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The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has been named as one of the CHKS 40 Top Hospitals in 2010. The CHKS Top Hospitals Programme is now in its tenth year and is the only...
Date Published 18/05/2010
Bogus callers targeted two pensioners within an hour in Rochdale. The first incident took place between 2pm and 2.25pm on Monday 17 May 2010. A 93-year-old man was in his...
Chief Constable Peter Fahy raised £365 for street children in Africa by going the distance at Sunday’s Great Manchester Run. It took him 55 minutes and six seconds to cross...
New figures released today by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) show reported cases of Hepatitis C infection in the North West to have increased by 30.6% from 1679 cases reported...
Firefighters, thankfully, spend most of their time doing work other than putting out blazes. Today's firefighter also works closely with the community to increase their level of...
NHS staff Laura Hadfield and Helen Chapman have been rewarded for going the extra mile as part of a reward scheme called Going for Gold Stars. Ms Hadfield won the commissioning...
Date Published 17/05/2010
The success of the Fire Stop project that has saved thousands of lives and thousands of pounds for the tax-payer. In just three years, over 11,000 properties have been visited...
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is showing its support for this year's International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) by flying the rainbow flag from its...
The public can now search online a catalogue describing more than a million historical photographs and documents relating to England’s historic buildings and archaeological sites...
Rochdale Borough Council is calling for residents to consider fostering as Foster Care Fortnight is launched nationally today, 17 May. Foster Care Fortnight is an annual...
Fears over a boom in the local rat population have been voiced by North West Euro MP Paul Nuttall. An EU report contains proposals to ban anticoagulants in rat poisons - yet 95...
The national players in the post-election coalition negotiations turned to the region’s public transport authority for examples of how to make it work. Conservative and Lib Dem...
The right for pagan police officers to celebrate their festivals has been described by a Euro MP as “politically correct madness.” The Pagan Police Association has just been...
The Tory-Liberal Democrat coalition government is to scrap the identity cards trialled in Greater Manchester. Scores of people have already paid £30 for their card which also...
Date Published 13/05/2010
The number of people in the dole queue in the Borough has fallen by 155 in the last month. There are now 7,429 claiming job seekers allowance (JSA) — down from 7,585 the...
Local businesses are being invited to take part in the Workplace Cycle Challenge which will encourage staff to rediscover the benefits of cycling. The challenge is simple -...
The Diocese of Manchester is looking for an experienced vicar to act as chaplain to MediaCityUK and develop a project, called the Anchor, at the multi-million pound site.
Fifteen semi-finalists, having showcased their talent last weekend at the Rochdale Exchange Shopping Centre, are vying for your vote to make it through to the grand final at the...
If you passed your driving test over 30 years ago you’ll probably know that the roads have changed a bit since then. In fact, the Highway Code has changed considerably, with new...
Date Published 12/05/2010
Cooking celebrity Gino D’Acampo will be one of the chefs at the Rochdale Feel Good Festival in August. The popular Italian chef will be appearing in the festival's celebrity...
In 2008 British Transport Police launched its version of Neighbourhood Policing in Manchester city centre. Now, two successful years on, the team is expanding to encompass the...
The negotiations are over. The UK is to have its first coalition government since 1945, and Liberal Democrats will sit in the Cabinet. I joined the Liberal Party in 1974. I...
The Yorkshire Ripper has won his fight to seek parole. Peter Sutcliffe’s application to have a tariff set for his sentence is due to be heard at the High Court in London on 16...
Liberal Democrat leader and “kingmaker” Nick Clegg will become Deputy Prime Minister and join four of his MPs in the UK’s first coalition Cabinet for 65 years. George Osborne...
David Cameron today began his first day as Prime Minister after Gordon Brown ended 13 years of Labour rule to pave the way for a Tory-Lib-Dems coalition. After five days of...
Greater Manchester Chamber is proud to announce the launch of its Carbon Reduction Group, which has been set up in order to promote the expertise, skills and resources of its...
Date Published 11/05/2010
Rochdale residents who receive housing benefit to help pay their rent to a private landlord are being reminded about the way their benefits are now calculated. Since April 2008...
Date Published 10/05/2010
Hardened criminal John Nuttall, 42, has been jailed over 20 times and is considered to be one of Middleton’s most prolific offenders. But now he swears that he’ll never go back to...
Do you want to know how the money you pay in council taxes is spent? Do you care if the police are making your area safer? If your hospital wards aren’t clean, do you want to...
A convicted robber from Heywood is wanted on recall to prison. Steven Shepherd (born 03/09/1982) of no fixed address has been recalled to prison after breaking the conditions of...
Date Published 09/05/2010
