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A man was shot in the chest during an armed robbery at a Middleton bookmakers. The man, 57, was shot by a ball-bearing gun when two masked men went into the Ben Holmes...
Date Published 23/03/2010
A man was stabbed in the shoulder after trying to stop his friend being attacked outside a Middleton pub. It happened outside the Oddfellows Arms on Oldham Road at about 11.30pm...
Greater Manchester Police has launched a drive to hunt down people wanted for car crime and burglary. Officers are asking for the public's help in tracking down suspects who...
One minute David Cameron is the “heir to Blair” the next he is promising to emulate Thatcher. She destroyed our mining communities and introduced the poll tax where a family of...
Rachel Yates, a team leader who works for the ‘Making Space’ mental health charity based at Hope Court in Rochdale, won a 3 month gym membership and swimming pass for the...
Schools and colleges in the borough have been asked to nominate their most outstanding students for the Aimhigher Greater Manchester Awards 2010. Aimhigher works with young...
The Rochdale Feel Good Festival will return this summer, with organisers promising something bigger and better than ever. The celebration of entertainment, food and culture, now...
Health organisations across Greater Manchester and Cheshire have teamed up in a bid to beat cancer. The Prevention, Early Detection and Inequalities Strategy aims to raise...
Councils must do more to tackle anti-social behaviour by gipsies and travellers which cost taxpayers thousands of pounds, the Government has warned. Communities secretary John...
Communities will get help to buy their local pubs in a bid to halt the four closures a year across the Borough. Red tape will also be cut and business support offered to help...
Date Published 22/03/2010
A BBC investigation has revealed that Jim Dobbin, MP for Heywood and Middleton, has breached rules in relation to registering and declaring overseas trips paid for by foreign...
A special public transport pass is being offered to people taking part in a new Greater Manchester-wide employment drive. Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority’s...
Jobs will be lost with the closure of clothing retailer Ethel Austin in the Rochdale Exchange Shopping Centre and the Middleton Arndale Centre. Administrators MCR have confirmed...
More than 60 teenage football fanatics from across the borough played in the final leg of the Borough Wide Football Tournament at the Soccer Village today (Saturday 20 March...
Date Published 20/03/2010
The parents of a Middleton man who is facing the death penalty in Iraq for the killing of two colleagues have said that the horrific experiences on active service had destabilised...
Catering and cleaning staff from all over the borough are using their pots, pans and brushes to shine – by picking up top marks in the classroom. Forty eight staff from Rochdale...
Date Published 18/03/2010
The Co-operative Pharmacy, headquartered in Rochdale, has said that in the last year it has seen a notable rise in the number of customers using its pharmacies to receive common...
Leaders of all three main political parties have signed a cross-party election pledge aimed at promoting mutual respect and eliminating discrimination in the forthcoming election...
Unemployment has fallen in the Borough of Rochdale according to figures released yesterday. The total number of people claiming Jobseekers’ Allowance in the borough last month...
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) North West is warning people to watch out for the signs and symptoms of meningococcal infection with further wintry weather expected across the...
Rochdale Borough Council, in partnership with the local NHS, paid thousands of pounds of tax payers money to two ‘celebrities’ to attract just two hundred more people to an event...
Date Published 17/03/2010
More than £6 million in disability benefits is going unclaimed by people diagnosed with terminal cancer in the North-West. New research by Macmillan Cancer Support shows that...
Date Published 16/03/2010
Men in the borough consider their sperm count to be more important to them than being successful at work, according to new research released today. From the areas researched, work...
A company that produces entrance control systems used around the world, including high security anti-terrorist products, has signed a deal for new premises at Stakehill Industrial...
Councils should have the power to claw back taxpayers’ money paid out to cut ties with their town hall chief if they later get re-hired to another local government job....
On the 17 March when traditionally many people in the borough celebrate St Patrick’s Day, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service want you to remember your safety! Greater...
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) North West in partnership with NHS North West is urging people to be aware of the symptoms of TB as new provisional data published today (16...
The Borough of Rochdale is one of 86 repossession “hotspot areas” that is to share an extra £2.5million funding to ensure struggling homeowners get the help they need to avoid...
The Mayor of Rochdale has announced that he has prostate cancer. Councillor Keith Swift said: “I am receiving treatment for prostate cancer as a day care patient at the Christie...
The boroughs libraries are getting better according to the people who use them – and it’s official. Last October over 3,000 library users in the borough were quizzed on their...
Date Published 15/03/2010
