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Pupils at Littleborough Community Primary School embraced the Olympics fever by holding a special sporting event and parade last week.
Date Published 16/07/2012
A team of 18 Littleborough-born men and women completed an amazing bike ride across the UK last week in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care.
In case it has escaped your attention the London Olympics will soon be upon us, and as the build-up gathers momentum so too does the interest and sense of anticipation at St...
Date Published 12/07/2012
Heavy rain has left residents in the borough fearing flooding this, as flood warnings have been issued by the Environmental Agency. Residents in Whitworth have been warned...
Date Published 06/07/2012
The marble plaque which commemorates the opening of the first Manchester to Leeds Railway as far as Littleborough and the subsequent opening of Summit Tunnel has been restored.
Date Published 05/07/2012
We have set up a small group of people at St Andrew's, the parish church of Dearnley and Smithy Bridge, to go out into the community and visit anyone who might be in need of a...
Date Published 04/07/2012
Flooding has caused widespread travel chaos throughout the north of England. Buses replaced trains between Rochdale and Halifax due to flooding in the Walsden and Hebden Bridge...
Date Published 23/06/2012
After many years supporting local charities and Rochdale Rotary Club, Rotarian John Kay, a director of Rochdale Online, was recently presented with a Paul Harris Fellowship.
Date Published 22/06/2012
Rochdale and Littleborough Peace Group condemned the "unbridled expenditure" on Britain's Trident nuclear weapons system, following the government’s announcement of a £1billion...
Date Published 18/06/2012
Children at Littleborough Community Primary School are paying homage to the Olympics by integrating an Olympic parade into their end of term celebratory plans. The pupils will...
Date Published 13/06/2012
Coffee mornings are to be held monthly at St Andrew's, the parish church of Dearnley and Smithy Bridge. The first of these will take place in the parish room on Saturday, June...
British Transport Police in Manchester have launched the hunt for two men who stole a fire extinguisher from a train and used it to spray a member of rail staff. The incident...
Date Published 12/06/2012
Energetic residents will start the big summer of celebration in style with a bumper day of free sports activities this Saturday (9 June).
Date Published 07/06/2012
Honresfeld, Leonard Cheshire Disability Home, celebrated the Jubilee on Monday 4 June, with festivities running throughout the day and into the evening.
Date Published 06/06/2012
Key level crossings across the north west will be the focus of British Transport Police’s attention on Thursday, 7 June. To mark International Level Crossing Awareness Day BTP...
Rochdale Council has told a school friend of Littleborough hero soldier Corporal Jack Stanley that a charity event in his honour she had organised and advertised does not meet...
Date Published 04/06/2012
The fire that started in a Littleborough factory forced residents to be evacuated from their homes and left them unable to return for up to nine hours. The blaze, which...
Date Published 02/06/2012
A furniture firm owned by a Littleborough man has been fined £14,000 for flouting fire safety laws - the biggest fine secured in Greater Manchester under fire safety laws. CFS...
Date Published 01/06/2012
Video footage of the fire this afternoon at the factory in Littleborough. Fire fighters are trying to control a huge blaze in Littleborough following an explosion at a solvent...
Date Published 28/05/2012
Firefighters are tackling a blaze involving silos of solvents at a factory on Calderbrook Road, Littleborough. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service received a number of...
The Memory Wellbeing Cafes and Carers Support group are a free social meeting place for people living with dementia, their carers, family and friends. Tea, coffee and biscuits...
Students from Rochdale Sixth Form College put their voluntary fundraising enrichment course to good use when they organised a series of initiatives to raise funds for Leonard...
Date Published 25/05/2012
Nicola White, 24, of Littleborough, has been selected to represent Great Britain in the Olympics as a member of the women's hockey squad.
Date Published 24/05/2012
Twenty five years ago, in the winter of 1986, there was a conductor 'galloping' on National Grid overhead lines (this is when they move up and down with high amplitude) near...
Date Published 21/05/2012
Churches in Littleborough will come together on Sunday, May 27, for the annual Pentecost Walk of Witness, leaving from St Andrew's at Dearnley at 1.30pm to arrive at Hare Hill...
A Golden Jubilee afternoon tea party at St Andrew's, the parish church of Dearnley and Smithy Bridge in Littleborough, held on Saturday 19 May was a sell-out that raised more than...
An information evening is being held on Wednesday 23 May at Rochdale Town Hall, during the national Foster Care Fortnight 2012, to give people with room in their heart and homes...
A craft enthusiast from Littleborough will be among 80-100 professional and amateur arts and crafts specialists taking part in Cumbria’s biggest open air arts and crafts gallery...
Rochdale and Littleborough Peace Group leafleted in the town centre today (Saturday 19 May 2012) saying that ‘Rochdale needs jobs and services, not nuclear weapons’. They called...
Date Published 19/05/2012
Peter Carey, Rochdale President of Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce says: “As most of us are aware, Rochdale town centre is going through quite a dramatic programme of...
Date Published 17/05/2012
