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A man was stabbed in front of his girlfriend as robbers attempted to steal his car. At about 8.20pm on Saturday 31 January 2009, the 24-year-old man was with his girlfriend when...
Date Published 12/02/2009
Coronation Street star Samia Smith will be back in Rochdale next month. Just a few weeks after opening the new-look Heywood library, Ms Smith is set to appear at Live Life, the...
A frightened old lady was knocked out of the way while heartless robbers rummaged through her home. The 84-year-old answered the door to her Middleton home on Monday (9...
The money spent on NHS mobile clinical units could have been used to give Rochdale a state-of-the-art hospital, a leading councillor has claimed. Councillor Jean Ashworth says...
Date Published 11/02/2009
A taxi driver tried to rape a customer who was on her way home from a night out in Manchester. The 27-year-old victim, along with her friend, flagged the car down in the city...
Date Published 10/02/2009
The number of GP's surgeries in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale offering extended opening hours to patients has gone up over the past month. Latest Department of Health...
Agencies working on the Langley estate in Middleton are coming together this week to discuss progress and ideas for the future of the estate. The Floating Support Seminar will...
Date Published 09/02/2009
The first patients have were seen at Rochdale's new state of the art mobile clinical units last week. The units are part of Greater Manchester CATS (Clinical Assessment and...
Staff from the NHS have been awarded for going the extra mile to help their patients. The Going for Gold award ceremony, held at Rochdale Town Hall last night (Thursday 5...
Date Published 06/02/2009
A man was hailed as a dog's best friend after he rescued his stranded pet from a frozen lake in Alkrington Woods, Middleton. Marc Greenhalgh, 25, has been awarded by an animal...
Parents on the Langley housing estate in Middleton have the chance to help their kids read by brushing up on their own literary skills. After the success of a reading workshop...
Date Published 05/02/2009
Hundreds of people have had their say about council services at a listening event held this week. The third annual Equalities Listening Event was held by the Council on Tuesday...
Coronation Street favourite Beverley Callard is one of the special guests on the line up for Live Life, the healthy living exhibition being staged at the Middleton Arena on Monday...
Rochdale Town Hall is hosting an evening of poetry, music and celebration on Thursday 19 February. The event runs from 6pm to 9pm and will include some top North West poets as...
Angry words were exchanged in the council chamber when Labour Deputy Leader Councillor Peter Williams described the ruling Liberal Democrat party as a “shambles” and accused them...
Rochdale Online reporter Kirsty Rigg has swapped her notepad and pen for weights and drinking water as she takes on a Link4Life challenge at the central leisure gym in Rochdale.
Date Published 04/02/2009
Campaigners have stepped up pressure on the Government to get more help for patients who become addicted to prescription or over-the-counter drugs. The All Party Parliamentary...
Passers-by have stopped in shock as yet another mill has gone up in a gblaze of fire. More than 20 fire fighters are tackling an inferno at Lodge Mill, Middleton, which...
Date Published 03/02/2009
The woman who drove a glass into the face of a trainee teacher on a nightclub dance floor has been jailed for 18 months. Lisa Scraggs became aggressive towards Laura Clarke,...
Rochdale Council and the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) have joined a nationwide ‘Scamnesty’ campaign asking the public to help in the fight against bogus mail scams which cost the...
Thousands of families in Middleton are to receive free swim vouchers to save them splashing out at the new Middleton Arena. In a special promotion between Rochdale Boroughwide...
Recycling and waste collections are continuing throughout the day today but there has been some disruption to the collection of refuse and recycled waste. Many areas in...
A 33-year-old man has been left with a broken jaw following a terrifying robbery at his home in the early hours of Saturday morning (31 January). Between 12.30am and 1.10am a...
Three schools in the Rochdale borough are closed today (Tuesday 3 February) because of the snow, while the A58 over Blackstone Edge and Huddersfield Road between Newhey and Shaw...
The snow may put paid to tomorrow's bin collections. Rochdale Council is asking residents who normally have their bins emptied on a Tuesday to keep an eye on the news because...
Date Published 02/02/2009
Testing kits for Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea can now be picked up from Connexions centres across the borough and taken home to complete. Once you get the kit home, all you need to...
The family of a man killed in a road traffic collision in Heywood during the early hours of Saturday morning (31 Saturday) have paid tribute to him. William Brookes, 29, from...
Middleton residents have voiced their anger after travellers returned to Bowlee Park last week. People living near to the Heywood Old Road park looked out of their windows to...
Date Published 01/02/2009
Police have released an E-fit of a man involved in an armed robbery at a house in Middleton, in which a father and his son were assaulted. At around 11.30pm on Tuesday 6...
Date Published 30/01/2009
Over a quarter of Rochdale people drink themselves to danger, a new survey has revealed. Figures obtained by NHS North West and the Department of Health show that over 25% of...
Date Published 29/01/2009
