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When thirty five young people travelled to Lourdes last summer as part of the 900-strong Salford Diocesan Pilgrimage, several of them were fascinated by the use of Sign Language...
Date Published 21/10/2006
A 46-year-old man has been sentenced to 22 years in jail after being found guilty of murdering his wife and seriously assaulting three other people.Thomas Dooley (born...
Date Published 19/10/2006
Police are appealing for information after an attempted armed robbery at the council office in Heywood.Shortly before 5pm three men climbed through an open ground-floor window...
Jim Dobbin MP is celebrating the work of the Warm Front scheme in Heywood and Middleton. Warm Front, which combats fuel poverty by installing heating and insulation measures into...
Date Published 17/10/2006
The first winner of the Dave Davison Award will be announced at a presentation at Rochdale Town Hall this week.Three projects have been shortlisted for the award:*...
Date Published 16/10/2006
Tesco and ASDA supermarkets have come in for strong criticism following their less than positive response, or in ASDA's case a complete lack of response to a letter from the...
Date Published 13/10/2006
Anti-social use of off-road bikes and quads continues to blight the lives of many residents of the Borough and newly elected Councillor for North Heywood, Councillor Peter Rush,...
The behaviour on show at the full council meeting held at Rochdale Town Hall on Wednesday 11 October can only be described as shameful, with councillors on both sides of the...
Date Published 12/10/2006
Councillor Colin Lambert has issued a robust response to Councillor Peter Rush's criticism of a meeting held on Friday 29 September to discuss the problems of flooding in Heywood....
Date Published 04/10/2006
In true 'Big Brother' style visitors to Castlemere Community Centre on World Mental Health Day, 10 October will have the opportunity to express their thoughts and feelings on...
Date Published 03/10/2006
A 38-year-old man has been charged following an incident in Rochdale.Christopher O'Sullivan (born 02/06/68) of Redcar Street in Falinge was charged with Section 18 assault and...
Councillor Peter Rush has criticised the handling of a ‘public’ meeting to discuss the flooding problems in Heywood. The meeting, held on Friday 29 September, caused controversy...
Date Published 02/10/2006
Everyone in Rochdale, together with local businesses and visitors to the town, has the opportunity to make their views known on the vision for the town centre.Four public...
Date Published 29/09/2006
Householders in Rochdale are being warned to only use qualified tradesmen, after a rogue builder was fined for undertaking electrical work that he was not qualified to do on a...
Date Published 27/09/2006
At a meeting to discuss six form provision in the Rochdale Borough, Rochdale MP Paul Rowen agreed to take two interventions from representatives from Heywood Community School. ...
Date Published 26/09/2006
Rochdale Education Chiefs were taught a lesson by Heywood pupils and governors as dramatic events unfolded at a meeting on Friday 22 September. The meeting, that local councillors...
Date Published 24/09/2006
Heywood councillors are up in arms at what they say is the closure of Darnhill Community Centre by the Liberal Democrat run Rochdale Council. The centre's doors remain closed...
A 30-year-old man from Heywood has been arrested following an armed robbery at an estate agent in Heywood on Wednesday 20 September 2006.Shortly before 12.45pm a man entered...
Date Published 22/09/2006
Pride Media Association has been awarded £135,000 of lotteries money to develop an exciting youth radio project in the borough of Rochdale.Over the next 2 years the Fusion...
Date Published 19/09/2006
Hundreds of primary school children from across Rochdale borough will get a close look at their environment over the next two weeks as the Local Environment Action Fortnight...
Date Published 18/09/2006
Trainee police officers getting to grips with traffic matters gained some unexpected experience of drugs legislation when they stopped a car in Rochdale recently.On Tuesday 15...
Date Published 16/09/2006
Health Bosses confirmed at a meeting today (Thursday 14 September) that Rochdale Infirmary will lose its accident and emergency services, that in effect means any major trauma...
Date Published 14/09/2006
IT training company Sysop have officially opened their new-look training centre at Byron House on Green Lane, Heywood. The ribbon was cut by Rochdale MP Paul Rowen.Sysop...
Councillor Jean Ashworth, an employee with 30 years service at Rochdale Infirmary, has voiced her bitter disappointment at the decision made by Pennine NHS Trust to axe A&E...
Anyone looking for a job or wanting training information have the opportunity when many of the Borough’s major employers take part in the annual Jobs and Skills Fair next...
Date Published 13/09/2006
A 23-year-old man from Heywood has today, Friday 8 September 2006, been sentenced for causing the death of Paul Cooper in his home in Heywood in March 2005. The judge found,...
Date Published 08/09/2006
The North West Strategic Health Authority has confirmed that Trevor Purt has been appointed Chief Executive Officer designate for the new boroughwide Heywood, Middleton and...
Date Published 29/08/2006
In recent surveys of all the borough’s council tenants, Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) came top as the preferred choice company to manage the 14,500 Council homes in Heywood,...
Date Published 23/08/2006
Detectives in Rochdale are appealing for information following a report that a 25-year-old woman was raped in Heywood on Saturday 19 August.The 25-year-old had been enjoying a...
Rochdale Council's new Guide to Courses for September offers a broad choice of courses for the coming year.Funding for the course comes directly from the Learning & Skills...
Date Published 18/08/2006
