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A security contractor from Middleton has been jailed for 20 years for killing two colleagues. Danny Fitzsimons is the first Westerner to be convicted in an Iraqi court since...
Date Published 28/02/2011
Heywood Model Railway Group is in the process of relocating, just a few months after its last move.
Date Published 26/02/2011
Rochdale Online can reveal that the Pennine Acute Trust pays its Chief Executive and five director’s up to £880,000 in salaries – despite planning to axe 1,000 jobs. When...
Date Published 25/02/2011
Secondary Schools across the borough of Rochdale spent over £1.2million on supply teachers in 2009-10 according to a report produced by the Tax Payers Alliance. The figures...
The Rotary Club of Middleton has presented over £4,500 to community groups who applied to the Club's Dragon's Den initiative. The club had urged Middleton community groups and...
Following the defeated Liberal Democrat amendment to Labour budget proposals regarding Link4Life, Managing Director Craig McAteer has written to colleagues to update them on...
Date Published 24/02/2011
The father and brother of a former solider from Middleton awaiting the verdict of a murder trial were re-united with him yesterday (Sunday 20 February 2011).
Date Published 21/02/2011
Ten young people have started an angling project in Middleton that will develop their skills and increase their knowledge of the outdoor environment.
A security contractor from Middleton on trial for murdering two colleagues in Iraq will have to wait a further eight days to find out his fate, because the case has been adjourned...
Date Published 20/02/2011
The mother of one of the victims shot dead by ex-paratrooper Danny Fitzsimons has rubbished claims that he acted in self-defence. Security guard Danny admitted manslaughter...
Date Published 17/02/2011
The family of a former soldier who could face the death penalty have said they will soon have enough donations to fly his dad and brother out to Iraq — just days before a final...
Members of the Rotary Club of Middleton entertained prospective members at a Cheese and Wine Evening on Monday (14 February 2011).
Date Published 16/02/2011
A former scout leader who abused a number of young children in his care has been jailed. David Ferron's abuse of nine young boys aged between nine and 14-years-old spanned more...
Date Published 11/02/2011
Jim Dobbin, the MP for Heywood and Middleton, is supporting the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) Mending Broken Hearts Appeal.
Members of the Rotary Club of Middleton have celebrated their 77th anniversary in style.
Date Published 10/02/2011
Two hundred and fifty members of staff at Rochdale Borough Council are likely to lose their jobs as part of the Council’s plans to save £65million in the next financial year.
Date Published 07/02/2011
The Mayor of Rochdale, Councillor Zulfiqar Ali is spending this afternoon (Saturday 5 February 2011) collecting money for one of his chosen charities. Mayor Ali joined with...
Date Published 05/02/2011
Three people have been arrested after officers stopped a car and ran after the driver.
Date Published 03/02/2011
A man from Middleton is one of 18 men charged with violent disorder following an incident in Manchester City Centre in June last year. Kevin Lau, 21, of Great Arbour Way,...
Middleton playwright Jimmie Chinn has died in London, aged 70. Mr Chinn wrote the very successful Straight and Narrow and A Different Way Home, which provided a one-man show...
Date Published 01/02/2011
A desperate appeal for funds to fly out the family of a former paratrooper and security guard facing the death penalty in Iraq has already raised hundreds of pounds. Danny...
The family of a former paratrooper and security guard, who faces the death penalty for killing two colleagues, have made a desperate appeal for funds to allow them to be with...
Date Published 26/01/2011
Middleton Rotary Club, along with other Rotary Clubs, has been raising money and providing water for Tharaka, Meru in Kenya. Rochdale Online reporter Nicole Bradley caught up...
Date Published 25/01/2011
What started out as a group of friends working to help some children in the Shanzu village of Mombasa has now turned into a registered charity, funding themselves to take regular...
Date Published 22/01/2011
Home-seekers in Middleton will be able to benefit from a new lettings service giving them greater control over where they live. This month will see Riverside joining...
Date Published 11/01/2011
A derelict building in Middleton was searched today (Tuesday 11 January 2011) by police looking for Leslie Sweeney, 40, who has been missing since June 2010.
After a long lay off due to the weather the FA Cup game was on. Middleton were under no illusion that this was going to be a tough task from the start, both teams went on the...
Date Published 05/01/2011
Detectives are renewing their appeal to catch two teenagers who attacked a shopworker in Middleton. Around 6pm on Tuesday 30 November 2010, the 48-year-old victim was working...
Date Published 02/01/2011
The trial of a security contractor charged with killing two of his colleagues in Iraq last year has opened in Baghdad. Danny Fitzsimons, from Middleton, is the first Westerner...
Date Published 30/12/2010
A teenage boy was punched in the face as robbers burst into a Middleton house demanding Christmas presents. At about 4.50pm on Christmas Eve (Friday 24 December 2010), the two...
Date Published 29/12/2010
