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Arsonists torched a derelict school in an early morning attack. Approximately 30 fire fighters were called out from Heywood, Bury, Chadderton and Blackley to tackle the flames...
Date Published 13/03/2009
Heywood and Middleton MP,Jim Dobbin has attended a special parliamentary reception to launch the Why 17? campaign, which asks the question, ‘Why do 17 babies die every single day...
Date Published 12/03/2009
Police Officers and staff from Greater Manchester Police’s Rochdale Division have been eating cake in the name of charity. The officers and staff based at Middleton Police...
More than 100 schoolchildren scrummed down to learn techniques to play better rugby. The youngsters, aged seven to 16, took part in team building and communication sessions at...
Comedy legend Dave Spikey is heading for Rochdale – and is scheduled to appear at the Middleton Arena in May.
Officers in Middleton have been clamping down on anti-social behaviour throughout the district. Operation Spurn is the work of a dispersal order that was granted under section...
Date Published 11/03/2009
A masked thief who frightened a motorist into handing over her car keys is being hunted by police. A 24-year-old woman had parked up to go to the shop on
It was disappointing to see this Liberal Democrat council introduce a rate rise of 3.7% when inflation is running at 0.1%. They unanimously voted against Labour’s proposal for a...
Date Published 10/03/2009
Touchstones Rochdale has announced an exhibition of paintings by the artist Helen Bradley (1900-1979). Created from the age of 65 until her death in 1979, Helen Bradley’s...
Plans for the proposed town centre Sixth Form College are back on track after the government's Learning and Skills Council confirmed funding for the £25 million project. There...
Youngsters from the St Michael’s Scout Group, based in Alkrington, Middleton were given the chance to meet their local police officers to help them complete their Friendship...
Date Published 09/03/2009
Detectives are appealing for witnesses after a gun shot was fired at the door of a bar in Middleton. Nobody was injured in the incident, which happened on Townley Street at...
A company which runs six care homes in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale is facing calls for a Government inquiry amid allegations that elderly residents have been neglected. A...
Date Published 06/03/2009
The week long Recycled Teenagers festivals will return later this year across the borough. Various weeks of activities aimed at providing people over 55 with an opportunity to...
An “alarming” number of pubs have been forced to close down across the borough, causing fears that the traditional pub culture is dwindling away.
Date Published 05/03/2009
A Rochdale GP is to take part in a new ‘in-store’ doctor’s polyclinic with Sainsbury’s. Dr Mohammed Jiva, secretary of Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Local Medical Committee
Councillor Robin Parker has hit back at comments made by Council leader Councillor Alan Taylor concerning the ongoing Hopwood Hall township voting issue. Under a motion passed...
Sporting hero Sir Steve Redgrave will be one of the star guests taking part in a special launch weekend of Middleton Arena in April. The five times Olympic gold medalist rower...
In a controversial stance of defiance, Heywood Township chairman Councillor Alan McCarthy and Middleton Township Chairman Councillor Peter Williams, have said that they will...
Date Published 04/03/2009
The Department of Health will be running a series of recruitment events with Rochdale Council and a local employer at Rochdale Exchange Shopping Centre on Tuesday 10 March and...
Healthy living was top of the agenda on Monday (2 March), with more than 1,300 people of all ages from across the borough visiting Live Life. The annual healthy living exhibition...
Heywood & Middleton MP Jim Dobbin is encouraging local families with disabled children to use Family Fund Extra, a free-to-join online buying club that offers discounts on...
The Liberal Democrat Budget will have been decided a couple of days before this article is printed in the local newspapers. The indications are that a council tax of 3.7% will be...
Date Published 03/03/2009
A group of teenagers viciously attacked a boy as he walked to his grandma's house in Middleton. The 16-year-old was walking along Lakeland Court on the Langley estate at about...
People in the Borough with depression and anxiety disorders will soon be offered more talking treatments after a joint bid for funding by NHS Heywood, Middleton & Rochdale and...
For the third year running, Community Groups across the borough are invited to apply for up to £2,500 to carry out a planting scheme to improve the look of their estate. Any...
Date Published 02/03/2009
A group of teenagers viciously attacked a boy as he walked to his grandmother's house in Middleton. The 16-year-old was left with ruptured ligaments to his left leg, a broken...
With the credit crunch squeezing everyone’s spending power, Jim Dobbin MP today welcomed advice published by communications regulator Ofcom to help consumers save money and get...
Date Published 01/03/2009
Coronation Street star Anthony Cotton, not Bev Callard, will be appearing at Live Life at the Middleton Arena on Monday. Cotton, who plays barman and factory worker Sean Tully in...
For a second year running Hopwood Hall College has used its own students for its promotional campaign rather than using models and stock photographs. The college held auditions...
Date Published 27/02/2009
