for Springhill Hospice. The...
Date Published 14/12/2014
Celine Coldman, a child minder in Littleborough, has been rated ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted – the third time she has received the top rating. Celine, based at her home in...
Date Published 13/12/2014
The Co-operative Food store in Littleborough will be re-opened by pupils from Littleborough Primary School and Wardle Academy at 10am on Thursday 11 December following completion...
Date Published 09/12/2014
The Star Tree Studio in Littleborough has been crowned Rochdale’s hidden gem. The creative studio, located on Victoria Street, was named Rochdale’s hidden gem after members of...
Date Published 08/12/2014
The Pennine Business and Tourism Forum offered shoppers supporting Small Business Saturday a free hog roast if they spent £10 or more in any shop in the Pennine Township on...
Littleborough Business Centre held a Christmas Fair on Saturday (6 December) to support Small Business Saturday and to crafts people who work from home to promote and sell their...
A volunteer group set up by Littleborough resident Bob Furnell is set to transform the canal running through Littleborough. The group, Littleborough Adopt a Canal, is hoping to...
Date Published 07/12/2014
Hairdresser Jamilla Paul is set to move from her current Littleborough salon to new premises in the village as she starts a collaboration with Caroline Finnerty from Aphrodite...
Date Published 04/12/2014
The Wellbeing Café in Littleborough has raised £133 for Age UK by holding a Christmas shopping event. The event included stalls by K&K Gifts, Mary’s Cards, FM Cosmetics, Gills...
Date Published 29/11/2014
Farmers and landowners are being warned of the increased threat of fraud in the run up to Christmas as criminals deliberately target the agricultural sector. With Single...
The Littleborough Historical and Archaeological Society is looking for help in locating a number of lost soldiers from Littleborough. The group has recently been commemorating...
Date Published 27/11/2014
The Lancashire Day Proclamation was read in Littleborough Square by Rochdale Online Director John Kay at 9.30am, today (27 November) being Lancashire Day, and the Lancashire Flag...
Christmas kicked off early as Littleborough got into the festive mood with their Christmas lights switch on. Organised by LEAF (Littleborough Events Association Forum) the...
Date Published 22/11/2014
The Littleborough Oakenhoof Cloggers have appeared on the More4 television show Hidden Villages. The group, formed in February this year, performed on the show which is hosted...
Santa’s of all ages will dash or dawdle around Hollingworth Lake on Sunday 14 December. Now in its ninth year, the Santa Dash or Dawdle will see hundreds of Santa’s dashing,...
Date Published 19/11/2014
Rochdale Circle CIC had a visit this week from Ted Mutimer and Lynn Butterworth of the Littleborough & District Lions Club. The Lions had come along to present Circle with a...
The Chairwoman of Age UK Rochdale has described RBH’s flagship Extra Care development at Hare Hill in Littleborough as a “defining moment” in the way the borough cares for older...
Date Published 18/11/2014
Ruth Walczak set a new course record in the lightweight women’s quad event in the Fuller’s Fours Head of the river race, held on the River Thames in London on Saturday (1...
Date Published 05/11/2014
