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A Heywood woman has been attacked in a Halifax multi-storey car park - two youths grabbed her keys and sped off in her Vauxhall Astra.The 44-year-old victim, who only went to...
Date Published 18/02/2008
Plans for faith groups to lead academies flies in the face of new research showing single ethnicity schools damage community relations.A two-year research project, launched...
Date Published 17/02/2008
We all want to live a healthy life, but sometimes we need advice or a push in the right direction! LiveLife 2008, the big exhibition being staged at the Odeon Cinema at Sandbrook...
Date Published 15/02/2008
New Heart for Heywood in partnership with Bury College has created a Skills Ladder project. The project is aimed at helping people gain qualifications or attend a learning...
Rochdale Council is inviting locals to attend the first meeting of the Friends of Heywood Cemetery.The Council is committed to improving its cemeteries. The Friends of...
Heywood resident Harry Boota has called on the shopkeepers of Heywood Town Centre to open their shop shutters in the morning and put a stop to our area becoming a 'shutter town.'...
Date Published 13/02/2008
The Liberal Democrats have announced that every road gully in the borough is to be cleaned over the next 12 months. The proposal is part of the Lib Dems additional investment...
The use of ear-splitting 'anti-teen' alarms has been defended by Rochdale Council following attacks by civil liberties campaigners.The council started fitting the Mosquito...
Date Published 12/02/2008
With Heywood Library being closed for a major refurbishment, Rochdale Borough Council are offering a free community transport service, with complimentary return trips from Heywood...
Often we can feel powerless when trying to deal with anti social behaviour. As your MP I will always do what I can to help people feel safe in their homes and communities. So I...
Robbers snatched a 79-year-old lady's bag as she was going to a dance class in Heywood.At 8.30pm on Wednesday 6 February police were called to Bury Street following reports of...
Date Published 08/02/2008
A new business centre was officially launched in Rochdale today (Friday 8 February), offering an ideal location for ‘next stage’ companies.The Lock 50 business centre (next to...
A proposal has been made to amend Rochdale Borough re-housing policy which currently disbars Rochdale Boroughwide Housing from allowing families with children over the age of ten...
Two men and a woman posing as officials from the water board stole a substantial amount of cash from a 100-year-old woman in Rochdale.Police are appealing for information...
Rochdale Council Environment Cabinet Member Councillor Wera Hobhouse has called for an end to scaremongering over alternate weekly collection. Councillor Hobhouse said: “I am...
Date Published 07/02/2008
Labour councillor Colin Lambert's motion to support the extension of an integrated public transport network in Greater Manchester, including the Metrolink extension to Rochdale,...
Having listened to the chairman of Greater Manchester Transport Authority, Councillor Roger Jones, 'sell' the Transport Innovation Fund bid with concomitant congestion charge,...
Police in Heywood are appealing for witnesses after a man was attacked in the street by a gang of thugs.At around 8.30pm on Friday 25 January 2008, the 48-year-old victim left...
The last ten days continue to be extremely busy both in Westminster and in Rochdale. Following the floods in which areas in both Littleborough and Central Rochdale were affected...
Father Paul Daly, Parish Priest of St Joseph's RC Church, Heywood has just returned from a trip to Nigeria where he visited St. Paul’s parish, Alkalawa, Yola - the newest parish...
Date Published 06/02/2008
Schools inspectors have given All Souls' C of E Primary School, Heywood top marks for the care it gives to its children and the maturity it helps them develop.Overall, the...
A magazine describing how Greater Manchester health services for children, young people, babies and families will be transformed over the next five years has hit the streets....
A church in Heywood has had satanic graffiti daubed on its walls and windows. Parish Priest of St Joseph's, Father Paul Daly, has described the act as "mindless vandalism" and...
Residents across Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale are being given the opportunity to find out more about their local health services through a series of roadshows that hit the...
Labour councillor Colin Lambert has criticised the ruling Liberal Democrat group on Rochdale Council ahead of tonight's full council meeting for leaving debate and democracy "dead...
Yesterday (Tuesday 5 February) afternoon fire fighters from Heywood and Rochdale stations were called to a fire in a flat in a three storey building on Bamford Street,...
Local MP Jim Dobbin has joined with the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) in congratulating Heywood Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust for funding...
Date Published 05/02/2008
Long suffering motorists on Rochdale's strategic network already experiencing long delays at Sudden, due to the major roadworks that are now many months overdue completion, need...
Rochdale Council say the Equalities Listening event held to get local people's views on their services went well and will be repeated next year.The event took place in Heywood...
Date Published 04/02/2008
Staff at Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust (HMRPCT) have been recognised for their hard work and dedication at the PCT’s annual Going for Gold Awards...
