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Police are growing concerned about the whereabouts of a 71-year-old woman who has been reported missing.Shirley Sinkinson was last seen at about 7.50am at Highfield House on...
Date Published 07/03/2008
A CD celebrating the 1970s Rochdale Music and Arts scene, 'It Started in Rochdale', provides an audio tour through the local 70s scene. The CD features commentary from the late,...
The LiveLife 2008 health conference and exhibition staged at the Odeon Cinema at Sandbrook Park on Wednesday 5 March was a major success. The event, held in partnership with...
Date Published 06/03/2008
Parents and children are in for a treat when the award winning People's Theatre Company put on their acclaimed pop musical The Witch's Bogey at Heywood & Middleton Civic Centres...
A man indecently assaulted a teenager when she was out walking in Heywood.At about 1am on Friday 29 February 2008, the 17-year-old girl was walking on a path through a darkly...
Date Published 03/03/2008
Jim Dobbin MP attended a Parliamentary Reception to mark Europe’s first Rare Disease Day. The event was attended by over 150 patients from across the country, who travelled to...
Rochdale Liberal Democrats are paying for an extra police officer for every township in the borough. The scheme was included in the Lib Dems extra spending proposals and was...
Owing to the massive interest around the world in John Peel's connection with Rochdale and Heywood, Tractor, Deeply Vale Festivals and the whole history of the Rochdale and...
Date Published 01/03/2008
Jack Straw, Secretary of State for Justice, visited Rochdale on Friday morning, 29 February. He was at the Youth Inclusion Project at The Strand on the Kirkholt estate to talk to...
Date Published 29/02/2008
A gang of armed men smashed up a taxi firm during a burglary in Heywood. At about 10.25pm on Tuesday 26 February 2008, at least three men entered Britannia Cars on Cowburn...
Heywood & Middleton MP Jim Dobbin, chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group, will be speaking at all the Masses this Sunday at St Joseph’s, Heywood (9am, 11am and...
May I, first of all, thank Margaret Carney, Ruth Hunter and Paul Martin, and all the officers involved in producing these budget documents, and their assistance to us in producing...
Date Published 28/02/2008
Lib Dems in Heywood and Middleton have chastised local MP Jim Dobbin’s support for Fidel Castro. 69 MPs, including Mr Dobbin, have signed an Early Day Motion (EDM) praising...
Representatives from care homes across the borough are attending a special conference next week to share best practice and talk about strategies for delivering high quality care...
The Government is planning to launch a new combined health and social care complaints system to make it easier for people to raise issues and concerns.Currently, there are...
Councillor Dale Mulgrew has slammed Labour in the town, after they proposed to remove the funding for the new Arts Centre. Councillor Mulgrew claims that Labour are playing "fast...
Date Published 27/02/2008
Rochdale’s Labour Parliamentary Candidate Simon Danczuk has warned the Liberal Democrat MP, Paul Rowen, that his support for proposals to hand over control of Rochdale Infirmary...
A pioneering Greater Manchester midwife has welcomed the launch of a new helpline that will provide practical support and information to breastfeeding mothers.Public Health...
Date Published 26/02/2008
Can I congratulate Rochdale Council on its achievement in creating the most chaos in traffic improvement that I have ever experienced. The easiest and most direct routes for most...
The second Buy Local Spend Local event took place at Rochdale Town Hall and gave local businesses an opportunity to book and attend one-to-one meetings with key decision makers,...
In an astonishing, and most likely self-defeating move, the Lib Dems have chosen the man they recently 'sacked' as local Lib Dem vice-chairman as their candidate for Bamford ward...
Date Published 23/02/2008
National No Smoking Day is 12 March and stop smoking teams will be hitting the streets of Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale to try and help people to finally kick the habit, by...
Date Published 22/02/2008
Coronation Street favourite Antony Cotton is the latest star name on the line up for LiveLife 2008, the big exhibition being staged at the Odeon Cinema at Sandbrook Park in...
Labour’s North West Minister The Rt. Hon Beverley Hughes MP, also the Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families has been accused by the Lib Dems of "ignoring...
Jim Dobbin MP has been praised by Friends of the Earth for backing calls to beef up the Climate Change Bill, currently being debated in Parliament.Mr Dobbin has joined over...
Date Published 21/02/2008
Kiss My Butt, a powerful play highlighting the dangers of smoking, tours Rochdale’s secondary schools 20 February - 4 March, followed by a public performance at the Live Life...
Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust (HMRPCT) is investing £126,000 to commission three new pilot services that will provide patients with access to GP appointments...
It’s a dog’s life at the Birch Pet Hotel where pampered pets can take a dip in the hydrotherapy pool, work off excess pounds on the treadmill or spruce themselves up in the...
Date Published 19/02/2008
A major study of the borough's current and future health and wellbeing needs is starting - to make sure that the services provided meet the needs of local people now and into the...
Date Published 18/02/2008
Tenants, leaseholders and residents are invited to attend the next Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) area panel meetings. This is an opportunity to get involved in decisions...
