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Littleborough Churches Together are considering the possibility of staging a 'Mission' throughout the district and we at St Andrew's, the parish church of Dearnley and Smithy...
Date Published 12/02/2013
A new and improved transport service launches later this week at Kingsway Business Park. From Sunday 10 February, Transport for Greater Manchester’s (TfGM) ‘Kingsway Link’...
Date Published 05/02/2013
Nine Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) wardens are celebrating after successfully completing their NVQ Level 3 Certificate in Housing.
Our aim is to be the best. We are delighted that recent assessments have shown the vast majority of children making excellent and accelerated progress. You will hear more about...
Date Published 01/02/2013
Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club in Littleborough has secured Olympic legacy funding from Sport England’s Inspired Facilities Fund. Hollingworth Lake Sailing Club will use the...
Date Published 27/01/2013
A man has been jailed for two and a half years for an assault which took place in Rochdale last year. Sean McEvoy (24/07/1991) of Queensway, Rochdale pleaded guilty to section...
Date Published 19/01/2013
The former girlfriend of a convicted drug smuggler has been ordered to pay up more than half a million pounds after taking up residence in his Littleborough mansion, built on...
Date Published 16/01/2013
We are doing our best at St Andrew's, the parish church of Dearnley and Smithy Bridge, to spread the news to deaf people in the area of the forthcoming visit to Church by the Rev...
The Rev Sharon Jones, priest-in-charge at St Andrew's, the parish church of Dearnley and Smithy Bridge, will have solid support from parishioners when, at a special service in...
Date Published 09/01/2013
A young couple from Littleborough had to dash from a New Year’s Eve party to become the proud parents of the first baby born at Oldham Royal this year. Jake Alexander Mark...
Date Published 02/01/2013
A Littleborough author is hoping to ‘tempt’ readers with her first novel about which tells the tale of a clergyman struggling to come to terms with his modern-day demons.
Date Published 20/12/2012
An armed robbery took place at Lake Supermarket, Smithybridge Road on Saturday 15 December at 8:35pm. Two men, one armed with a machete, entered the store to steal cash.
Date Published 17/12/2012
Triple gold medal-winning Paralympian, Simon Jackson, 40, from Littleborough, fraudulently claimed £10,000 of taxpayers' money for taxi rides he didn't make.
Date Published 14/12/2012
This Christmas there’s something for everyone in Rochdale, from Christmas Markets to carols and concerts to party nights and the Santa Special Train this year promises to be more...
The Mince Pie Special train organised by Friends of Littleborough Stations and STORM (Supporting the Oldham, Rochdale, Manchester Lines) in conjunction with Northern Rail was a...
Date Published 10/12/2012
A man suffered burns when he fell into a boiling chemical solution at a food factory. The 37-year-old man had burns to his legs and back when he fell into a quantity of...
Date Published 28/11/2012
A Rochdale-based dance teacher had her hair shaved off in public to raise money for charity.
Date Published 16/11/2012
A 44-year-old Littleborough man died of wounds he sustained when his motorbike collided with a truck in Thalang, Phuket on Tuesday night.
Date Published 10/11/2012
Littleborough company, Smart Electrical Engineers Ltd is ‘smarting’ with success after picking up the Apprentice Employer of the Year in the Rochdale Business Awards.
Date Published 09/11/2012
A local house designed by CJ Partnership Architects, a practice based in Rochdale, has been nominated for 'Best Innovative Design' at the Northern Design Awards. CJ Partnership...
Date Published 01/11/2012
Five members of staff from Littleborough’s St Mary’s RC Primary School have learnt how to deliver life-saving, vital skills thanks to the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF)...
Date Published 29/10/2012
There is a revised timetable on routes between Leeds and Manchester affecting passengers travelling to and from Castleton, Rochdale, Littleborough or Smithy Bridge.
Littleborough shops have been taken over by spirits for the October half-term. Many of the local shops on Church Street and Hare Hill Road have embraced the Halloween 'spirit'...
Date Published 12/10/2012
Revellers at St Andrew's, Dearnley, Littleborough danced the night away in helping to raise £908 for the church's Wider Welcome scheme, which will provide extended and improved...
Date Published 01/10/2012
A young man has died after jumping from the M62 Rakewood Viaduct at Hollingworth Lake. The man, whose identity has not been released, was found in the valley, 140 feet below...
A holidaymaker left seriously injured when two cars crashed into her family’s rented people-carrier has spoken for the first time about her recovery from the life-changing...
Date Published 27/09/2012
A taxi driver was robbed by one of his passengers in the early hours of Friday morning. (14 September) The driver picked up his passengers in the town centre before doing a...
Date Published 25/09/2012
Plucky 9-year old Adam Kutereba, who was born 13 weeks prematurely with life-threatening tetraplegic cerebral palsy, has returned home from his life-changing surgery in America.
Date Published 22/09/2012
Fr Arthur Nearey and the parisoners of St Mary’s RC Church, Littleborough got together on Sunday the 16 September for a sponsored hymn singing to raise money for WaterAid who are...
Date Published 18/09/2012
Littleborough-based Stephen Hall has spoken of his pride after undertaking a crucial role at the Olympic Games this summer.
Date Published 17/09/2012
