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
UNICEF has awarded the local NHS and Sure Start centres for their commitment to promoting breastfeeding in the borough; in the same week as breastfeeding awareness week.
Date Published 13/05/2009
A GP who has been suspended for undisclosed reasons has been paid £310,000 over three years, Rochdale Online News can reveal. NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale continued to...
Rochdale Council's fostering team are hosting information days across the borough for anyone that is interested in taking care of children. As part of Foster Care Fortnight,...
Jim Dobbin MP for Heywood and Middleton, Castleton, Norden and Bamford had his blood pressure tested at a Parliamentary “Know your blood pressure day” held by The Stroke...
Councillors William and Wera Hobhouse are 'stepping down' from their council cabinet roles – a move which opposition parties say is a “jump before being pushed."
Residents are being urged to secure their windows and doors following a spate of burglaries in the Heywood area. Between 6 March and 23 April, 28 homes in the Heywood were...
Date Published 12/05/2009
A new study into anti-depressant prescribing has revealed a North-South divide. It also shows prescription rates for anti-depressants have almost doubled over the last decade,...
Police in Heywood are appealing for volunteers to help them in the fight against crime by becoming Home Watch coordinators.
Date Published 11/05/2009
Heywood and Middleton MP Jim Dobbin is urging people to make the most of free hearing checks as part of Deaf Awareness Week. The Labour MP has joined RNID’s call for people...
A brave taxi driver fended off would-be robbers who pressed a pistol to his head and tried to strangle him in Heywood. Two attackers were picked up on Yew Street on Thursday...
The man who killed a barmaid after throwing a bottle into a crowded pub could face a longer jail term. Neil McNulty, 19, of Peel Lane, Heywood, was jailed for four-and-a-half...
Date Published 10/05/2009
Rochdale Borough Council has threatened tougher action on fly-tipping after cleaning up piles of waste from Heights Lane. Overflowing bins and bags of rubbish have built up on...
Date Published 06/05/2009
A bright young swimming hopeful from Rochdale is set to make a splash at the 2012 London Olympics. Catherine Marcroft from Balderstone has received £1000 from Rochdale...
Three quarters of teachers are not confident about what to do if a child in their class has a potentially life-threatening asthma attack. Figures from Asthma UK show 50% of...
Identity cards are not invasive and will help cut crime in the borough of Rochdale, a local MP has claimed. Heywood and Middleton MP Jim Dobbin welcomes a Government pilot...
A landlady has been found dead inside her pub in Heywood. The body of Bernadette Bridge, known to customers as “Bernie”, was found early on Saturday morning (2 May) in the...
Date Published 05/05/2009
Terrified supermarket staff were “frogmarched” into a room by thieves and forced to hand over large amounts of cash in a frightening bank holiday attack.
Members of Parliament are under the spotlight on expenses’ claims and this will continue until the publication of receipts in July. Most MPs make claims within the present rules....
Date Published 03/05/2009
Police are releasing CCTV images of youths trespassing on a private railway station in Heywood. The stills are the latest captured at East Lancashire Railway between 29 March...
Date Published 02/05/2009
Thieves knocked a man to the ground and stole his coat while he was unconscious. At 11.10pm on Thursday 9 April, the 35-year-old victim was walking along Heywood Road,...
Rumours of a case of swine flu supposedly confirmed in Rochdale are unfounded. A pupil at Oulder Hill School, who recently returned with his parents from a holiday in Mexico,...
Local housing association, Guinness Northern Counties have donated a bike to the Heywood Neighbourhood Policing Team. It is hoped the bike, valued at £159.99, will improve the...
Date Published 01/05/2009
From next week, every household in the country will receive a leaflet called 'Important Information About Swine Flu'. This leaflet will explain how people can protect...
The two words Rochdale's apprentice was longing not to hear were uttered last night as Noorul Choudhury was fired by Sir Alan Sugar. Noorul's days looked to be numbered after a...
Date Published 30/04/2009
A man was dragged along the street by a car in Heywood and had to be taken to hospital for treatment to a head injury. The white Toyota people carrier involved in the collision...
Date Published 27/04/2009
Heywood's New Deal for Communities programme has received funding for its final two years. The programme has received more than £10 million funding to continue tackling crime,...
Date Published 24/04/2009
A taxi driver was strangled and punched while being robbed in Rochdale during the early hours of last Saturday morning (19 April). Two offenders threatened the taxi driver at...
Rochdale Town Hall was transformed into a strict Victorian courtroom this weekend. Stern Judges, Police ‘Peelers’ and orphan degenerates from bygone years took over the...
Date Published 22/04/2009
Dunlop Mill has set ablaze for the second time in under two months. Witnesses reported “thick black smoke” covering Edinburgh Way as fire fighters tackle the flames, which...
A soap actor who lives in Heywood has been sacked after he pleaded guilty to fracturing the jaw of a 16-year old during a fight in Rochdale. Luke Tittensor, 19, has been fired...
Date Published 21/04/2009
