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The death toll on Greater Manchester’s roads has dropped by 22 per cent, according to a new report. Figures released by DriveSafe, Greater Manchester’s Casualty Reduction...
Date Published 14/07/2010
Following last week's sixth entry of ‘From puppies to police dogs - a trainer's diary’, here is the final instalment.
Members of the Rochdale Bangladeshi Partnership Project (RBPP) attended a charity dinner last night (Tuesday 13th July) to raise awareness of the ‘Vision Bangladesh’ programme....
MP for Heywood and Middleton, Jim Dobbin has won the 2010 Breakthrough Pasty Calton Award for services to breast cancer campaigning. Mr Dobbin received the award from UK...
The coalition government wants to give prisoners the right to vote. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg wants the Liberal Democrats’ policy to be put into law as soon as...
A study published in the British Journal of Cancer today (Wednesday 14 July 2010) has revealed that scientists at the Health Protection Agency (HPA), the University of Manchester...
Rochdale Borough Council and their partner Link4Life have launched a bid to ensure swimmers continue saving money by signing up for their ‘Passport to Leisure’. Free swimming in...
Date Published 13/07/2010
Rochdale Borough Council’s trading standards team is warning all residents to be on their guard after a Middleton resident was phoned by fraudsters offering to refund a council...
An urgent plea has been made to United Utilities for the North-West hosepipe ban not to apply to allotments. Rochdale Euro-MP Paul Nuttall, is calling for allotment holders to...
MP for Heywood and Middleton Jim Dobbin is supporting a national campaign to save the edited register. The publicly available electoral register is used for a wide variety of...
The NHS in England is to undertake a major reform in one of the biggest shake-ups in its history to rid the health service of bureaucracy. Hospitals will be moved out of the...
Rochdale Borough Council‘s current financial forecast for 2010/11 is for a £1million deficit. A report presented to the cabinet this evening (Monday 12 July 2010) shows the...
Date Published 12/07/2010
Rochdale Borough Council has reported an under spend of £1.5m in the financial year of 2009/10. Eight of the borough’s services reported an under spend of more than £50,000....
Free parking on a Saturday on all council owned car parks is being rolled out across the borough. The decision to introduce free parking all day on a Saturday was made at a...
A number of sites across the borough will be ‘disposed of’ by Rochdale Borough Council. The decision was rubber stamped at a Cabinet meeting tonight (Monday 12 July 2010) as...
Three generations of a Rochdale family are getting ready to take part in a 82 mile walk to raise money for Parkinson’s UK Rochdale Branch. Ken Horan, 65, will walk from...
The Friends of Queen’s Park, Heywood, celebrated their 21st birthday today (Sunday 11 July 2010) with a fun filled party in the park. Visitors were treated to an extra special...
Date Published 11/07/2010
Talented youngsters are being encouraged to take part in an exciting project this summer combining fun with learning new practical skills and the chance to perform in front of a...
Date Published 08/07/2010
Councillor Ann Metcalfe has called for Rochdale Magistrates Court to remain open. Plans had been discussed to close the court and move its workload to Bury Magistrates as the...
The North West’s water company United Utilities has announced that it will impose a hosepipe ban following the driest start to a year since its records began. It is the first...
Date Published 07/07/2010
Business men and women from across the borough were given the chance to ask the council their burning questions at a special breakfast meeting held this morning (Wednesday 7 July...
People in the North West are being urged to pick up a free water saving device when they visit a host of shops and attractions over the next week. United Utilities is urging...
Date Published 01/07/2010
Two women were tied up when robbers broke into a house in Heywood. Police were called to a house on Manchester Road at 8.40am on Friday 25 June 2010. Officers attended and...
Two men were arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead at her home in Heywood. Shortly after 9.10pm on Wednesday 23 June 2010, police were called to a house...
The last few weeks have been nerve-racking for many students from the borough waiting for their degree results. For most the wait is over and the hard work has paid off....
Date Published 30/06/2010
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles today announced a toughening up of rules governing taxpayer-funded council newspapers and magazines. The goal is to ensure a robust and...
Date Published 26/06/2010
With less than two months to go, the official programme for the Rochdale Feel Good Festival was launched this week. Now in its third year, 2010 sees the biggest and most...
Date Published 24/06/2010
We're through! England recorded a deserved but nervous win over Slovenia to book their place in the last 16. Celebrations and comments on Rochdale Online Message Board...
Date Published 23/06/2010
A night in the local pub turned into tragedy for Heywood mum-of-three Emma O’Kane in December 2008. The 27-year-old died after being cut from a shard of glass from a bottle thrown...
Date Published 22/06/2010
MP for Heywood & Middleton, Jim Dobbin this week lent his support to a campaign to help raise awareness about the estimated 25,000 preventable deaths caused each year from...
Date Published 18/06/2010
