You are Here: Home » News » News Search
Welcome to the News Search.
You can browse through our news archive using the list below or use the following search form.
2721 Article(s) Found
The former Department for Work and Pensions storage building in Heywood will be bulldozed and replaced with a new 465,000 sq ft logistics site. Rochdale Council had originally...
Date Published 13/11/2024
Can you help find Peter? Police officers have appealed for information to help find a man who has gone missing from the Heywood area.
Date Published 03/06/2024
Ten of the borough’s parks and green spaces have triumphed once again at this year’s Green Flag Award scheme - ranking them among the best in the UK and around the world.
Date Published 18/10/2021
Lee John Fennessey is wanted by police on recall to prison after being released in September. Fennessey, 44, of Rochdale, was initially jailed for burglary in 2015.
Date Published 14/10/2021
The Horse & Jockey pub in Heywood is joining forces with 11 other Greater Manchester pubs to raise £18,000 for emergency community defibrillators.
A drug driver from Heywood who killed a cyclist in a collision in Todmorden has been jailed for seven years.
Date Published 12/10/2021
Homes were evacuated after a van fire on Tuesday (5 October) in Heywood centre. Firefighters tackled the Brierley Street blaze at around 5pm after receiving reports of a fire in...
Date Published 06/10/2021
Heywood sign language champion Jade Kilduff has been shortlisted for a Pride of Britain award.
Date Published 29/09/2021
Heywood Sports Village is set to host this year’s production of ‘Cinderella’ while Heywood Civic Centre continues as the town’s primary Covid-19 walk-in testing centre.
Date Published 27/09/2021
Heywood’s Queen’s Park once again attracted a small film crew as members of the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra recently descended to the bandstand to film the Gingerbread Man - a...
Date Published 26/09/2021
Two men have been charged with burglary and drug offences after police executed warrants in Heywood on Thursday (23 September).
Date Published 24/09/2021
A long-running row over proposed parking restrictions near Fairfield Hospital is still to be resolved after councillors locked horns at a heated meeting.
Date Published 23/09/2021
Seven men have been arrested after dawn raids in Rochdale, Heywood and Bury this morning (Tuesday 21 September).
Date Published 21/09/2021
A 10-month-old baby from Heywood was reunited with his neonatal nurses from St Mary’s Managed Clinical Services for National Neonatal Nurses Week (13–19 September).
A former teacher can soon put years of experience to good use and support her community, thanks to funding from The Guinness Partnership, which is enabling her to set up a...
Date Published 18/09/2021
The new academic year saw the opening of the new secondary school, Edgar Wood Academy, which welcomed its first Year 7 students earlier this month.
Over 90 lorry drivers at the Heywood Argos Depot will be receiving a pay rise. The drivers, employed by Wincanton, will see their basic rate of pay increase from £11.41 an hour...
Date Published 15/09/2021
A popular model railway club that was devastated by flooding and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is about to complete an unlikely comeback.
Date Published 02/09/2021
15-year-old Leon Jones was last seen in Heywood on Sunday 22 August and has links to the Wirral area.
Families were treated to a swashbuckling performance of ‘Harriert, Harry and the Pirates’ on the newly-refurbished band stand in Queen’s Park, Heywood, earlier this month.
Date Published 26/08/2021
The man who was involved in a collision in Heywood town centre on Monday morning has sadly died as a result of his injuries.
Date Published 24/08/2021
Two young teenagers on an e-scooter have been taken to hospital after a collision with a car in Heywood this afternoon (Tuesday 24 August).
Members from Rochdale Borough Council and the public have remembered our fallen heroes and commemorated the 76th anniversary of VJ (Victory over Japan) Day.
Date Published 18/08/2021
A number of school uniform exchanges are taking place across the borough, perfect for those whose children are starting a new school, moving up a year or have simply outgrown last...
Date Published 16/08/2021
A Manchester man has been charged in connection with a series of vehicle thefts, including a van in Heywood, and the theft of tools in Greater Manchester.
A Heywood man is wanted by Lancashire police after failing to appear at court. Paul Bennett, also known as Paul Crea, 37, was due to appear at Preston Crown Court for an offence...
Date Published 09/08/2021
Artwork featuring Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford and Bukayo Saka has been displayed outside St Luke’s CE Primary School in Heywood.
Date Published 14/07/2021
A paedophile who worked in Heywood has been jailed after using a fake online account to take and share thousands of images of young boys from the UK and the US.
Date Published 12/07/2021
Non-profit organisation Colourful Minds was relaunched at its new forever home, Darnhill Library in Heywood, last month.
Date Published 10/07/2021
A new café in a former railway carriage has opened at Heywood Railway Station. The Whistlestop Coffee Carriage opened on Saturday (26 June), serving coffee, tea and hot chocolate...
Date Published 30/06/2021