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The coalition government wants to give prisoners the right to vote. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg wants the Liberal Democrats’ policy to be put into law as soon as...
Date Published 14/07/2010
A study published in the British Journal of Cancer today (Wednesday 14 July 2010) has revealed that scientists at the Health Protection Agency (HPA), the University of Manchester...
Rochdale Borough Council and their partner Link4Life have launched a bid to ensure swimmers continue saving money by signing up for their ‘Passport to Leisure’. Free swimming in...
Date Published 13/07/2010
Rochdale Borough Council’s trading standards team is warning all residents to be on their guard after a Middleton resident was phoned by fraudsters offering to refund a council...
An urgent plea has been made to United Utilities for the North-West hosepipe ban not to apply to allotments. Rochdale Euro-MP Paul Nuttall, is calling for allotment holders to...
A 17-year-old boy is recovering in hospital following a street attack in which he was beaten and deliberately hit by a car. Shortly after 3.30am on Saturday 10 July 2010,...
MP for Heywood and Middleton Jim Dobbin is supporting a national campaign to save the edited register. The publicly available electoral register is used for a wide variety of...
The NHS in England is to undertake a major reform in one of the biggest shake-ups in its history to rid the health service of bureaucracy. Hospitals will be moved out of the...
Rochdale Borough Council‘s current financial forecast for 2010/11 is for a £1million deficit. A report presented to the cabinet this evening (Monday 12 July 2010) shows the...
Date Published 12/07/2010
Rochdale Borough Council has reported an under spend of £1.5m in the financial year of 2009/10. Eight of the borough’s services reported an under spend of more than £50,000....
Free parking on a Saturday on all council owned car parks is being rolled out across the borough. The decision to introduce free parking all day on a Saturday was made at a...
A number of sites across the borough will be ‘disposed of’ by Rochdale Borough Council. The decision was rubber stamped at a Cabinet meeting tonight (Monday 12 July 2010) as...
Councillor Ann Metcalfe has called for Rochdale Magistrates Court to remain open. Plans had been discussed to close the court and move its workload to Bury Magistrates as the...
Date Published 08/07/2010
An armed robbery took place a convenience store in Middleton yesterday (Tuesday 6 July 2010).
Date Published 07/07/2010
The North West’s water company United Utilities has announced that it will impose a hosepipe ban following the driest start to a year since its records began. It is the first...
Business men and women from across the borough were given the chance to ask the council their burning questions at a special breakfast meeting held this morning (Wednesday 7 July...
Students from Middleton Technology School got together to celebrate their five years at the school. The young men accompanied by their dates arrived at the school on Kenyon...
Date Published 02/07/2010
People in the North West are being urged to pick up a free water saving device when they visit a host of shops and attractions over the next week. United Utilities is urging...
Date Published 01/07/2010
A £2 million scheme to breathe new life into Middleton Gardens has been unveiled. Rochdale Borough Council has allocated £2 million to improve the area, with the money being...
The last few weeks have been nerve-racking for many students from the borough waiting for their degree results. For most the wait is over and the hard work has paid off....
Date Published 30/06/2010
Anthony Heapy, 48, of Middleton, was found guilty of two counts of rape, nine counts of sexual assault and one count historic indecent assault after a two week trial at Bolton...
Date Published 29/06/2010
A Middleton man who repeatedly stabbed his girlfriend and another man in a vicious double assault on New Years Eve in 2008, has been jailed. The man, Anthony Harris, died two...
Date Published 28/06/2010
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles today announced a toughening up of rules governing taxpayer-funded council newspapers and magazines. The goal is to ensure a robust and...
Date Published 26/06/2010
Next month a Middleton man will take part in the Manchester to Paris Charity Cycle Challenge – dressed as a butler. Richard Philips, who was nicknamed ‘The Butler’ a number of...
Date Published 25/06/2010
Pauline Edna Jones will be ordained as deacon at 12.00pm this Sunday (27 June) at Manchester Cathedral. She will serve at All Saints & Martyrs, Langley with the Rev. Canon...
Heywood and Middleton MP Jim Dobbin has signed a motion against a decision by Metrolink to ban people in mobility scooters from using the tram system. The motion, led by Bury...
Date Published 24/06/2010
With less than two months to go, the official programme for the Rochdale Feel Good Festival was launched this week. Now in its third year, 2010 sees the biggest and most...
We're through! England recorded a deserved but nervous win over Slovenia to book their place in the last 16. Celebrations and comments on Rochdale Online Message Board...
Date Published 23/06/2010
A security guard had a machete held to his throat and was attacked with baseball bats at a cash and carry store in Middleton. The guard, 43, was targeted by robbers when he...
Date Published 21/06/2010
A Middleton student has gone from working in a supermarket checkout to being on the verge of studying accountancy at university in a complete career change. Aaron Wilmot left...
