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Rochdale Borough Council is in the final stages of choosing a partner to work on its £196 million Building Schools for the Future Programme that will transform the borough’s...
Date Published 18/03/2009
Rochdale ramblers will be enjoying the new sunny weather this week as they plan two walks out on the in the countryside. The first walk, taking place on Thursday, is a health walk...
Date Published 17/03/2009
Four fire crews tackled a large blaze at a disused school building in Langley on Thursday morning (12 March). A local resident reported seeing large plumes of smoke coming from...
A Heywood mill was evacuated yesterday morning (Monday 16 March) after an industrial printing machine caught fire. Fire crews had to wear specialist protection suits while...
A teenager has admitted killing a mother-of-three in a Heywood nightclub. Neil McNulty, 19 has today, (Tuesday 17 March 2009), pleaded guilty to striking Emma O’Kane with a...
Young people from across Rochdale, Middleton and Heywood have come together to work on an exciting new community project funded by Connexions, called 'Project X'. A team of...
Date Published 13/03/2009
A ‘Quit it’ bus is taking to the streets of Rochdale to help promote giving up cigarettes. NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale has launched the ‘Quit It’ campaign this week, in...
Arsonists torched a derelict school in an early morning attack. Approximately 30 fire fighters were called out from Heywood, Bury, Chadderton and Blackley to tackle the flames...
Heywood and Middleton MP,Jim Dobbin has attended a special parliamentary reception to launch the Why 17? campaign, which asks the question, ‘Why do 17 babies die every single day...
Date Published 12/03/2009
Robbers in Castleton attacked a man before stealing his wallet and bag. The victim had numerous cuts and bruises to his head and face as a result of the attack, in which he...
Fire fighters who spent the weekend buffing up your bodywork in a charity car wash have collected over £2000 from generous donators. Hundreds of cars pulled into
Date Published 10/03/2009
It was disappointing to see this Liberal Democrat council introduce a rate rise of 3.7% when inflation is running at 0.1%. They unanimously voted against Labour’s proposal for a...
Plans for the proposed town centre Sixth Form College are back on track after the government's Learning and Skills Council confirmed funding for the £25 million project. There...
A young girl was left terrified after masked robbers threatened her in a newsagents. The callous thieves, armed with sticks and a crook lock, burst into Connell's Newsagents on...
Fire fighters were called to a woman’s house after she set her handbag on fire. Crews attended Ashfield House, Milkstone Road, after
Date Published 09/03/2009
An elderly shopkeeper and two shoppers, including a 12-year old girl, endured a horrifying ordeal when three masked robbers threatened them during a raid on Friday evening (6...
An “incredible” old lady who swam 20 lengths a day has died in her sleep, aged 98. Despite being blind and partially deaf, Alice Ellison walked from her Heywood home to
Date Published 06/03/2009
A company which runs six care homes in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale is facing calls for a Government inquiry amid allegations that elderly residents have been neglected. A...
The week long Recycled Teenagers festivals will return later this year across the borough. Various weeks of activities aimed at providing people over 55 with an opportunity to...
A knife-welding teenager who subjected a shopkeeper to a frightening robbery has been jailed. The boy, 16, burst into KG Ahmed on Miller Street, Heywood in September last year,...
Date Published 05/03/2009
An “alarming” number of pubs have been forced to close down across the borough, causing fears that the traditional pub culture is dwindling away.
A Rochdale GP is to take part in a new ‘in-store’ doctor’s polyclinic with Sainsbury’s. Dr Mohammed Jiva, secretary of Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Local Medical Committee
Councillor Robin Parker has hit back at comments made by Council leader Councillor Alan Taylor concerning the ongoing Hopwood Hall township voting issue. Under a motion passed...
Rochdale residents are being invited to take advantage of a special reduced price offer to experience one of the area’s top tourist attractions. Anyone who lives in the borough...
In a controversial stance of defiance, Heywood Township chairman Councillor Alan McCarthy and Middleton Township Chairman Councillor Peter Williams, have said that they will...
Date Published 04/03/2009
Healthy living was top of the agenda on Monday (2 March), with more than 1,300 people of all ages from across the borough visiting Live Life. The annual healthy living exhibition...
Heywood & Middleton MP Jim Dobbin is encouraging local families with disabled children to use Family Fund Extra, a free-to-join online buying club that offers discounts on...
The Liberal Democrat Budget will have been decided a couple of days before this article is printed in the local newspapers. The indications are that a council tax of 3.7% will be...
Date Published 03/03/2009
A teenager needed stitches after he was hit in the face with a broken mug containing hot liquid. At about 10.15pm on Saturday 28 February 2009, the 15-year-old was walking along...
People in the Borough with depression and anxiety disorders will soon be offered more talking treatments after a joint bid for funding by NHS Heywood, Middleton & Rochdale and...
