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The local elections have come and gone and there will be no local elections here in Rochdale until 2010. I was reasonably pleased with the results overall in my constituency where...
Date Published 08/05/2008
After a wonderful first year, Springhill Hospice is delighted to announce its second night time sponsored walk. The event will take place on Saturday 19th July 2008. This years...
Since its inception in January 2004, Heywood New Heart Community Transport (HNHCT) has gone from strength to strength. In that first month the fledgling service carried just 44...
Date Published 07/05/2008
The search is back on to find Heywood’s Heroes. Last year’s inaugural awards were a huge success and organisers New Heart for Heywood are hoping this year’s will be even better....
Small amounts of funding has proved beneficial to many Heywood organisations over the last few months, assisting community led groups that serve differing age groups and interests...
A huge row has broken out in the Rochdale Liberal Democrat Party after Central Ward councillor Zulfiqar Ali was uncerimoniously kicked off the Council Cabinet at yesterday's...
Date Published 04/05/2008
Arras People, a national project management recruitment agency based in Heywood, made a £360 donation to Heywood Children’s Charities - the ceremony was marked with a cheque...
Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust (HMRPCT) is starting its biggest ever public consultation to help decide what services its new GP surgeries will provide. In...
There was excitement at Heywood Civic Centre during the election count as the Lib Dems captured a seat from Labour and the township chairman launched an attack on his party’s...
Date Published 02/05/2008
Results for all wards are now online. The Liberal Democrats gained Balderstone & Kirkholt and North Heywood wards from Labour. Labour gained East Middleton from Liberal...
Date Published 30/04/2008
Elliott Absorbent Products, the UK’s foremost manufacturer and supplier of Food Absorbents and Paper Consumables has announced the opening of their new coating plant at Greenvale...
After the launch of the Health Trainer Service last year, Heywood Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust (HMRPCT) is planning to expand the service and is looking for new...
Date Published 29/04/2008
Former leader of the Conservative Party William Hague was in Castleton as part of his tour of the North West in the run-up to Thursday’s local elections. The Shadow Foreign...
Date Published 28/04/2008
Link4Life, the Rochdale Boroughwide Cultural Trust, celebrates its first full year of operation this month. The trust provides sports, leisure, culture and entertainment services...
Forty-five people have been arrested across Rochdale after a wide-ranging crackdown on crime in the borough. The arrests were made during a two-day blitz on Thursday 24 and...
Minister for Care Services Ivan Lewis MP was scathing during his visit to Rochdale about the level of adult care provided by Rochdale Council and called on the regulator to get...
Date Published 26/04/2008
When we lost control of the council in 2004 it was a blow for Labour. But it was also a lesson. And we have learned from it. We have spent the last four years listening to local...
Date Published 25/04/2008
A motion put forward by Lib Dem Councillor Rosemary Jones to continue with the practice of civic prayers in the Council Chamber was carried by a large majority at Wednesday's...
Thursday 1 May is the day when you can vote for local councillors to represent you. Elections are taking place in all twenty wards across the Rochdale, Middleton, Heywood and...
Date Published 24/04/2008
Council Leader Alan Taylor announced at last night's council meeting that the Borough will see an extra two sergeants and sixteen constables, leading to an extra four officers in...
Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust (HMRPCT) has officially launch the Borough’s new Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. The launch event outlined the risks of bowel...
Date Published 23/04/2008
A report to the forthcoming meeting of the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) Executive is recommending that 11 council estates be dumped from the borough's Neighbourhood Renewal...
Parliament resumed yeterday, 21 April, and the first issue is the Finance Bill which contains the controversial 10p tax budget change. The Finance Bill will make many positive...
Date Published 22/04/2008
Twenty three of the boroughs schools will close when the National Union of Teachers have their one day strike on Thursday 24 April. Some will remain open - for 32 schools it will...
“Two years ago, the Liberal Democrats took control of our Council for the first time ever, and during that time we’ve continued to deliver on our exciting programme of change and...
President of the Liberal Democrats, Simon Hughes MP, has taken time out to officially launch Rochdale Borough Liberal Democrat's manifesto for 2008 alongside Rochdale MP Paul...
Research based on six of the 39 NDCs that have a total 10 year budget of over £2 billion was published last week by the Department for Communities and Local Government. Heywood...
A scheme set up between Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale NHS Primary Care Trust (HMR PCT) and Slimming World to tackle Rochdale’s obesity problem is celebrating success. Since the...
Date Published 18/04/2008
Rochdale Borough Council and Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust have outlined major plans for closer collaboration between the two organisations aimed at improving...
Date Published 17/04/2008
Archbishop Paul Gallagher, the Apostolic Nuncio to Burundi, confirmed three parishioners of St. Joseph’s parish at Mass. This was the second of three celebrations of Confirmation...
