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Parliament is in recess until Monday 4 June. The recess gives MPs the opportunity to work in their constituencies meeting local groups, individuals and discussing progress in...
Date Published 29/05/2007
Sites for two new secondary schools are included in the latest update to the £152m Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme for the borough.Building Schools for the...
Date Published 25/05/2007
Last week I was leading for the Liberal Democrats on the Concessionary Bus Fares Bill. This law was promised by the Chancellor Gordon Brown last year and extends concessionary bus...
Residents in Heywood and Middleton are being encouraged to attend crime reduction roadshows at Heywood (Tuesday 5 June from 7pm to 9pm) and Middleton (Thursday 31 May from...
The policy of waste collection on a fortnightly basis rather than weekly continues to be highly controversial.For months both Labour and Conservative Councillors have opposed...
Date Published 22/05/2007
Start-up businesses looking for new premises could be tempted by the offer of workspaces that boast all mod cons, including their own police cells and courtroom!The former...
Heywood township took a big step towards taking control of services delivered in Heywood - when at the Township meeting on Monday 21 May important resolutions were passed and the...
Hundreds of people are going to the roadshow events to find out more about the new Alternate Weekly Collection service for refuse that has boosted recycling in the borough - and...
Date Published 21/05/2007
Three years waiting for a hearing aid is thankfully no longer the case for Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Patients.The Audiology Department at Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale...
Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT (HMRPCT) and Bolton PCT have just established a new LIFT (Local Improvement Finance Trust) Company with the Eric Wright Group and Partnerships...
Urgent action is needed to clear a half-million backlog of patients waiting for new hearing aids on the NHS.The House of Commons Health Committee said not enough priority had...
Date Published 18/05/2007
Jean Hornby was fighting back the tears as she delivered her parting speech after her year’s service as Mayor. In a moving oration, that was also laced with a tinge of bitterness...
Date Published 17/05/2007
Families in Rochdale, Heywood and Middleton are being urged to ensure their child gets a proper education.Across the country it's thought that tens of thousands of children...
Date Published 16/05/2007
A builder who appealed against a £25,000 fine for breaking the law on electrical safety will end up paying more becuase he failed to turn up to the appeal hearing; the judge...
An accident on the westbound carriageway of the M62 motorway caused long delays following closure of the road for a time between J20, Rochdale and J19, Heywood, and as a result...
Date Published 15/05/2007
It's time for green-fingered gardeners to get ready to do battle for awards in the 2007 Rochdale Townships in Bloom competition.This year's competition will be officially...
If you need advice on benefits, get on board the Benefits Bus and talk to the experts!The Benefits Bus mobile advice centre will visit five places across the borough next week...
Date Published 14/05/2007
Year five and year six pupils in primary schools across Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale were asked to represent what ‘Smoke Freedom’ means to them as part of a poster competition...
Heywood Middleton & Rochdale PCT, along with Bolton Primary Care Trust, have established a new LIFT (Local Improvement Finance Trust) Company with the Eric Wright Group and...
As Prime Minister Tony Blair approaches the end of his ten years Premiership on the 27 May, it is fitting that I offer a commentary on his ten years in Number 10. We should...
Staff providing stroke services at the four Greater Manchester hospitals run by Pennine Acute Trust have been praised for efforts which have seen them rated as the country’s ‘most...
Date Published 11/05/2007
‘Do You Feel Good?’ is a local initiative aimed at helping local people to make healthier choices and stick to them.The NHS and Local Authorities are working closely with...
Paul Mainwaring is one of three winners in the Institute of Healthcare Management’s first ever Unsung Heroes & Heroines awards, which recognise the ordinary men and women whose...
Police have issued CCTV footage of a robber who ran into a fridge door as he attempted to flee following a failed raid on a Heywood off-licence.At around 8.25pm on Saturday 14...
Date Published 10/05/2007
Police in Rochdale are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of a 40-year-old Turkish woman who has gone missing from her home in Heywood.Guler Korbay (01/02/67) from...
Date Published 09/05/2007
Community Groups across the borough were invited to apply for up to £2,500 from Rochdale Boroughwide Housing’s Communities First programme to carry out a planting scheme to...
Heywood and Peine in Germany have been twin towns for many years and this year, the 40th Anniversary of their bond, the Mayor of Peine, his wife and two of his colleagues will be...
Date Published 08/05/2007
The Liberal Democrats took control of Rochdale Council for the first time on what Lib Dem Leader Alan Taylor called an “historic night”. The Liberal Democrats won ten seats,...
Date Published 04/05/2007
A car-crime clinic is taking place in Heywood on Wednesday 9 May as a result of the high number of registration plate thefts across Rochdale in the last month.The theft of...
A man who campaigns on behalf of Rochdale patients has reached the finals of a national awards ceremony recognising unsung heroes and heroines of the NHS.Paul Mainwaring has...
Date Published 01/05/2007
