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Ian Duckworth, ex Conservative Councillor, who is standing again in the May local elections hoping to be elected in Balderstone, has called on Rochdale MP Paul Rowen to account...
Date Published 03/02/2008
An ex-police officer has found a home from home after returning to his former police station to launch an exciting new business enterprise.Dave Green, 41, has returned to the...
Date Published 01/02/2008
Paul Rowen MP has defended his staff in the light of ongoing debate on Parliamentary Staff. It comes in the week that Conservative MP Derek Conway was suspended from the Commons...
Comedian and television doctor Phil Hammond will be one of the star guests at 'LiveLife 2008', the health conference and exhibition being staged in Rochdale on Wednesday 5...
Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust (HMRPCT) is urging the public to take extra care as a severe weather warning has today been issued by the Met Office. The North...
Date Published 31/01/2008
Business is blooming at a newly opened florist in Heywood, thanks to a grant scheme attracting new companies into the town centre.Tayler James Flowers on Market Street has...
Date Published 29/01/2008
It is fair to say that tackling obesity is one of the most significant public and personal health challenges facing our society. The problem is simple; as a nation we eat too much...
Changing your GP practice is now a walk in the park thanks to the introduction of a new IT system called GP2GP. GP surgeries in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale are now using the...
The Council Cabinet decided last night (Monday 28 February) to recommend the extension of Heywood Cemetery to Council as part of the budget proposals 2008/09.Wera Hobhouse,...
A 21-year-old man has been charged after a woman was shot in the neck with an air rifle at a petrol station forecourt in Bury.Peter Colin Hanley, of Bury New Road in Heywood,...
A magazine aimed at keeping 206,300 residents informed about changes to their local health services, is available in a range of public places such as GP surgeries, libraries, the...
Date Published 28/01/2008
Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust (HMRPCT) is carrying out a survey to find out what patients think about the care they receive.The Trust plans to use this...
Visitors to Langley Library will be in for a pleasant surprise - it's been completely transformed by Rochdale Council and moved one hundred metres down the road. The brand new...
Date Published 26/01/2008
A planning application has been submitted for a building that will cost around £6.75 million with an additional £1.5 million for external pitches. The plans include some...
Local residents are continuing to invite burglars into their homes by leaving valuables on show and doors unlocked.In the past four weeks 42 homes have been burgled while the...
Date Published 25/01/2008
More than 50 people have signed up to take part in a consultation event being run by Rochdale Borough Council next week.The Equalities Listening Event is taking place on...
Date Published 24/01/2008
Heywood library is closed due to major refurbishment works and is due to reopen in the summer of 2008.Smallbridge library closed for approximately four months from 31 December...
People from Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale are being asked to comment on proposals to introduce an alternative to the traditional 999 emergency number for access to urgent health...
Date Published 23/01/2008
Police investigating a fatal road traffic collision in Heywood are appealing for witnesses to contact them.At about 10.30pm on Friday 18 January 2008, a taxi was driving along...
Date Published 22/01/2008
The family of a 19-year-old man, killed following a road traffic collision in Heywood have paid tribute to him.At about 10.30pm on Friday 18 January 2008, a taxi was driving...
Date Published 21/01/2008
Mark Smith, 44, of Tangmere Avenue, Heywood, worked as an ambulance medical technician in Manchester city centre - despite being banned for drink driving.Smith was given a...
A 19-year-old man has died following a road traffic collision in Heywood.At about 10.30pm last night, Friday 18 January, a black VW Passat, which was operating as a taxi, was...
Date Published 19/01/2008
Recent debate on the Rochdale Online message board and letters in a number of local newspapers have claimed that there are plans to move maternity and children’s services from...
Date Published 18/01/2008
Police are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of a 14-year-old girl who has been missing from home for a week.Samantha Siddall was last seen by her aunt in...
A congestion busting scheme to improve the flow of traffic at some of the North-West’s busiest motorway junctions is being installed on the M62.Highly intelligent traffic...
Date Published 16/01/2008
Last week, following questions asked and left unanswered at the Rochdale Township meeting, Rochdale Online asked LSP coordinator Lea Fothergill Who or what is the Local Strategic...
Date Published 15/01/2008
A five-year-old girl has died after collapsing in a school playground.Staff at Woodland Primary School in Heywood gave first aid to Alex Mallinson, but she died later in...
The Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) Executive will consider, at its next meeting on the 22 January, the process followed in relation to the funding allocated to a number of...
Councillor Peter Rush and Cabinet member for Environment Wera Hobhouse have been quick to reply to a recent investigation that revealed Heywood Cemetery was likely to by full by...
A patient whose health deteriorated rapidly following changes in treatment, hanged himself, an Oldham inquest heard yesterday.David Nash (34), of Haweswater Mews, Middleton,...
