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The area of land between the railway arches and the River Roch in Littleborough has stood derelict since it was last used as a scrap yard. There is an air of neglect about this...
Date Published 22/02/2007
Last Friday I met representatives of the Learning Skills Council to discuss plans for new sixth form provision in Rochdale. The LSC organised a competition and organisations...
Date Published 16/02/2007
Last week I returned from election monitoring in Serbia and took part in a very important debate about policing in Greater Manchester. The debate had been initiated by my Greater...
Date Published 01/02/2007
Kingsway councillors Mark Birkett and Dale Mulgrew are seeking comments on the subject of the "unacceptable situation regarding police numbers in Rochdale". Their position is...
The Rochdale & District Sunday Football League finally got going again after the enforced break caused by the weather and there were some quite impressive results and a handful of...
Date Published 30/01/2007
Leader of Rochdale Council, Councillor Alan Taylor has condemned Councillor Ashley Dearnley as ‘an opportunist with no bottle’ – and has expressed his surprise that Councillor...
Date Published 29/01/2007
Campaigners from Rochdale and Littleborough Peace Group received a warm welcome in Middleton on Saturday 27 January when they set-up their ‘No Trident Replacement’ stall outside...
Date Published 28/01/2007
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen has continued his campaign for an end to the funding crisis in Greater Manchester Police and claimed that: "People are becoming increasingly disillusioned...
Date Published 26/01/2007
When the Tim Bobbin public house in Milnrow changed its name to 'The Bobbin' and its pub sign from a portrait of Tim Bobbin to a picture of a bobbin, Milnrow Councillor Keith...
The clean up and repair operation following the gales of Thursday (18 January) started early and continued throughout the day with council workers having dealt with 140 damaged or...
Date Published 19/01/2007
This week has been busy both in Rochdale and at Westminster. On Sunday I took part in the BBC Politics Show with Phil Woolas MP the present MP for Milnrow and Newhey who...
Date Published 18/01/2007
Travel has been severely disrupted and homes have been left without power as gales and heavy downpours have caused havoc around Rochdale.Whitehall Street was closed by police...
Rochdale Council’s Cabinet Member for Environment and Sustainability, Councillor Wera Hobhouse, has praised the Council’s reaction to the flooding caused by the adverse weather...
Littleborough and District Peace Group re-launched as Rochdale and Littleborough Peace Group at its New Year’s party in Spotland on Wednesday 10 January. Members welcomed 2007...
Date Published 11/01/2007
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen has welcomed news that following his campaign the Government have restored the annual grant to British Waterways. This follows concerns that their grant...
Peace campaigners from Rochdale and Littleborough say that they finished 2006 doing very much what they intend to do throughout 2007; campaigning for money to be spent on saving...
Date Published 31/12/2006
After a lengthy discussion at Wednesday 20 December’s Pennine Township Planning Sub-Committee meeting, Councillors agreed that the development plans for Clegg Hall Mill in...
Date Published 21/12/2006
Hundreds of Council employees will be busy over the Christmas and New Year holidays keeping vital services going for local people.They will be caring for older and vulnerable...
Date Published 19/12/2006
In a meeting of the Rochdale Council Budget Cabinet on Monday 18 December, members considered the proposed additional 1 per cent council tax increase by the Corporate Overview and...
There will be festive activities for everyone at Hollingworth Lake Visitor Centre in Littleborough this Christmas.On Boxing Day, come along to the centre and join the staff...
Primary Care Trust (PCT) Director of Public Health for Rochdale Borough, Sheila Will, has praised the Regional Alcohol Summit for issuing a stark warning to local people about the...
Date Published 14/12/2006
Rochdale Council are repeating the hugely successful Christmas Tree recycling scheme that last year saw over 1700 trees diverted from going into landfill.To encourage...
Rochdale MP and Liberal Democrat Transport Spokesperson Paul Rowen has welcomed the Department for Transport’s report that admits that bus deregulation is not working. There will...
Date Published 13/12/2006
My work this last week has been very much about health, transport and shopping!As I write this I don’t know the result of the “Making it Better” consultation into maternity...
Date Published 07/12/2006
Father Christmas and his 'real reindeer' came to Rochdale Town Centre on Saturday 2 December with a parade down Yorkshire Street. The parade included two real reindeer pulling...
Date Published 04/12/2006
Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority (GMPTA) is encouraging festive shoppers in Rochdale to use public transport to beat the traffic this Christmas.Shoppers...
Transport bosses in Greater Manchester have named four of Rochdale’s smaller railway stations as being priorities for future funding.Greater Manchester Passenger Transport...
Date Published 01/12/2006
Dropping litter in Rochdale borough can be a costly business, as eight people found to their cost this week.At Rochdale Magistrates Court, four defendants pleaded guilty by...
Date Published 30/11/2006
Children at schools across Rochdale borough are busy brightening the grounds of their schools this fortnight, planting hundreds of native trees, and creating an 'urban arboretum'...
Police are appealing for witnesses following a disturbance in Littleborough on Friday 24 November 2006.At 8.10pm police were called to Frobisher Road following reports of...
Date Published 29/11/2006