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This Thursday, you have a clear choice; a vote for the Liberal Democrats who put your interests first - fight for the issues that matter to you including anti-social behaviour,...
Date Published 01/05/2007
Having previously accepted congestion charges as part of the Metro Link funding proposals, Cllr Alan Taylor then reneged on his agreement with the 10 Greater Manchester...
Three masked men burst into a family home in Heywood armed with a machete, dagger and sledgehammer, and demanded car keys, before stealing a BMW.Just before 10pm on Thursday...
Date Published 20/04/2007
The Liberal Democrats have pledged an extra quarter of a million to combat anti-social behaviour. This money will be spent on detached youth workers, aimed at intervening in...
Springhill Hospice is inviting people to put on their walking shoes for two unique sponsored events this summer.The first event, the ‘Hospice to Hospice Walk’ is being held in...
Date Published 19/04/2007
A new specially designed Water Incident Unit is to be officially handed over to Heywood Fire Station as part of an ongoing replacement programme that ensures Greater Manchester...
A Heywood shop owner and his prized parrot are the talk of the town, thanks to a £14,000 business make-over.Pet Talk on Bridge Street has been dramatically improved with a...
On Monday 23 April, Greater Manchester Police’s Rochdale Division will officially launch its five new neighbourhood policing teams, which will put officers back into the heart of...
Date Published 18/04/2007
Parliament has just returned this week after the Easter Recess. Looking back on the last few months I am proud to note there is a number of achievements that Labour has delivered...
Date Published 17/04/2007
Hundreds of pounds in grants are available in YOUR area to help groups benefit their local communities. Grants are also available to help start new community groups.The money...
Date Published 16/04/2007
Business people from across the Rochdale borough will be going to a series of smoke free shows next week (w/c 16 April).The one-stop-shop events for everything smoke free are...
Date Published 13/04/2007
Patients from Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale have given the thumbs-up to plans for new health centres in the area after visiting a similar project which opened last year in...
Three years ago the Friends of Castleton Library (FoCaL) allege they were told by a now-early retired council officer that "the Audit Commission was concerned about the number of...
Most of the residents asked to leave their houses following the discovery of an oxy-acetelyne canister in Heywood have returned to their homes.Around 400 homes were evacuated...
Date Published 12/04/2007
Shortly before 1.40am today, Wednesday 11 April 2007, police in Rochdale were alerted to a fire at a mill in Heywood by the fire service.GMP officers were called to a mill on...
Date Published 11/04/2007
The Liberal Democrats in the Rochdale Borough say they are making a final push to take over the Council in May. They have fielded a full slate of candidates and are targetting a...
Date Published 04/04/2007
Shirley Williams, a Heywood resident has been appointed to serve as a Non Executive Director of Heywood Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust for the period ending 28 Feb...
Date Published 31/03/2007
Too busy to exercise? Not an excuse for the PCT Trust Board who managed to squeeze in a thirty minute health walk in between meetings.PCT Trust Board Members that includes...
Date Published 28/03/2007
A 13-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in an alleyway in Rochdale on Friday evening, 23 March 2007.Detectives are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which occurred...
Date Published 27/03/2007
Rochdale Landlord Accreditation Scheme is helping landlords in the private rented sector deal with the forthcoming changes to the way tenancy deposits are held.From 6 April...
Date Published 23/03/2007
Rochdale borough's healthy schools programme has been recognised as one of the best in the country - and that's official!The Council, working in partnership with Heywood,...
Detectives in Rochdale are appealing for witnesses after a man was shot at a house in Heywood Thursday (22 March) night.At about 7pm officers were called to Hilda Street...
Former Middleton Labour Councillor Terry Smith has defected to the Liberal Democrats. Mr Smith quit his council seat of West Middleton in January this year, and in doing so handed...
Date Published 22/03/2007
Wednesday 21 March will be the Chancellor’s last budget before as expected he becomes Prime Minister in a few months time. Let me assure you that Gordon Brown is a heavyweight...
Date Published 20/03/2007
Transport leaders in Greater Manchester have announced plans to spend nearly £1.6 million on improvements to bus routes in Rochdale over the next twelve months, taking the total...
The row between Councillor Wera Hobhouse and Councillor Susan Emmott over Alternate Weekly Collections rumbles on; in response to Councillor Emmott's sustained attacks Councillor...
Date Published 15/03/2007
Rochdale and Littleborough Peace Group has praised Jim Dobbin and Paul Rowen as “politicians deserving a clear conscience”, but condemned their parliamentary colleague, Phil...
Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust (HMRPCT) has appointed four new non-executive directors: Marilyn Aldred, David Edwards, Abdul Hamied and Tumsilla Sethi.Each...
Jim Dobbin MP for Heywood and Middleton joined international supermodel Liya Kebede on Tuesday 13 March to back a six point plan of action to stop the death toll of women and...
Twenty three years of hard work, determination and joy, tinged with moments of sadness, Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale’s Learning Disabilities Home Support Service is celebrating...
