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National Air Traffic Services (NATS) have now confirmed that no flights will be permitted in UK controlled airspace until 1am on Saturday 17 April, at the earliest, due to the...
Date Published 16/04/2010
Preparations are in place for the derby match between Manchester City and Manchester United on Saturday 17 April 2010. The match will take place at the City of Manchester...
Date Published 15/04/2010
National Air Traffic Services (NATS) have now confirmed that no flights will be permitted in UK controlled airspace until 07:00 tomorrow morning, Friday 16 April, at the earliest,...
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) is appealing for help from members of the public to stop housing cheats and help ensure that homes are given to people in genuine housing need,...
We’re making ‘Greater Manchester Safer’, but there’s still more to do. That’s the stark message from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service as the latest figures highlight the...
Date Published 14/04/2010
Patients to think carefully before allowing their personal health information to be transferred to a national data base. Summary care records (SCR) are being introduced as part...
St John Ambulance has launched one of its biggest campaigns for 15 years to get more of the public to learn first aid. The charity launched it’s “Be the Difference” campaign...
A £3.8 billion waste-disposal project in Greater Manchester has been put back on track after a disappointed tenderer for the deal had its case thrown out by a High Court judge....
Mobile knife scanners will be rolled out on the streets and public transport under any Conservative Government. Unveiling the party manifesto, leader David Cameron said it was...
Work is to commence to remedy the problem of gas migrating from the former Boo Hole landfill site in Heywood this summer after the Department for Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)...
Date Published 13/04/2010
As the current warm weather is forecast to continue and spring turns into summer many people will be heading out into the countryside to enjoy the weather. Greater Manchester’s...
Crime in Greater Manchester is at its lowest level for 10 years, according to the latest police figures for the past 12 months. The results for the year from April 2009 to March...
And they’re off — the race is on to be first past the post in the 6 May local council elections. A total of 74 candidates will fight for council seats across 20 wards.
Date Published 12/04/2010
Following last week’s revelation that a committee of MPs has said the Office of Fair Trading should investigate council-funded newspapers, the local Conservative and Labour...
Date Published 11/04/2010
The work of an organisation that ensures Rochdale residents make the most of opportunities in the construction industry has been recognised in the North-West Construction Awards....
Date Published 10/04/2010
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH), which manages 14,000 council homes across Rochdale borough, has announced an 80% reduction in no access for maintenance and repairs visits.
Pennine Acute Trust, the Trust that runs Rochdale Infirmary, Fairfield Hospital, North Manchester General and Oldham Royal, does not share knife crime information with the police...
Date Published 08/04/2010
Fears that a night sitting service that provides round-the-clock care for seriously ill people being outsourced to a the Marie Curie cancer charity is a cost cutting exercise that...
Almost £900,000 will be given to Rochdale Borough Council to help pay for adaptations at homes of disabled people so they can live comfortably and independently. The allocation...
A radical change to the way Government is trying to get more young people in education, employment and training is needed, a group of MPs have warned. The Commons Children’s...
A health expert who called for the trust, which runs Rochdale Infirmary, Fairfield Hospital, North Manchester General and Oldham Royal, to be investigated over its high death...
It’s all change at PEARLS – Rochdale borough’s play, education, arts, reusables and lending service. After 20 years of being part of Rochdale Borough Council it has now become a...
One of the most recognisable members of Greater Manchester Police, this week joins his new partner. Police horse Warwick is a striking brown and white horse, known as a...
As the election day approaches candidates will be constructing their arguments and producing their parties’ literature for circulation. It’s fair game to discuss and criticise...
Date Published 07/04/2010
Men and women will only share wards in an emergency at local hospitals. The assurance comes from Marian Carroll, director of nursing for Pennine Acute Trust, and applies to the...
Wartburg College Wind Band will be giving a concert at Heywood Civic Hall on Saturday 1 May at 7.30pm. Wartburg College in Iowa, USA has an association with Bamford Chapel...
The Office of Fair Trading should investigate council-funded newspapers, a committee of MPs has said. The Culture, Media and Sport Committee said it was concerned about the...
Date Published 06/04/2010
As many as three in every four people of working age survive on Government handouts - 76 per cent of working-age people are on benefits in one area of the borough. According...
Date Published 05/04/2010
Jim Dobbin, Labour MP for Heywood & Middleton, has pledged his support to the Bingo industry by signing a Bingo Bond. The ‘bingo bond’ is a formally signed declaration that can...
Date Published 04/04/2010
A Government scheme that offered subsidised boiler replacement has been discontinued after only 12 weeks. The scheme allowed people to claim £400 off the cost of installation of a...
