You are Here: Home » News » News Search
Welcome to the News Search.
You can browse through our news archive using the list below or use the following search form.
2944 Article(s) Found
Greater Manchester Police Traffic Officers have caught 2665 drivers and passengers not wearing their seat belts, just halfway into a national month-long campaign. Throughout...
Date Published 18/02/2010
A powerhouse of the industrial revolution is on the brink of £20 million green revolution to cut energy bills. Homes in Rochdale, Oldham, Bury and Stockport are set to get wind...
Change4Life isn’t just about getting kids healthy- ‘Change4Life just for me’ has been launched with 45 to 65 year olds in mind. This follows new evidence, published by the...
Date Published 17/02/2010
Excited pupils from three local schools are preparing to take part in the local heat of the Magistrates’ Court Mock Trial Competition 2009/10 at Rochdale, Middleton & Heywood...
Unemployment has risen in the borough of Rochdale according to figures released today. The total number of people claiming Jobseekers’ Allowance in the borough last month was...
Eric Jackson, Principal at St Anne’s Academy,, Middleton will stand down from 31 August 2010. Mr Jackson has been the Principal of St Anne’s for nearly three years having been the...
Young people working with Rochdale Youth Offending Team and Middleton Youth Inclusion Project have joined forces with Groundwork Oldham & Rochdale to give something back to the...
Charlene Wardle of Boarshaw Road, Middleton has received an 18 month conditional discharge after admitting claiming benefits totalling £3886.83 as a single parent when she...
Hopwood Hall College have announced they are to launch a martial arts/karate academy, which will be run in conjunction with the prominent Rochdale-based ‘Kaizen-Do Karate’, in...
NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale has launched a new survey to find out how much people know about its services. The Public Perception Survey aims to find out how people rate...
On hearing of the shock announcement by Tesco that they are to close their Middleton distribution centre, Chairman of Middleton Township Councillor Peter Williams expressed...
Tesco has announced it is to close its Middleton distribution centre with the loss of 620 jobs. Tesco has said all the existing 620 staff at Middleton will be offered the...
Date Published 16/02/2010
Charity bosses are calling for a halt to plans to charge charities up to £20 million more a year to play music. Senior figures from more than a dozen major UK charities, some of...
Travellers illegally camped on private land across the borough would face jail under the Conservatives. The party has unveiled a package of measures that it claims would bolster...
The use of body scanners at UK airports may be unlawful, the Equality and Human Rights Commission warned today. Scanners already in place at Manchester and Heathrow may be...
The report on gritting and winter maintenance carried out by the Council shows that stocks were allowed to decline to “critically low amounts” and that the quality of salt was...
The regions transport leaders have welcomed the Northern Hub report, produced by Network Rail, which sets out a future for the city’s rail network and outlines the changes needed...
Over a hundred local residents aired their views about difficulties they face in accessing council services to a panel of senior council officers and decision makers at the...
The number of families across the borough faced with losing their homes is falling quicker than other parts of Greater Manchester. Mortgage lenders launched 115 repossession...
A £2.8million eight-year blueprint for the future of Rochdale and Oldham Boroughs tackles challenges and grabs opportunities, according to the think tank behind it. Focussing on...
Mobile phone users, especially young people, are being encouraged to register their device with Immobilse.com. The latest British Crime Survey reveals that young people between...
Date Published 15/02/2010
Demolition of the three tower blocks on the Langley estate in Middleton, known locally as the ‘Three Sisters’, is underway. Clearing the site will prepare the ground for future...
Officers are hunting thugs who carried out a cash-in-transit robbery in Middleton. At about 4.20am on, Tuesday 9 February 2010, a security van was parked outside Halifax bank on...
Date Published 12/02/2010
Police are warning residents in Middleton to be extra vigilant after a bogus official burglary. At about 11am on Tuesday 9 February 2010, a man called at a house Kenyon Lane and...
A Middleton couple who fraudulently cashed cheques for thousands of pounds have today, 12 February 2010 been sentenced. David Andrew Livesey, born 8/9/77, of Martindale Crescent...
Out-of-hours GP care for patients in Rochdale Borough is faring well despite fears of a national overnight cover crisis. According to information provided to Rochdale Online by...
Coroner Simon Nelson has criticised the way patients at the Pennine Acute Trust are deemed at risk of falls following an inquest into the death of 77-year-old John Hooper, of...
Date Published 11/02/2010
Procedures have been tightened at Manchester Airport following two separate incidents of passenger planes colliding before take-off. Both incidents happened at the same spot at...
Journey times across Rochdale Borough have got better in the last two years, in line with the improvement seen in the rest of Greater Manchester, except Oldham. According to the...
Opportunistic car thieves have stolen 34 cars across Greater Manchester in the cold snaps since the start of this year. The vehicles were stolen in the early hours when drivers...
