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Cash up or lose out, this is the message being sent out to businesses and residents in the Heywood and Middleton area following break-ins at children’s nurseries. In the last...
Date Published 30/12/2008
GPs and agencies working in sexual health for young people throughout Greater Manchester have been asked to be aware of the early signs and symptoms of syphilis so that potential...
Date Published 26/12/2008
When the festive season comes to an end, recycle your real Christmas tree. You can take your cut tree to one of a number of recycling sites across the borough from Monday 2 to...
Love Christmas presents? Hate rubbish? Don’t despair because help is at hand! As part of Rochdale Borough Council’s Big Clean campaign, residents are being encouraged to make the...
Middleton’s new £13 million sport and entertainment centre in the heart of the town centre has been officially handed over to Link4Life, the Rochdale Boroughwide Cultural Trust,...
Father Christmas has been to Middleton and worked to a very busy schedule, so busy in fact that he enlisted the help of Middleton Rotary Club. Santa started by greeting...
Two men are in a critical condition in hospital after a stabbing in a restaurant in Middleton. At about 1.30am on Thursday 25 December 2008, the victims were in the Akash...
Date Published 25/12/2008
Two babies have been born at Rochdale Infirmary Maternity Unit this Christmas morning. The first, a girl, to Zobia Jabeen of Rochdale was born prematurely at 12.35am weighing just...
With flu rates increasing across the region the Health Protection Agency (HPA) North West is advising people on what they can do to protect themselves and others from infection on...
Date Published 24/12/2008
Rochdale Council has teamed up with local police and health services to urge revellers to drink responsibly this Christmas. The move comes as statistics show Rochdale to be a...
Date Published 18/12/2008
Police in Middleton are set to launch Operation Spin, a move that hopes to tackle the rising number of burglaries in the area. Crime hot-spots will be patrolled by...
Middleton based company Bowlee Park Housing has this week welcomed the news that its prepayment meter customers have had a total of £100 million cut from their bills, while...
Keep your handbags close and your purses closer – that’s the warning being issued to shoppers in Middleton as the number of pick-pocketing crimes increases in the run up to...
The divide between health care and patient feedback is set to be erased following the launch of Voices 4 Wellbeing, the new organisation created for Rochdale Borough Local...
Date Published 17/12/2008
NHS Heywood, Middleton, and Rochdale are urging people to choose the right medical service this winter after an overflow of patients coming in with common flu and cold...
Date Published 16/12/2008
The construction of the new £17.6 million St Anne’s Academy will begin in January following the signing of a contract between Rochdale Council and developers Willmott...
Following a damning Ofsted report, Rochdale Council is putting into motion improvement plans for Hollin Primary School in Middleton after concerns were raised regarding...
A man was subjected to a horrific gunpoint attack in his own home in Middleton. A gang of masked men forced their way into his home on Croft Gates Road on Friday (12...
Date Published 15/12/2008
Thoughtful youngsters have been packaging up food and treats to give to the less fortunate this Christmas. Collection points have been set up at Rochdale Town Hall and in other...
The Rochdale Youth Orchestra (RYO) Christmas Spectacular at the Gracie Fields Theatre saw a number of new players make their debut for the Orchestra's Christmas showpiece. In...
Date Published 13/12/2008
Pharmacies across Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale will be encouraging people to give up smoking as a new year’s resolution, by giving out special piggy banks to save the money...
Date Published 10/12/2008
A Rochdale teaching assistant 'snogged' a 16-year-old girl after he sent a sexually suggestive text message, a court has heard. Anthony Jennings, 39, made his victim feel...
Date Published 09/12/2008
The man who died in suspicious circumstances in Middleton on Sunday morning (7 December) has been identified. 41-year old Paul Langan died suddenly at an address on Harley Road...
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after another man died under suspicious circumstances in Middleton on Sunday morning (7 December). The 35-year old was arrested...
Cancer services in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale have improved since the Government published its ‘Cancer Reform Strategy’ 12 months ago. The Cancer Reform Strategy aims to...
Date Published 08/12/2008
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) North West has seen increased numbers of flu sufferers in recent weeks, with 7.4 per 100,000 of the Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale population...
Date Published 05/12/2008
Little bookworms in Rochdale are in for a treat, as a known publisher gives out thousands of free books. HarperCollins is donating 2,500 books to children and families in...
Two staff from Groundwork Oldham & Rochdale recently had their hard work recognised at the North West Prince’s Trust Celebrate Success Awards, held at St. George’s Hall in...
Date Published 04/12/2008
Schools across Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale are closed today because of last night's severe weather warning, but with the overnight snow having failed to materialise,...
Despite the headlines about economic difficulties and the credit crunch, Oldham and Rochdale Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder believe that they are making progress across their...
Date Published 03/12/2008
