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Firefighters suspect that a blaze at an off licence in Heywood was started deliberately. Fire crews from Heywood, Rochdale and Whitefield attended the severe fire on Bridge...
Date Published 03/03/2009
More than 300 people flocked to watch actress Samia Smith officially open the new-look Heywood library on Church Street. The 26-year old soap star, who plays ‘Maria’ in ITV’s...
Date Published 02/03/2009
The Firefighters Charity National Car Wash 2009 is taking place on Saturday (7 March). The firestations at Rochdale, Littleborough and Heywood are all hosting car washes...
With the credit crunch squeezing everyone’s spending power, Jim Dobbin MP today welcomed advice published by communications regulator Ofcom to help consumers save money and get...
Date Published 01/03/2009
Coronation Street star Anthony Cotton, not Bev Callard, will be appearing at Live Life at the Middleton Arena on Monday. Cotton, who plays barman and factory worker Sean Tully in...
Rochdale made the ideal start against Grimsby and it was enough to claim the three points against the League Two strugglers. Adam Rundle’s deflected strike and a one-on-one...
Date Published 28/02/2009
A couple were rescued after an unattended cooking pan caught fire in a flat in Heywood during the early hours of this morning (Friday 27 February). Three fire crews, from...
Date Published 27/02/2009
Surgeons are carrying out a growing number of stomach-stapling operations on dangerously overweight patients as obesity continues to spiral, official figures have revealed....
Date Published 26/02/2009
NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale was recognised for its impressive patient and public engagement and partnership working during a recent independent review. The strengths...
A lorry driver has been taken to hospital after his large vehicle overturned on a busy motorway slip road. Fire officers, police, and an ambulance attended the A627M, near the...
Rochdale Council has agreed a Council Tax increase of 3.7%, the lowest for 11 years, but the increase has been slammed as illogical and unjustified by an opposition...
Trading Standards has promised to crack down children buying cigarettes – after an investigation showed 50% of traders selling to underage parties. Traders in Rochdale, Middleton...
Date Published 25/02/2009
Council tax in Rochdale is set to increase by 3.7% - which is the lowest increase for over a decade. This is a smaller increase than last year 3.8%, and Rochdale Borough Council...
Date Published 24/02/2009
Final preparations are underway for Live Life, the big healthy living exhibition being staged at the Middleton Arena on Monday (2 March.) Admission to Live Life is free and...
Date Published 23/02/2009
Actress Samia Smith will be in Heywood on Saturday to officially open the town’s new-look library. The 26 year old television favourite, best known for playing ‘Maria’ in ITV...
Greater Manchester Police’s Rochdale division is promoting its five Neighbourhood Policing Teams who work across the borough. Rochdale North and South, the Pennine’s, Heywood...
The race is on for local amateur photographers to enter their pictures for the 2010 Springhill Hospice Rochdale Calendar. The calendar will include thirteen colour photographs...
A second man has been charged after a car was shot at in Heywood last month. James Clarke, 28, of no fixed abode, has been charged with attempted murder, possession of a...
Rochdale Borough Council is to take part in a pilot scheme aimed at creating a more efficient and transparent system of information sharing across health, social care and...
Date Published 22/02/2009
Rochdale Council is to take part in a pilot aimed at creating a more efficient and transparent system of information sharing across health, social care and community support...
Date Published 20/02/2009
Heywood Library has been brought bang up to date following its recent refurbishment, but the Grade 2 listed building is hoping not to forget the past. The rich and diverse...
The public can see plans for the proposed new Sports, Culture and Leisure Village in Heywood next week. Visitors to a special information evening on Tuesday (24 February) at...
Date Published 19/02/2009
Rochdale’s division of Greater Manchester Police has two new Neighbourhood Policing Team Inspectors. Inspector Lin Houldershaw, formally Neighbourhood Inspector for the...
Date Published 17/02/2009
A foster mum has been arrested over allegations she assaulted a toddler in her care. The woman, who has been suspended from Rochdale Council, was caught on camera by a member...
There’s no excuse not to improve your fitness after visiting next month's Live Life event on Monday 2 March. 1000 three month gym memberships will be given away, providing...
Three lucky winners have picked up their prizes after taking part in NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale’s largest health consultation. Rochdale residents Brian Bunnell, 71,...
Date Published 16/02/2009
Hopwood Hall college has launched a new Hair and Beauty Diploma qualification, which will start this September across the borough. Becki Lee, the College's Hair & Beauty...
Middleton Arena was the host this year for the Rochdale Borough Community Sports Awards which saw more than 60 nominees in 10 categories gather to hear who would walk away this...
There is anger in Heywood and Middleton over the decision of the Lib Dem Group to prevent the three Heywood councillors representing their electorate on Heywood and Middleton...
Date Published 13/02/2009
A mother of three who died after falling from her bedroom window did not die suspiciously, say police. Julie Hughes, 40, was found in her back yard on Miller Street, Heywood...
