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A group of shivering puppies had their tails cut off and were left to die in a cardboard box. Vet Jane Baines said the traumatised pups would almost certainly have died if they...
Date Published 13/02/2009
There is renewed hope that the proposed town centre Sixth Form College will go ahead as planned following a summit meeting between Rochdale MP Paul Rowen, Heywood and Middleton MP...
Date Published 12/02/2009
Coronation Street star Samia Smith will be back in Rochdale next month. Just a few weeks after opening the new-look Heywood library, Ms Smith is set to appear at Live Life, the...
The money spent on NHS mobile clinical units could have been used to give Rochdale a state-of-the-art hospital, a leading councillor has claimed. Councillor Jean Ashworth says...
Date Published 11/02/2009
It's a well known fact that the Great Train Robbery of 8 August 1963 happened at the Bridego Railway Bridge in Buckinghamshire, but for one night only Heywood will be hosting...
The number of GP's surgeries in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale offering extended opening hours to patients has gone up over the past month. Latest Department of Health...
Date Published 10/02/2009
The first patients have were seen at Rochdale's new state of the art mobile clinical units last week. The units are part of Greater Manchester CATS (Clinical Assessment and...
Date Published 09/02/2009
The eastbound carriageway of the M62 has now fully re-opened after an earlier accident had caused delays. The carriageway had been closed from junction 19, Heywood, because of...
Date Published 06/02/2009
Staff from the NHS have been awarded for going the extra mile to help their patients. The Going for Gold award ceremony, held at Rochdale Town Hall last night (Thursday 5...
A man has been charged after a car was shot at in Heywood last month. 27-year old John Lamb, of Bury New Road, Heywood, has been charged with attempted murder, possession of a...
Heywood based PGC Demolition and Skip Hire are offering their customers in Rochdale the chance to win a luxury holiday to Las Vegas every time they order a skip in the coming...
Date Published 05/02/2009
Coronation Street favourite Beverley Callard is one of the special guests on the line up for Live Life, the healthy living exhibition being staged at the Middleton Arena on Monday...
Rochdale Town Hall is hosting an evening of poetry, music and celebration on Thursday 19 February. The event runs from 6pm to 9pm and will include some top North West poets as...
Angry words were exchanged in the council chamber when Labour Deputy Leader Councillor Peter Williams described the ruling Liberal Democrat party as a “shambles” and accused them...
Campaigners have stepped up pressure on the Government to get more help for patients who become addicted to prescription or over-the-counter drugs. The All Party Parliamentary...
Date Published 04/02/2009
A Coronation Street fan who never gets bored celebrated her 102nd birthday yesterday. Heywood resident Edie Shufflebotham, who was born in Failsworth, puts her longevity down...
Rochdale Council and the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) have joined a nationwide ‘Scamnesty’ campaign asking the public to help in the fight against bogus mail scams which cost the...
Date Published 03/02/2009
Three schools in the Rochdale borough are closed today (Tuesday 3 February) because of the snow, while the A58 over Blackstone Edge and Huddersfield Road between Newhey and Shaw...
Rochdale Development Agency has attracted a North West construction company, which operates nationally, to a business park in Heywood in the hope of giving a major boost to the...
Date Published 02/02/2009
Testing kits for Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea can now be picked up from Connexions centres across the borough and taken home to complete. Once you get the kit home, all you need to...
The family of a man killed in a road traffic collision in Heywood during the early hours of Saturday morning (31 Saturday) have paid tribute to him. William Brookes, 29, from...
Middleton residents have voiced their anger after travellers returned to Bowlee Park last week. People living near to the Heywood Old Road park looked out of their windows to...
Date Published 01/02/2009
A 29-year-old man has been killed and two others seriously injured after the car they were in crashed into a wall in Heywood. The victim was a back seat passenger in the Seat...
Date Published 31/01/2009
Potentially lethal drugs were stolen from a pharmacy in Heywood two thieves went into the Internet Pharmacy on Manchester Road and demanded staff open a locked drugs...
Date Published 30/01/2009
A Rochdale resident that submitted an appeal for a local 'grot spot' to be cleared up as part of the Council's Big Clean project, has been told his application was successful on...
Date Published 29/01/2009
Over a quarter of Rochdale people drink themselves to danger, a new survey has revealed. Figures obtained by NHS North West and the Department of Health show that over 25% of...
The Bishop of Middleton is to reveal an anti rain tax poster at the launch of DontDrainUs.org, a campaign which is working to permanently end the rain tax recently imposed on...
Date Published 28/01/2009
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen and Heywood and Middleton MP Jim Dobbin have joined more than 120 of their colleagues criticising the BBC and Sky for not broadcasting a plea for aid...
Date Published 27/01/2009
At the Communities and Local Government Select Committee last week it was disclosed that the Local Authorities are sitting on £38 billion of reserves. This probably confirms my...
A car was shot at in Heywood during the early hours of Sunday morning (25 January). Four men were driving along Bury New Road towards Heywood in a silver Volkswagen Golf when...
