You are Here: Home » News » News Search
Welcome to the News Search.
You can browse through our news archive using the list below or use the following search form.
2721 Article(s) Found
More than one in 10 criminals across Greater Manchester were let off with a fine after being found guilty of committing a crime punishable with a prison sentence. Last year...
Date Published 30/01/2010
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) North West is urging people with the “winter vomiting bug” to help limit the spread of the virus to vulnerable patients after an upsurge of...
Date Published 29/01/2010
Sunday’s Premier League football match between Manchester United and Arsenal will be the world’s first live 3D TV sports broadcast, Sky said today. Football fans at nine pubs in...
Date Published 28/01/2010
Detectors caught 417,000 people watching TV without the correct licence in 2009. The total includes 1,000 in Rochdale. Phil Reed, TV Licensing spokesman, said: “On behalf of...
Cross-border criminals are being targeted by a new Seek and Arrest team created by Greater Manchester Police. Burglars, robbers and car thieves that move across different...
My last letter from Parliament highlighted the cold weather payments and gave advice on how to claim it for those who qualified. The Government tries very hard to alert pensioners...
A visibly moved Mayor, Councillor Keith Swift, spoke at the Holocaust Memorial Day Service for the Borough of Rochdale which, this year, was held in Heywood. The Mayor opened...
Teachers are a step closer to boycotting this year’s SATs. The National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has announced that they are...
Date Published 27/01/2010
Bus spotters are welcome at the Borough's bus stations — but must obey safety rules when taking photographs, a transport boss says. Greater Manchester Integrated Transport...
Jobless youths in the Borough of Rochdale have been promised work or training under a Government drive to protect a generation of young people from the “scarring effects” of...
Greater Manchester’s Crown Prosecution Service is one of the slowest in the country for deciding whether a case should go ahead or not. A Freedom of Information request has...
Patients who have been assaulted are adding to the pressures put on Accident and Emergency departments on Friday and Saturday nights, according to new figures. Hospital records...
MP for Milnrow and Newhey and minister for the North-West Phil Woolas has welcomed figures which show the UK is out of recession — but warned against withdrawing Government...
A major survey of 18,500 residents of the North West highlights the crucial role of mental wellbeing in improving people’s lives. According to the results the survey, which...
A pound a week - that's how much on average Greater Manchester's award-winning Fire and Rescue Service will cost local taxpayers this year, following the release of this year's...
Greater Manchester Police has launched a new cross-divisional task force to target burglars, robbers and car thieves that move between areas of Manchester and Stockport to commit...
After a six week lay off the Rochdale Online Alliance Football League emerged from hibernation with the honourable exception of Dusty Miller’s home game with Weavers. With leaders...
The end of January is fast approaching but it’s not too late to make a New Year’s resolution. That’s the message to all Greater Manchester people from their Police Authority...
Date Published 26/01/2010
Fifty-eight criminals were arrested in Rochdale last week (18 to 24 January) in 19 raids as part of the New Year’s first blitz on burglars. Officers were out in force and used...
As the recent economic climate has made it difficult for some small businesses to secure finance through traditional means, the team behind Manchester-based Business Finance...
Car drivers are getting more miles to the gallon out of their vehicles, with big improvements still to come. A Rochdale MEP says that fuel efficiency is set to increase by by...
The new Leader of Rochdale Council, Lib Dem Councillor Irene Davidson has got off to an inauspicious start with a crass attempt to prevent debate on a controversial and highly...
Date Published 25/01/2010
Greater Manchester Police arrested more than 1,200 burglars, robbers and thieves last week (18 – 24 January) in its first major clampdown of the New Year. High impact...
Heywood Community School is one of the top 20 secondary schools in the country, showing the greatest levels of sustained improvement between 2006 and 2009.
A North West MEP is urging local councils to match European rates of glass recycling. A new report by the European Container Glass Federation (FEVE) says that the UK recycled...
The NHS breast screening programme is detecting nearly twice as many cancer cases as it did 10 years ago, according to a new report. Figures from the independent organisation...
Police are appealing for the public's help to trace a man who is wanted on recall to prison. Mark Royle, 35, was released from prison on 29 December 2009 to a bail hostel in...
A 15-year-old boy is in hospital after he was involved in a fail-to-stop road collision last night, Sunday 24 January 2010. At about 7.05pm, the boy was walking with friends...
Tests have confirmed that a white powder found at Manchester Airport was harmless. At 12.55pm on Saturday 23 January 2010, police were called to the airport after security staff...
A suspected arson attack has left a former Heywood pub in ruins. Fire crews from Heywood and Bury attended the fire at the former Stone Masons pub on Albert Street at around...
Date Published 21/01/2010
