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In a campaign against doorstep crime, a neighbourhood in Firgrove has been launched as the fourth ‘no cold calling’ zone across Rochdale this week. The initiative, organised by...
Date Published 14/11/2008
Members of Rochdale community group Hearing Voices have their fingers crossed this week as they wait to hear if they have won an award at the prestigious 'A Night of Community...
The Mayor of Rochdale, Councillor Robin Parker, headed a service of Remembrance at the Rochdale Cenotaph today (Sunday 9 November) honouring those who died in service of their...
Date Published 09/11/2008
Rochdale police are hunting a suspected rapist who went missing after he was bailed from police custody in June. Rochdale CID have extended their search to Gravesend as it is...
Date Published 06/11/2008
The sheltered housing scheme at Hare Hill Court in Littleborough faces closure following recommendations from the Council's strategic housing service. The closure of the 28...
Date Published 03/11/2008
Rochdale Council has bid to introduce free swimming for the over 60s and under 16s across Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale. The decision to submit the Council's bid to the...
Date Published 30/10/2008
Rochdale’s MP Paul Rowen has spoken out about the failure of the Government to provide long overdue funding for Rochdale Canal. In a Westminster debate, Mr Rowen also called on...
To help residents safeguard their home and family from flooding, Rochdale Council, in partnership with the Environment Agency, is running a Flood Awareness Event at the...
Date Published 29/10/2008
A countryside ranger from Rochdale Council is heading for the Rugby World Cup in Australia where she will play for the Women’s England rugby team. Beth Sutcliffe, 26, leaves...
The various branches of the Royal British Legion within Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale have finalised details of this year's Remembrance Sunday parades and services. Services...
Date Published 28/10/2008
A Littleborough peace campaigner succeeded in halting work at the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston for five hours yesterday morning (Monday 27 October). With other...
The Littleborough branch of the NSPCC hosted a wonderful fashion show at the Bella Vista restaurant on Wildhouse Lane last night (Thursday 23 October). There were some...
Date Published 24/10/2008
Health plans were the talk of the town last weekend at the Speak Up! consultation event in Littleborough. Hundreds showed up for the event, held at the memorial garden on...
Date Published 23/10/2008
Rochdale and Littleborough Peace Group was well represented at the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)’s national conference at the weekend (18 and 19 October). The...
Date Published 20/10/2008
A woman from Rochdale has been charged alongside three other people after cocaine worth an estimated £1.2million was seized on a cruise liner. Natalie Ellen Quinn, 26, of...
Three elderly people fell victim to a conman last week and two them had sums of cash stolen from their homes. He first struck last Monday afternoon (13 October), telling his...
A Rochdale man has been made to pay a parking charge after parking his car on private land at St Andrew's Church in Littleborough following a landmark court case. Oldham County...
Date Published 15/10/2008
A Rochdale man has been given a five year jail sentence after pouring petrol onto a Good Samaritan and threatening to set him on fire with a lighter during a carjacking on...
Date Published 13/10/2008
A man who drove away from a crash with his girlfriend dead in the passenger seat, has been sent to prison for four years and four months. In October last year Asim Rashid, now...
Residents can cycle themselves a smoothie this weekend at a health road show in Littleborough. The ‘Speak Up! It’s Your Health’ event, led by NHS Heywood, Middleton and...
Hundreds of Heywood residents showed up for the 'Speak Up! It’s Your Health' consultation event this weekend. The health road show, led by NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale,...
Date Published 08/10/2008
House sales in Rochdale are the lowest for nearly 10 years. Figures show that only 169 houses were sold in June this year across the town, compared to 321 in the month of...
Date Published 06/10/2008
A group that will help shape the future of a ‘one stop shop’ of public services in Littleborough held its first ever meeting last night. The Littleborough Joint Service Group...
Date Published 02/10/2008
Guests at a family fun day were wowed when an Olympic Gold medalist turned up at the weekend. Visitors were delighted when Dame Mary Peters turned up at the NSPCC’s fun day...
Date Published 30/09/2008
A man who was once one of Britain's most wanted criminals is thought to have been arrested in Mexico. Former Littleborough fireman Andrew Eden vanished after he was released...
Date Published 29/09/2008
Todmorden Road in Littleborough is closed after a police car crashed into a Vauxhall Corsa this morning (Monday 29 September). A police officer was on patrol in the area when...
A Rochdale drug trafficker has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for his part in trying to smuggle £200,000 worth of cocaine into the country. Alan Burgoyne, 54, of...
Police in Blackburn are growing increasingly concerned for a missing man who could be in Rochdale, where he has previously lived. Brian Partington, 60, has not been seen since...
Date Published 25/09/2008
Mellor Street(A6060) – junction with Dane Street to Bury Road One way working from the junction with Dane Street to Bury Road in that direction to facilitate bridge repairs. 13...
After the appetiser events of last year, Rochdale borough is ready to serve up its mouth-watering second course at The Manchester Food and Drink Festival 2008. Six borough venues...
Date Published 24/09/2008
