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A stun gun and drugs were recovered when police raided a house in Heywood. Police executed the warrant on King Street at about 9.50pm last night (Tuesday 15 June 2010) and...
Date Published 16/06/2010
Heywood councillors are unhappy with the decision to close Gaskell Swimming Pool in Heywood during the school summer holidays. The Rochdale Council coalition cabinet made the...
Date Published 15/06/2010
Heywood was the place to be today (Saturday 12 June 2010) to get ready for England’s first World Cup match. Traders in the town are ‘Flying the Flag for England’ in a boost to...
Date Published 12/06/2010
Heywood Probus Club had a day in Liverpool on Tuesday 8 June and took in many sights along the way. The party of 48, including wives and friends of members, went to Ness Gardens,...
Date Published 10/06/2010
Mike Goldrick Blinds Company showrooms, Heywood, were transformed this evening (Saturday 5 June 2010) for a casino fun night to raise funds for Heywood Rotary Club. Almost 100...
Date Published 05/06/2010
Councillors were paid more than £700,000 in allowances during the last financial year. Figures published by Rochdale Borough Council show amounts vary from former Liberal...
Date Published 03/06/2010
Truancy in secondary schools in Rochdale Borough is higher than the average across England. Figures for the autumn term, 2009, show 1.76 per cent of all classes were missed due...
Date Published 28/05/2010
Police staff are fearing for their jobs as GMP looks to save money to meet budget constraints. The force, working closely with Greater Manchester Police Authority, has been...
Rochdale Borough's director of public health has hailed a supermarket chain for backing Government plans to restrict the sale of cheap alcohol. The move by Tesco has been...
Councils stand accused of the use of covert surveillance powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) — designed to tackle terrorism - to tackle petty crimes...
Community groups are being urged to apply for more than £72,000 of grant money. A total of £72,715 is still available through the Community Foundation’s Grassroots Fund — but...
The partnership behind the delivery of modern, state-of-the-art health and social care premises across the borough of Rochdale has been shortlisted for the prestigious LIFT Area...
Date Published 27/05/2010
Police will be stepping up patrols during the half term break in an attempt to tackle anti-social behaviour. In an initiative known as Operation Quasar, the neighbourhood...
Greater Manchester Police is celebrating the contribution made by volunteers in the community for the benefit of others. As part of Volunteers’ Week from 1-7 June people...
Date Published 26/05/2010
Residents across Greater Manchester have welcomed a crackdown on organised crime that has resulted in over 100 arrests. Operation Brunel has been launched in response to an...
On the 25 May 2010 at Bolton Magistrates Court Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) successfully prosecuted the owner of the Pack Horse Hotel, Bolton for Breaches of...
The Electoral Commission has updated its searchable database of donations to, and borrowing by, political parties in the first quarter of 2010. The Commission first published the...
Club awards were presented by Badminton England at the recent National Championships in Manchester, a very high profile National event at which Rochdale were showcased as a Club...
Date Published 25/05/2010
Ex-England International and Manchester City legend Mike Summerbee joined GMP Chief Constable Peter Fahy to launch a campaign urging football fans in the county to be World Cup...
Date Published 24/05/2010
The days might be longer but residents are getting a stern reminder by police to lock their windows and doors to keep burglars out. Between 1 June and 31 August 2009, there were...
Some of the boroughs most spectacular and intriguing buildings will be opening their doors to the public this September - and organisers now want to know what local building you’d...
Manchester Airport was closed to all inbound and outbound traffic due to a security risk today. An airport employee said: "I received a message to say that the airport has been...
New bin collection calendars will be coming through doors over the next few days – telling residents which bin to put out and when plus details of all the rubbish you can recycle.
Police chiefs have reassured residents and landlords they can display England flags in homes and pubs during the World Cup. Incidents elsewhere in the country had raised fears...
Graham Williams, lecturer in forensic science at the University of Huddersfield, looks at careers in forensics, the science that does a lot with very, very little. Up and down...
Cash strapped students could boost their bank balance by claiming a refund on their TV licence. Many students moving back home for the summer from halls of residence or shared...
Doorstep crime may not hit the headlines as much as violent crime but its effect can be just as devastating. Bogus callers and distraction burglars often target elderly and...
Ellysse Mason, 14, from Syke scooped the £500 prize money when she won the grand final of Rochdale’s Got Talent at the Broadfield Park Hotel last night (Friday 21 May). “I am so...
Date Published 22/05/2010
Councillor Zulfiqar Ali was sworn in as the new Mayor of Rochdale at the Mayor Making Ceremony at Rochdale Town Hall this evening.
Date Published 19/05/2010
The worst kept ‘secret’ in town was confirmed at the annual council meeting – mirroring the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition at national level, we now have a Liberal...
