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The Rosso Lakeline bus service extended to Shore and Stansfield on Monday (26 July). The extension sees the 457 route between Rochdale, Littleborough Road and Littleborough now...
Date Published 29/07/2021
An Oldham care home recently had some unusual guests from Littleborough when two alpacas paid them a visit.
Date Published 15/07/2021
A project designed to slow the flow of flood water by using natural techniques has been completed upstream of Rochdale.
Date Published 13/07/2021
The auctions of the Honresfeld library books from Littleborough's Honresfeld House have been postponed to allow for a bid from the Friends of the National Libraries.
Date Published 17/06/2021
A Littleborough man has been charged with death by dangerous driving after a young girl died in a collision in Bury last year.
Date Published 09/06/2021
A book of handwritten poems by Emily Brontë, first editions of Jane Austen novels and a manuscript by Scottish poet Robert Burns – all from the Honresfeld library – are to be...
Date Published 08/06/2021
A 14-year-old boy has been released under investigation after being arrested on suspicion of rape. The teenager was arrested on Wednesday (2 June), following a report of rape of...
Date Published 04/06/2021
An artist, who created a series of rainbow-coloured floral paintings to thank the NHS, has raised £1,000 for charity after her artwork was snapped up by social media followers.
Date Published 30/05/2021
Planning permission is being sought to demolish a dilapidated bungalow overlooking Hollingworth Lake and replace it with two detached houses. Construction work began on 15 Lake...
Date Published 25/05/2021
Hello from everyone at the Environment Agency and welcome to our latest round-up exclusively for Rochdale Online. With summer just over the horizon, our teams have been busy...
Date Published 17/05/2021
The Littleborough and Areas Ladies Circle has won a record-breaking four awards at the Ladies Circle Great Britain and Ireland National AGM. The local Circle branch was presented...
Date Published 12/05/2021
Proposals for new social housing at the ‘eyesore’ site of the former Smithybridge pub are being developed by Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH).
Date Published 10/05/2021
Imagination Books – which is run by Littleborough couple Lizzie LeVardi and Niall Grindrod – is raising £250 for brand new books for the Rochdale Children’s Moorland Home and...
Date Published 07/05/2021
Littleborough artist Walter Kershaw has been jailed for four years for stalking his former lover and for breaching a restraining order numerous times.
Date Published 30/04/2021
Littleborough social club Tackling Minds – which aims to help people through fishing – is to become the first organisation to work alongside the NHS in prescribing fishing for...
Date Published 23/04/2021
Vistry Partnerships, part of the Vistry Group, has been selected by Homes England to develop the former site of Akzo Nobel in Littleborough.
Date Published 17/04/2021
The borough of Rochdale was hit by a ‘political earthquake’ at the 2019 general election when Chris Clarkson became Heywood and Middleton’s first ever Conservative MP. But will...
Date Published 14/04/2021
Darren Rushton and Stephen Bamford, of Cryers Butchers in Littleborough, have reached the final of the Town And County Business Champions for the Lancashire region.
A motorcyclist has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after colliding with a wall on Smithy Bridge Road, Smithy Bridge, on Monday afternoon (12 April).
Date Published 13/04/2021
Local residents have been thanked for their generosity after donating money to a teenager’s sponsored walk around Hollingworth Lake in memory of his mum.
Date Published 08/04/2021
Police chased a suspected drug dealer for more than two miles on foot after a car pursuit through Littleborough on Tuesday 30 March.
Two cat owners from Littleborough have been left distraught after picking up their beloved cats’ ashes – only to have their Range Rover stolen on the way home. Toby Rhys Thomas...
Date Published 31/03/2021
Campaigners have vowed to continue the fight to protect a ‘special’ woodland after it was sold off at auction. The two-acre plot near Stubley Mill Estate, in Littleborough, went...
Four nature reserves in the Rochdale borough which are managed by Groundwork Greater Manchester will benefit from a portion of the government’s Green Recovery Challenge Fund.
Date Published 18/03/2021
Wardle and West Littleborough councillor John Taylor says Northern’s decision to reduce Smithy Bridge trains to one per hour is 'a move in the wrong direction'.
Date Published 11/03/2021
Enabling works for a multi-million pound flood alleviation scheme in Littleborough which aims to protect around 1,000 homes are set to get underway in the coming weeks.
Date Published 10/03/2021
Local rail community groups STORM (Support the Oldham Rochdale Manchester lines) and The Friends of Littleborough Stations have told of their disappointment at a decision to...
Date Published 08/03/2021
Platforms at three stations in the Rochdale borough have been extended as part of a £60 million Platform Extension Scheme as part of the Great North Rail Project...
Date Published 27/02/2021
The Littleborough Events and Associations Forum (LEAF) has officially cancelled two of its biggest events in the Littleborough calendar this year.
Date Published 11/02/2021
Littleborough based company Ken Mills Engineering Ltd has been fined for safety breaches after a 48-year-old worker suffered a life-threatening injury.
Date Published 29/01/2021
