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Two machetes were recovered from a car after a collision on Market Place, Middleton (Friday 16 April). A Nissan Qashqai collided with a Ford Fiesta at around 7.40pm.
Date Published 20/04/2021
Approval for 55 houses to be built off Bonscale Crescent and Rothay Drive in Langley has been granted by Rochdale Borough Council (8 April), despite a 100-strong petition against...
Date Published 16/04/2021
Planning permission for temporary school classrooms on greenbelt land in Middleton has been approved by Rochdale Council’s Planning and Licensing Committee (8 April).
Date Published 15/04/2021
Brentwood Middleton Day Centre provided over 30 roast dinners for those in need earlier this month. The homeless and those struggling to make ends meet were treated to a hot roast...
Officers investigating a sexual assault in Middleton have released further CCTV footage of a man they would like to speak with in connection with the assault.
Date Published 14/04/2021
The borough of Rochdale was hit by a ‘political earthquake’ at the 2019 general election when Chris Clarkson became Heywood and Middleton’s first ever Conservative MP. But will...
Autistic blogger ‘Actually Aspling’ is sharing her story for World Autism Awareness Week 2021 (29 March – 4 April), of being an adult woman diagnosed with the condition.
Date Published 01/04/2021
The car park at Mills Hill station will be closed from Monday 29 March as work begins to increase the capacity of the car park.
Date Published 27/03/2021
The journey to save the Grade-II* listed Hopwood Hall Estate will feature in a new factual television show in the United States.
Two men from Middleton have founded a new initiative to help Manchester’s homeless as they embark on becoming a registered charity.
Date Published 22/03/2021
A housing association’s inflation-busting rent and service charge hike will force people to choose between eating and heating, an angry tenant has claimed. People living in...
Date Published 18/03/2021
Four nature reserves in the Rochdale borough which are managed by Groundwork Greater Manchester will benefit from a portion of the government’s Green Recovery Challenge Fund.
A Post Office branch run from Alkrington Library in Middleton has been given the stamp of approval by local residents.
Date Published 17/03/2021
A Middleton couple who had been saving for IVF have been forced to use their savings to keep their children’s play centre business running.
A Middleton businessman's auction house company has doubled revenues and workforce after moving to larger premises.
Date Published 15/03/2021
The theft of thousands of pounds’ worth of historic York flagstones from the Hopwood Hall Estate in Middleton has featured on BBC’s Crimewatch Live (Thursday 11 March).
Date Published 11/03/2021
Local rail community groups STORM (Support the Oldham Rochdale Manchester lines) and The Friends of Littleborough Stations have told of their disappointment at a decision to...
Date Published 08/03/2021
A Middleton schoolgirl has become the Rochdale borough recipient of the 2020 High Sheriff’s Young Citizen Award.
Date Published 04/03/2021
Hundreds of laptops have been given to Middleton Technology School by the Great Academies Education Trust.
Date Published 28/02/2021
Almost £10,000 has been awarded to Groundwork Greater Manchester to continue delivering community engagement activities at the Boarshaw Clough nature site in Middleton.
Platforms at three stations in the Rochdale borough have been extended as part of a £60 million Platform Extension Scheme as part of the Great North Rail Project...
Date Published 27/02/2021
Work to improve accessibility at Mills Hill Railway Station is still not complete two years after it first began, due to delays from the coronavirus pandemic. Pre-pandemic, the...
Date Published 05/02/2021
Every ward in the Rochdale borough now has a named neighbourhood police officer on the beat, following a pledge by Greater Manchester Metro Mayor Andy Burnham last year.
Date Published 28/01/2021
Former Springhill Hospice Fundraising Manager, Ian Jenkins has joined the Co-op Group as their Member Pioneer for Castleton, Heywood and Middleton.
Date Published 26/01/2021
The East Lancashire Railway (ELR) brought some much-needed festive cheer to local hospitals, community centres and food banks at Christmas by donating over 16,000 mince pies to...
Date Published 20/01/2021
A group of walkers from Middleton were rescued by the Glossop Mountain Rescue Team on Saturday (9 January), after they became lost looking for an aircraft crash site in
Date Published 12/01/2021
Britain’s Got Talent’s local sign language champions Sign Along With Us are embarking on a UK tour next year, bringing their message of inclusivity to even more people in an...
Date Published 28/12/2020
Co-operative group Langley Community Benefits Society has secured funding to build its own social housing on the Langley estate in Middleton – the first community-led housing...
Date Published 17/12/2020
People who pride themselves on being caring and compassionate are being offered the ultimate Tier Three job opportunity - getting paid to look after someone in their own home.
Date Published 07/12/2020
The Trussell Trust, which supports food banks across the North West including in Rochdale and Middleton, has been awarded a £1.5 million grant from the Cadent Foundation.
Date Published 28/11/2020
