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The Brit poppers the Bluetones, who headlined last year's Feel Good Festival in Rochdale, are on the verge of releasing their sixth album, “A New Athens”, and are heading out on...
Date Published 20/04/2010
The Love Your Bike campaign has released the results of a survey in which they asked Greater Manchester cyclists to rank the types of bus driver behaviour that makes them feel...
A patient lost a testicle during an operation because the surgeon cut it off by mistake, a General Medical Council (GMC) hearing has been told. Dr Sulieman Al Hourani was only...
Date Published 19/04/2010
The Liberal Democrat led Rochdale Borough Council is snubbing England's saints' day, by failing to organise a flag raising ceremony at Rochdale Town Hall on Friday 23 April, St...
Tackling the problem of illegal lending by loan sharks was the subject at a ‘Loan Shark Awareness’ event at Rochdale Town Hall. The Council, the Police, Citizens Advice Bureau,...
Local schools are set to boycott next month’s national tests for 11-year-olds. Two unions have backed the action during the English and maths SATs exams which are due to start...
National Air Traffic Services (NATS) have now confirmed that no flights will be permitted in UK controlled airspace until 7am tomorrow (Sunday 18 April), at the earliest, due to...
Date Published 17/04/2010
The results of the latest annual survey of NHS staff carried out by the Care Quality Commission shows that the Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust has significantly...
Date Published 16/04/2010
Violence and harassment in the four hospitals that make up Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust are above the national average. The key findings from the latest Care Quality...
Police are turning up the heat on off-road biking after the Pennine Neighbourhood Policing Team received 30 reports of off-road biking at Hollingworth Lake, Blackstone Edge Road...
Pay rises for high-earning bosses at the Pennine Acute Trust have bucked the national trend. A report by Incomes Data Services said hospital chief executives pocketed an average...
National Air Traffic Services (NATS) have now confirmed that no flights will be permitted in UK controlled airspace until 1am on Saturday 17 April, at the earliest, due to the...
Preparations are in place for the derby match between Manchester City and Manchester United on Saturday 17 April 2010. The match will take place at the City of Manchester...
Date Published 15/04/2010
National Air Traffic Services (NATS) have now confirmed that no flights will be permitted in UK controlled airspace until 07:00 tomorrow morning, Friday 16 April, at the earliest,...
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) is appealing for help from members of the public to stop housing cheats and help ensure that homes are given to people in genuine housing need,...
We’re making ‘Greater Manchester Safer’, but there’s still more to do. That’s the stark message from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service as the latest figures highlight the...
Date Published 14/04/2010
Patients to think carefully before allowing their personal health information to be transferred to a national data base. Summary care records (SCR) are being introduced as part...
A Littleborough man is struggling to put his life back together after he was the victim of an unprovoked attack in the town centre. Since the attack, on Friday 12 February 2010,...
St John Ambulance has launched one of its biggest campaigns for 15 years to get more of the public to learn first aid. The charity launched it’s “Be the Difference” campaign...
A £3.8 billion waste-disposal project in Greater Manchester has been put back on track after a disappointed tenderer for the deal had its case thrown out by a High Court judge....
Mobile knife scanners will be rolled out on the streets and public transport under any Conservative Government. Unveiling the party manifesto, leader David Cameron said it was...
As the current warm weather is forecast to continue and spring turns into summer many people will be heading out into the countryside to enjoy the weather. Greater Manchester’s...
Date Published 13/04/2010
Crime in Greater Manchester is at its lowest level for 10 years, according to the latest police figures for the past 12 months. The results for the year from April 2009 to March...
And they’re off — the race is on to be first past the post in the 6 May local council elections. A total of 74 candidates will fight for council seats across 20 wards.
Date Published 12/04/2010
Following last week’s revelation that a committee of MPs has said the Office of Fair Trading should investigate council-funded newspapers, the local Conservative and Labour...
Date Published 11/04/2010
BT has recently announced the next locations where it will make super-fast fibre-based broadband services available, including areas covered by Rochdale and Littleborough...
Date Published 10/04/2010
The work of an organisation that ensures Rochdale residents make the most of opportunities in the construction industry has been recognised in the North-West Construction Awards....
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH), which manages 14,000 council homes across Rochdale borough, has announced an 80% reduction in no access for maintenance and repairs visits.
Pennine Acute Trust, the Trust that runs Rochdale Infirmary, Fairfield Hospital, North Manchester General and Oldham Royal, does not share knife crime information with the police...
Date Published 08/04/2010
Paul Rowen has stepped up his campaign to support the pub industry in the local area. Throughout the election campaign, Mr Rowen has said he will be striving to meet real ale...
