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Greater Manchester Police's brightly coloured 'battle bus' is touring Rochdale today (Thursday 6 August). The custom-fitted and branded vehicle was at Tesco, Rochdale earlier...
Date Published 06/08/2009
Officers from Greater Manchester Police, Rochdale Division have been warning members of the public and motorists about the dangers of off road biking. The officers and PCSOs...
Date Published 05/08/2009
Young people and professionals will unite to discuss and decide ways the borough can improve community relationships and perceptions of safety. Up to 200 young people from...
Date Published 04/08/2009
A Middleton man who raped a woman in Manchester city centre more than ten years ago has been sentenced. Stephen Leonard, 46, of Easby Road, was sentenced to seven and a half...
Date Published 03/08/2009
In its latest annual health profile for the Borough of Rochdale the Association of Public Health Observatories, funded by the Department of Health, has revealed the health of...
Date Published 01/08/2009
July has been the wettest since 1998 and experts predict there’s worse to come. Rain has fallen for 24 days out of 31 — a lot higher than the average of 13. Rochdale has...
The 'September' issue of Rochdale Borough Council's 'propaganda' magazine, Local Matters, has for the past week (the last week in July) been dropping through letterboxes...
Rochdale Borough Council has over the past few weeks repeatedly said it would not take commercial advertising in its 'propaganda' magazine, Local Matters, and yet the issue just...
Around 650 new jobs will be created in the Rochdale borough over the next two years as part of the Government’s Future Jobs Fund. Greater Manchester has been awarded up to £52...
Date Published 31/07/2009
Rochdale Police have been criticised for their recently announced inititative of being out and about stopping local residents to ask them if they know who their neighbourhood...
Date Published 30/07/2009
Patients with swine flu symptoms in the borough of Rochdale are being encouraged to stay at home and use the new National Pandemic Flu Service (NPFS). The new self-care...
Promotion of ‘Britain’s strongest beer’ is totally irresponsible, says North West health campaign group Our Life. The campaign group says the promotion of Tokyo oak aged stout, a...
Date Published 28/07/2009
Jim Dobbin MP has welcomed the Government funding to kickstart a house building programme across the borough. Mr Dobbin says the funding will create local construction jobs...
Schools in Rochdale may not reopen after the summer holidays due to the increasing prevalence of swine flu in the community. The number of swine flu cases continues to...
Rochdale Borough Council is hoping to recruit an army of Community Crime Fighters that will help them and the police tackle crime and make communities safer in the borough....
More than 550 people have found their perfect home in Greater Manchester thanks to an innovative housing scheme. Pinpoint, the largest choice based lettings scheme outside...
In a damning post on the Rochdale Online message board, Parish Priest of St Joseph's RC Church in Heywood, Father Paul Daly has accused the council cabinet member responsible for...
Parliament is now in recess which means I change my place of work from London to Heywood until October. It gives me time to work across my constituency and meet individuals,...
Date Published 27/07/2009
As financial pressures increase, local businesses are finding it even harder to invest in the development of their workforce. An alternative to costly external training is...
Date Published 25/07/2009
Thousands of viewers can find out more about the UK’s switch to digital television as the Digital UK switchover roadshow begins a sixteen-week tour of Greater Manchester....
Rochdale Council has put a freeze on recruitment unless the job is “essential to service delivery and supports the achievement of savings required by the Efficiency Programme”....
Date Published 23/07/2009
It was revealed at tonight’s (Wednesday 22 July) full council meeting that the council needs to find savings of £100million over the next five years to balance the books....
Date Published 22/07/2009
Councillor Elwyn Watkins was publicly castigated by his party leader when he called for an investigation into allegations about Rochdale Federation of Tenants and Residents...
Rochdale Council Conservative leader, Councillor Ashley Dearnley, took the Lib Dem council to task at tonight’s (Wednesday 22 July) full council meeting for what he called “failed...
Lib Dem Councillor Irene Davidson, deputy leader of Rochdale Council, has accused Viridor Laing, the company that has the waste and recycling contract for the Greater Manchester...
Tesco are poised to begin building a new superstore in Middleton. The store, off Assheton Way, will open its doors in Spring 2010 and has been designated as a ‘Regeneration...
An extra £3 million will be invested in neighbourhoods across Oldham and Rochdale this year to help improve the choice and quality of local housing. The Housing Market Renewal...
Date Published 20/07/2009
I welcome the agreement on climate change reached by the G8 leaders. Gordon Brown has been putting pressure on other countries including America for some time. The G8 leaders have...
Date Published 16/07/2009
Heartless muggers pushed an 82-year old woman to the ground and robbed her of her purse and bus pass on Monday (6 July) Police are hunting down the muggers who struck the...
Date Published 08/07/2009
Swine flu has been confirmed at four schools across the borough, in one of the largest local outbreaks to date. Three cases have been confirmed, and 15 further cases have been...
Date Published 01/07/2009
