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It’s a wet and breezy 7.30am when Tim Nugent strolls into the Kirkholt Area Office with a sprint in his step and a keenness to start work.“I love the job,” he says – showing...
Date Published 14/01/2008
Heywood and Middleton’s Parliamentary Candidate, Councillor Wera Hobhouse has criticised Jim Dobbin. She has labelled him a ‘hypocrite’ after it emerged that he voted against a...
Date Published 11/01/2008
The campaign to get more services for people addicted to legally prescribed drugs is going to the heart of the House of Commons.The Beat the Benzos campaign run by Uppermill...
Date Published 10/01/2008
The borough's pupils had their most successful GCSE results ever in 2007 according to the Government's league tables.The results, out today, show that the overall improvement...
A GP who has practiced in Rochdale for more than 30 years has been appointed Medical Director of Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT.Dr Nick Dawes, who has been the PCT’s...
A new health campaign is encouraging people to practice simple steps to help stop the spread of flu and other viruses.Research has revealed that many people don’t understand...
Local people are being given the chance to have their say on how accessible they think the council's services are.An Equalities Listening Event is taking place later this...
Motorists are advised there is heavy traffic westbound on the M62 between J20, Rochdale and J19, Heywood, this morning (Thursday 10 January) because of flooding.Traffic...
Pride Media Association in partnership with BBC Radio Manchester is giving young people in Heywood the opportunity to take control of the airwaves in as part of their Fusion Radio...
Date Published 09/01/2008
An update on the roadworks taking place in the Rochdale area with details of dates, the reason for the work, the company carrying the work out and the likely effect on traffic.
Date Published 08/01/2008
Councillor Wera Hobhouse, Parliamentary Spokesman for Heywood and Middleton has attacked Prime Minster’s speech about screening tests for all patients in the NHS as a wasted...
Groundwork Oldham & Rochdale are working in partnership with Rochdale MBC and the Heywood, Middleton & Rochdale Primary Care Trust, to deliver free healthy lifestyle support...
Date Published 07/01/2008
A special mobile advice centre will be back in town next week and experts will be on hand to help explain what benefits are available from the council, as well as from the...
Rochdale Council Leader Councillor Alan Taylor talks to Rochdale Online reporter Jan Harwood about council housing, alternate weekly bin collections, Rochdale's people's champion,...
Date Published 02/01/2008
Fire union members are blaming bosses at the Greater Manchester headquarters after four engines were off the road on New Year’s Eve.The Fire Brigades Union says bad rota...
Firstly, can I say Happy New Year and hope that you have all had a good Christmas.I only came back on the Council in 2004 after not really being involved for nearly 20 years. ...
Date Published 01/01/2008
A Pennine Acute Trust (the trust runs Rochdale Infirmary, Fairfield in Bury, the Royal Oldham and North Manchester General hospitals) midwife who leads breastfeeding work for the...
Date Published 29/12/2007
At the beginning of December the Prime Minister gave a speech to the Labour Party National Forum making clear the Government’s long term intentions for the foreseeable...
Date Published 27/12/2007
Council Leader Councillor Alan Taylor in a Christmas interview with Rochdale Online reporter Jan Harwood answers questions on the Transport Innovation Fund bid, overcrowded...
Date Published 25/12/2007
Rochdale Council provides a wide range of services to the people of the Borough year round. Listed in the full article are the Christmas 2007 and New Year opening times for...
Date Published 23/12/2007
Church of England buildings are being targeted by vandals, arsonists and thieves on a unprecedented scale. In the past week St Thomas Church in Newhey has been gutted in a blaze...
People across the borough are being encouraged to recycle their real Christmas trees again this year. Around twenty special collection points will be open in the new year so that...
Date Published 21/12/2007
A major health conference and exhibition will be staged in Rochdale for the first time in March next year. It has been announced that 'LiveLife 2008' will take place at the Odeon...
The Office of the Schools Adjudicator has published a decision on a request by Rochdale Council to vary the admission arrangements of Heywood Community High School. The school...
Date Published 20/12/2007
The new NHS dental surgery supported by Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust that has officially opened on Featherstall Road, Littleborough, which expects to treat...
Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Heywood and Middleton, Councillor Wera Hobhouse says Nick Clegg will be a great leader and believes that this is an exciting time for the...
RBH's Customer Services will be open until 3pm on Monday 24 December 2007 at: the Municipal Offices, Heywood, Middleton, Littleborough and Milrow (Kirkholt office will be closed)....
Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust’s (HMRPCT) Director of Public Health is reminding residents who fall victim to winter vomiting disease that pharmacists can help...
Local GPs and Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust (HMRPCT) are working in partnership, listening to the voice of local people and making it easier for patients to...
Rochdale Council has unveiled proposals to spend £73 million on affordable housing, improving leisure facilities and building joint service centres. The plans were made at a...
