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A local Catholic priest continues to speak out against the Labour controlled council's cuts in provision for the homeless. Father Paul Daly of St Joseph's, Heywood has been in...
Date Published 02/05/2012
The jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the trial of 11 men accused of being part of a child sexual exploitation ring. Liverpool Crown Court heard that five girls were...
Date Published 01/05/2012
If it wasn’t so serious it would be hilariously funny. Yes, there’s never a dull moment with this bunch of incompetent Coalition Ministers in power. As the Osborne budget is...
On Saturday 23 June the Olympic Torch will arrive in the borough – so now‘s the time to get planning your celebrations! The Local Leaders programme offers you the chance to...
A man has been charged following an assault in Heywood. Timothy Holt of Goldcraft Close, Heywood has been charged with section 18 assault - actual bodily harm and three counts...
Date Published 30/04/2012
At 2.20am on Saturday 28 April 2012, police were called to Dawson Street following a report of a disturbance involving two groups of young men. Three men were assaulted by a...
Date Published 29/04/2012
The impact of George Osborne’s budget is becoming clearer as the hidden small print emerges. Tax cuts for the wealthy, including the 29 millionaires in the Government, tax...
Date Published 16/04/2012
A total of 64 candidates will battle it out for 20 seats up for grabs in next month’s local council elections. Labour, which has a majority on Rochdale Council, will field a...
Date Published 06/04/2012
The doors were officially opened to the new state-of-the-art Siddal Moor Sports College, Heywood, on Friday 23 March. The current head boy of the school, Andrew Grimshaw and...
Date Published 30/03/2012
The public enquiry counters at Littleborough and Heywood Police Stations will be closing on Thursday 5 April 2012. This is due to a review which has been undertaken by the...
Date Published 28/03/2012
A small number of the EDL splinter group, the 'Infidels' were causing trouble in Heywood on Saturday after their planned demonstration in Bolton fell flat due to a distinct lack...
Date Published 26/03/2012
A patient from Heywood has praised staff for her ‘excellent’ care at the new specialist orthopaedic unit at North Manchester General Hospital following an operation on her...
Date Published 25/03/2012
Vehicles of all shapes and sizes received a good clean when fire-fighters and volunteers at Heywood Fire Station held their annual car wash event in aid of The Fire Fighters...
Date Published 19/03/2012
Cartwheel Arts has been awarded £37,000 from the Home Office Crime and Innovation Fund, which will be used for its ‘Changing Gear’ project. The project aims to tackle vehicle...
The route the Olympic Torch will take through Rochdale and Heywood has been revealed. Saturday 23 June will see the Olympic flame reach the borough on its 70 day journey around...
Police are appealing to trace the last movements of a man whose body was found in Bolton following a night out with friends. David Whittle, 33, was found on Tonge Moor Road...
Date Published 17/03/2012
A man who ran into a burning building to try and save a young boy and his family has been recognised for his bravery by Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS)....
Date Published 15/03/2012
An event organised to help tackle freight crime was hosted by Truckwatch North West at Heywood Distribution Park today (Thursday 15 March). ‘CSI Truckwatch: The Reality,’...
Fire-fighters treated a 32-year-old Heywood man for the effects of smoke on Wednesday (14 March) following a fire at his home involving a quantity of food in a microwave. On...
Jim Dobbin MP is backing a parliamentary campaign for measures to make cycling safer. The Heywood and Middleton MP is joining the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling...
Date Published 14/03/2012
The growing numbers of horses being reported as abandoned or neglected is putting the RSPCA under pressure like never before. The charity is dealing with large numbers of dead...
Date Published 05/03/2012
Around 100 members of the National Front and the North West Infidels took part in a protest in Heywood today (Saturday 3 March). The demonstration, which took place in the...
Date Published 03/03/2012
Heywood and Middleton MP, Jim Dobbin, has called on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to back Britain’s beer and pub sector by calling time on planned punitive tax increases in the...
Date Published 01/03/2012
A couple was saved from a fire in their home after smoke alarms fitted by Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service woke them up. The fire began in the kitchen of their home...
Date Published 27/02/2012
The disturbances in Heywood last night have been condemned as “unacceptable.” The incidents saw around 200 people, including many youths, gather in Heywood town centre....
Date Published 24/02/2012
Police presence in Heywood is to be increased over the coming weeks following disturbances in the town last night (23 February). Around 200 people, including many youths,...
A pensioner was rescued from a riverbank by fire-fighters and a mountain rescue team after being pulled from the water by a member of her walking group. Fire-fighters from...
Date Published 21/02/2012
Three generations of the same family – including a 74-year-old grandmother – have taken up diving.
Date Published 10/02/2012
Three men threatened staff with an axe during a robbery in Heywood. At 8.05pm on Friday (3 February) the men walked into Lidl on Bridge Street and threatened a security guard...
Date Published 06/02/2012
Work is now underway on the £10 million redevelopment of Holy Family RC & CE College in Heywood.
Date Published 01/02/2012
