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Every ward in the Rochdale borough now has a named neighbourhood police officer on the beat, following a pledge by Greater Manchester Metro Mayor Andy Burnham last year.
Date Published 28/01/2021
The Littleborough Find And Stop Transmission (FAST) testing site has opened today, Friday 22 January, after being launched in other sites across the borough earlier this week.
Date Published 22/01/2021
The borough’s fourth community vaccination centre opens in Littleborough on Wednesday 20 January.
Date Published 19/01/2021
A new initiative in the borough is aiming to end loneliness in older residents – by offering free bike rides to local nursing home residents on a specially adapted ‘trishaw’.
Date Published 17/01/2021
Littleborough-based fire door manufacturer Performance Doorset Solutions has donated thousands to local charities this Christmas.
Date Published 06/01/2021
Generous dentists from Littleborough have donated £250 to the Heywood Foodbank – to replace emergency funds stolen from the cause earlier this month.
Date Published 29/12/2020
A Littleborough man who defrauded three charities out of nearly £500,000 has been jailed for three years following an investigation by the City of London Police’s fraud team.
Date Published 15/12/2020
A bus driver in Littleborough was racially abused by a passenger before being punched in the face.
Date Published 14/12/2020
First Halifax and Calder Valley will operate a diversion tonight (Friday 11 December) on evening services between Todmorden and Rochdale due to road marking works at Walsden.
Date Published 11/12/2020
A local charity has received £9,930 share in National Lottery funding to help recover from the economic impact of Covid-19.
Date Published 08/12/2020
Community group Reuse Littleborough has opened a new shop on Hare Hill Road, which specialises in pre-loved clothing and items for parents and babies.
Date Published 07/12/2020
A new social enterprise has been launched in Littleborough, pledging to donate 50% of its profits to local initiatives and improve the planet and the lives of people in Greater...
Date Published 28/11/2020
First Halifax and Calder Valley is introducing a temporary change to its services between Rochdale and Todmorden this weekend (28 and 29 November) due to the closure of Rochdale...
Date Published 27/11/2020
A 'recklessly driven' car crashed into a telegraph pole on Blackstone Edge Road, Littleborough, on Monday evening (23 November).
Date Published 24/11/2020
Dolly the cat used up one of her nine lives when she became stuck on a canal lock gate in Littleborough.
Date Published 16/11/2020
A Littleborough accountancy firm has celebrated 15 years of business.
Date Published 12/11/2020
A sick alpaca from Littleborough is having his medical procedures filmed for television's The Yorkshire Vet, as seen on Channel 5.
Date Published 10/11/2020
The Mayor and Mayoress of Rochdale, Councillor Billy Sheerin and his wife Lynn, laid wreaths on all the different township war memorial sites to mark Remembrance Sunday (8...
Date Published 09/11/2020
With popular annual events leading up to Christmas and New Year being cancelled because of the continuing pandemic, here are some of the alternatives being organised across the...
Here's how Littleborough remembered the fallen this Remembrance Sunday (8 November)
Date Published 08/11/2020
The country will be placed into a national lockdown from tomorrow (Thursday 5 November), meaning you may only leave home for specific reasons under new restrictions.
Date Published 04/11/2020
This year’s best dressed windows for Little’Pink’Borough have been named as Laura Eliz beauty salon and Bow Wow Barbers. The two businesses were declared joint winners by the...
Date Published 03/11/2020
Littleborough resident Liesl Beckles has embraced a challenge to walk 310,000 steps throughout October to raise money and awareness for the stillbirth and neonatal death charity...
Date Published 23/10/2020
Police have closed the investigation into the sexual assault reported in Hare Hill Park last week.
Date Published 15/10/2020
Update 15 October: This community event has been cancelled. A socially distanced ‘midnight walk’ to show support for the victim of the sexual assault reported in Hare Hill Park...
Date Published 14/10/2020
Littleborough & Areas Ladies Circle has presented £3,786 to its 2019/20 charity of the year, Rochdale and District Mind.
Date Published 11/10/2020
Littleborough-based Calderbrook Alpacas needs your help to cover unexpected medical costs for one of its youngest animals after being taken ill.
Date Published 04/10/2020
Daniels Healthcare, a local manufacturer of sharps and clinical waste containers, has launched its first waste container range made from 100% recycled material.
Date Published 30/09/2020
The lake’s young sailors came to the fore on Sunday (6 September) for the annual Founder’s Plate competition. In a closely fought contest, 12-year-old Jasper Bramwell was the...
Date Published 11/09/2020
Littleborough social enterprise PrintTree is aiming to help the environment by planting trees in the style of a ‘mini Woodland Trust.’
Date Published 09/08/2020