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As the North West gears up for one of its busiest holiday periods over the August Bank Holiday, health bosses in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale are issuing advice to local people...
Date Published 28/08/2009
This year’s Blend Youth Arts Event took place in the fantastic new surroundings of Middleton Arena, and was a great success, involving groups of young people from across the...
Date Published 27/08/2009
Hopwood Hall has enjoyed another successful year, with many mature students sitting their GCSEs and performing remarkably well. A success story of results this year comes from...
Pupils at Cardinal Langley RC High School were all smiles this morning as they collected their GCSE results. The school has improved on last years results placing them well...
St Anne’s Academy has established new records in GCSE results and that represents seven years of year on year improvement at the Hollin Lane site, a consistency in improvement...
Four of the remaining hit touring artists that emerged from the heady days of the early 60s will be on stage together at the Middleton Arena on Friday 11 September. Mike...
Langley Writers have made a grant application to Middleton Township Fund. Langley Writers is a new group of 12 existing members of the recently finished Cartwheel Community...
Senior Executives of Rochdale Borough Council are facing redundancy as part of the Council’s ‘efficiency programme’. The number of Executive Leadership Team members is to be...
Date Published 25/08/2009
The family of a security guard facing double murder charges in Iraq hope a legal loophole could allow him to stand trial in Britain. Former Paratrooper Danny Fitzsimons, 29,...
Date Published 24/08/2009
I begin this article by highlighting the massive and constructive contribution of the voluntary or third sector organisations. I represent this sector on behalf of my Trade...
More than 670 people, 67 of them in Rochdale, have been arrested as part of Operation Admiral, Greater Manchester Police's major crackdown on alcohol-fuelled crime. In one of...
Date Published 23/08/2009
Rochdale Borough Council has chosen a partner to work on its £196 million Building Schools for the Future (BSF) Programme to transform the borough’s secondary schools....
A 15-year-old boy is due to appear in court charged with burglary. The boy, from Middleton, is due before Rochdale Youth Court on 2 September.
Date Published 21/08/2009
Hollin Lane, Middleton - Hazlehurst Drive to Whalley Road Temporary 3 way signals to facilitate gas main work Until 20 August 2009 Smithy Bridge Road, Littleborough – at...
Date Published 18/08/2009
An aerospace consultancy is hopeful of creating 10 new jobs after being given £100,000 from the Northwest Regional Development Agency to buy new equipment. Aerotech Design...
A woman was repeatedly punched in the face during an armed robbery in Middleton. Staff were forced into an office and the 36-year-old woman was attacked by one of the robbers...
Rain affected every game in the CLL on Saturday butlocal sides Norden and Littleborough were still able to carve out victories. Werneth scored a respectable 196 for eight off...
Date Published 17/08/2009
A former British soldier accused of shooting dead two colleagues in Iraq was suffering from post–traumatic stress syndrome and should never have been given a job as a private...
After nine months of work the new St Anne’s Academy school in Middleton, set to open in September 2010, with 750 places available for pupils aged 11-16 years and a further 150...
Date Published 16/08/2009
One of Britain’s top comedians has added a date in Middleton to his national tour next year. BAFTA-winning stand-up Lee Mack will visit the Middleton Arena on Sunday 31...
Date Published 14/08/2009
An 18-year-old faces court in connection with six robbery offences where cars were targeted. Arran Crossnan, of Boarshaw Clough Way, Middleton, has been charged with attempted...
Date Published 13/08/2009
An inquest into the death of a pensioner who fell at the Royal Oldham Hospital has been adjourned to allow hospital bosses to answer criticisms. John Hooper (77), of Mellalieu...
Date Published 12/08/2009
A former British soldier accused of murdering two colleagues in Iraq was facing a possible jail term in Britain and has a conviction for firearms offences, it emerged today....
A car thief drove through Middleton with a five-year old child still in the back of the vehicle. The offender had tried to lift the boy out of the car when he stole it on...
A security guard from Middleton has been arrested in Baghdad following the death of two of his colleagues. Danny Fitzsimons appeared in court today and is set for a fast-track...
Date Published 10/08/2009
Langley Sure Start Children’s Centre and Cloverleaf Childcare are celebrating after they were awarded ICan level 2 enhanced status.
It’s a nice change not having to travel down to Westminster on a Sunday evening. However I have a packed diary of meetings and events to deal with around the constituency and I...
A gang of would-be robbers were foiled when a security guard spotted them running towards a Middleton bank and shut the door on them. At about 4pm on Tuesday (4 August), the...
Date Published 07/08/2009
Highways Agency officials are alarmed at recent cases of drivers stopping to remove cones and driving straight on into roadworks, regardless of the dangers ahead of them and the...
Date Published 06/08/2009
Manchester Training in Middleton is to get extra Government funding for training to help people who have lost their jobs or are facing redundancy back into work. The Greengate...
