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The nervous wait for students in Middleton was over today (Thursday 19 August 2010) as they collected their A Level results. It seems that for many last night had been a...
Date Published 19/08/2010
Police have seized 47 cannabis plants in Middleton. Officers carried out a search warrant at a house on Fairfield Road, Middleton, shortly after 11am yesterday (Tuesday 17...
Date Published 18/08/2010
A Middleton band that came runner up in the Feel Good Festival’s battle of the bands competition wowed the friendly crowd at their gig tonight (Friday 13 August 2010). The...
Date Published 14/08/2010
Cannabis plants have been discovered by police in Middleton. At about 5.30pm last night (11 August 2010), officers from the Neighbourhood Policing Team executed a warrant at...
Date Published 12/08/2010
Children from the Cloverleaf group at Langley Children's Centre enjoyed a fun surprise this week courtesy of Groundwork Oldham and Rochdale and construction company Seddon.
Greater Manchester police are appealing for information after three people were threatened with a gun in their flat in Middleton.
Date Published 09/08/2010
A former soldier facing a possible death sentence in Iraq has appealed to the Prime Minister to help him. Danny Fitzsimons, from Middleton, made the direct plea to David...
Date Published 06/08/2010
A Middleton woman and her stepson are getting ready to start the same college course in September. Mature student Karen Harris, 31, always dreamed of becoming a police officer...
I have written recently about the real threat to education and health following the Con Dem budget announcement. Now we hear that Neighbourhood Policing is under threat throughout...
Date Published 05/08/2010
Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant Andy Smith, a Paramedic from Middleton serving on the Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT) in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan is putting himself...
Building sites are not adventure playgrounds – that is the Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) message to parents and children as school holidays get underway in the North West.
Parents planning to take their children on visits to petting farms and other visitor attractions with animals during the summer holidays are being urged to take particular care...
MP for Middleton and Heywood, Jim Dobbin has joined with numerous citizens groups, campaigners, MPs and celebrities who have called on the government to end legal loan sharking.
130,000 households in the North West will lose on average £10 a week (£520 a year) as a result of changes to housing benefit announced in June’s Emergency Budget. The analysis...
In a bid to save money and reduce carbon emissions Rochdale Borough Council has trained staff to potentially cut CO2 emissions by around 9,000 tonnes per year through completing a...
Date Published 04/08/2010
Some victims of an asbestos-linked condition will receive payouts of £5,000, under a compensation scheme which has finally got under way. But the move came as the new...
The All-In-One Garden Centre on Rochdale Road, Middleton, has been named the ‘Best Garden Centre in the North West’ for 2010. The award was presented at a prestigious awards...
Date Published 03/08/2010
Lancashire is set to be dropped from postal addresses because Royal Mail bosses say county names are no longer needed.
A charity raising money to improve healthcare facilities for children in Rochdale is appealing for cyclists to test their pedal power. MedEquip4Kids’ Lancashire Loop Cycle...
Cheap booze could be banned in Rochdale under proposed plans from the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AMGA). The ban, if it gets the go ahead will be implemented...
Date Published 02/08/2010
Crime has been reduced by 20 per cent in Middleton thanks to a clampdown on offenders. Figures show that between 1 April and 30 June there were 263 fewer victims of crime...
Middleton Cricket Club played host to a charity cricket game this evening (Friday 30 July 2010) to raise money for charity. Professional players from all over the world who are...
Date Published 30/07/2010
More than 400 suspensions were handed out to school children in the borough for assaulting a teacher or fellow pupil last year. Figures from the Department for Education (DfE)...
A new report from UK insurer, AXA, calculates that 800 lives are lost on Britain’s roads through accidents caused by road rage.
The Future Jobs Fund is proving to be a huge success in Rochdale with numerous organisations snapping up the chance to take on people who need to develop their skills and are...
Date Published 29/07/2010
Police have seized 71 cannabis plants in Middleton. Officers carried out a search warrant at a house on New Lane, Middleton, yesterday (Tuesday 27 July 2010).
ASBOs are set to be scrapped after Home Secretary Theresa May warned the flagship measure had failed to tackle bad behaviour. Introduced by Labour to tackle anti-social...
Plans to erect a 14.8m high telephone mast in Middleton have been passed. The decision was made at a planning meeting in Middleton last night (Wednesday 28 July 2010)
Three men have been charged after a television was stolen from sheltered accommodation.
North West health campaign Our Life today welcomed new government plans to give local communities more powers to influence licensing decisions as part of a range of measures to...
Date Published 28/07/2010
