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MP for Heywood & Middleton, Jim Dobbin this week lent his support to a campaign to help raise awareness about the estimated 25,000 preventable deaths caused each year from...
Date Published 18/06/2010
Pupils from Middleton Technology College learnt about the consequences of car crime at Heywood Fire Station recently. Community fire-safety officer, Mick Cryer said: “The...
Date Published 14/06/2010
The Middleton Arena will be one of the official venues for this years Manchester Comedy Festival. The annual festival will run from 21 - 31 October, with around 120 shows and...
Friends and family from across the country travelled to Middleton today (Sunday 13 June 2010) to celebrate a very special birthday of somebody close to their hearts. Millicent...
Date Published 13/06/2010
Middleton's Hollin Primary School has been removed from special measures after improving standards over the last 14 months. The achievement means that there are now no schools...
Date Published 11/06/2010
Fire crews were called to a garage fire at a house on Nowell Road, Hollins, Middleton at around 4am this morning (Thursday 10 June 2010). Fire-fighters were faced with...
Date Published 10/06/2010
Thirty warehouse jobs in Middleton are under threat after a distribution shake-up by B&Q. The threat comes as more than 600 jobs are to be scrapped by the firm across the...
Date Published 09/06/2010
Residents in Middleton are being urged not to fall foul of bogus officials operating in the area. The warning comes after men claiming to be from the waterboard targeted...
Date Published 07/06/2010
Michael Badham, 61, from Middleton was named ‘Volunteer of the Year’ this evening (Thursday 3 June 2010) at a prestigious awards ceremony held at the Rochdale Town Hall. Mr...
Date Published 03/06/2010
Councillors were paid more than £700,000 in allowances during the last financial year. Figures published by Rochdale Borough Council show amounts vary from former Liberal...
Truancy in secondary schools in Rochdale Borough is higher than the average across England. Figures for the autumn term, 2009, show 1.76 per cent of all classes were missed due...
Date Published 28/05/2010
Police staff are fearing for their jobs as GMP looks to save money to meet budget constraints. The force, working closely with Greater Manchester Police Authority, has been...
Rochdale Borough's director of public health has hailed a supermarket chain for backing Government plans to restrict the sale of cheap alcohol. The move by Tesco has been...
Councils stand accused of the use of covert surveillance powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) — designed to tackle terrorism - to tackle petty crimes...
Community groups are being urged to apply for more than £72,000 of grant money. A total of £72,715 is still available through the Community Foundation’s Grassroots Fund — but...
The partnership behind the delivery of modern, state-of-the-art health and social care premises across the borough of Rochdale has been shortlisted for the prestigious LIFT Area...
Date Published 27/05/2010
Police will be stepping up patrols during the half term break in an attempt to tackle anti-social behaviour. In an initiative known as Operation Quasar, the neighbourhood...
Greater Manchester Police is celebrating the contribution made by volunteers in the community for the benefit of others. As part of Volunteers’ Week from 1-7 June people...
Date Published 26/05/2010
Residents across Greater Manchester have welcomed a crackdown on organised crime that has resulted in over 100 arrests. Operation Brunel has been launched in response to an...
On the 25 May 2010 at Bolton Magistrates Court Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) successfully prosecuted the owner of the Pack Horse Hotel, Bolton for Breaches of...
Is young boxing star Raza Hamza destined for the Olympics? Raza Hamza of Hopwood Hall College’s Boxing Academy has won his fourth national title against Mohammed Waqqas, the...
The Electoral Commission has updated its searchable database of donations to, and borrowing by, political parties in the first quarter of 2010. The Commission first published the...
Tesco’s Local Employment Partnership Scheme has helped 106 unemployed residents back into work. Tesco pledged to employ a large number of long term unemployed people to open...
Date Published 24/05/2010
Ex-England International and Manchester City legend Mike Summerbee joined GMP Chief Constable Peter Fahy to launch a campaign urging football fans in the county to be World Cup...
The days might be longer but residents are getting a stern reminder by police to lock their windows and doors to keep burglars out. Between 1 June and 31 August 2009, there were...
Some of the boroughs most spectacular and intriguing buildings will be opening their doors to the public this September - and organisers now want to know what local building you’d...
Manchester Airport was closed to all inbound and outbound traffic due to a security risk today. An airport employee said: "I received a message to say that the airport has been...
New bin collection calendars will be coming through doors over the next few days – telling residents which bin to put out and when plus details of all the rubbish you can recycle.
Police chiefs have reassured residents and landlords they can display England flags in homes and pubs during the World Cup. Incidents elsewhere in the country had raised fears...
Graham Williams, lecturer in forensic science at the University of Huddersfield, looks at careers in forensics, the science that does a lot with very, very little. Up and down...
