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An award recognising excellence in planning or regeneration has been won by the team responsible for Housing Market Renewal on Langley in Middleton. Neighbourhood Programme...
Date Published 25/03/2008
Father Paul Daly, Parish Priest of Saint Joseph RC, Heywood shares the historical background to and the modern relevance of Easter Sunday. Two Good Fridays ago I was invited...
Date Published 23/03/2008
More than £16 million of winter fuel payments could remain unclaimed by Rochdale’s over-60s unless they apply before 30 March. Age Concern is urging all Rochdalians over the...
Date Published 22/03/2008
It is not a demure sport, but schoolgirl Emma Harrison aims to become a knockout in the world of boxing. And with women’s boxing still a possibility of becoming an Olympic...
The former chairwoman of Rochdale Primary Care Trust has urged Rochdale Council to share responsibility for a damning Department of Health report, which reveals that health...
In the second instalment in his series of articles charting his progress as he prepares for the Great Manchester Run, Rotary club member Keith Trinnaman tells us his training is...
Date Published 21/03/2008
Lib Dems in East Middleton are planning to ballot local residents about the future of controversial Councillor David Murphy. The ‘mini-referendum’ will simply ask the question –...
Plans to build two innovative state-of-the-art health centres in the borough of Rochdale have been given the go ahead. The multi-million pound investments are the next stages...
Recent visitors to Rochdale Council's Customer Service Centre on Floor 2 of the Municipal Offices in Rochdale will have noticed it's been revamped, with a bright new look. The old...
Date Published 19/03/2008
As you are reading this article you may well have noticed the Rochdale Online web site has been completely redeveloped. Over 12 months work to design and develop a system that...
Date Published 18/03/2008
Michael Anthony Nevin (21), of Addison Drive, Middleton, pleaded guilty at Manchester Crown Court to conspiracy to supply class A drugs and was sentenced to two years in prison to...
Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust, (HMRPCT) is launching a series of equality themed events next month, to engage local people in developing its equality and...
Council Leader Alan Taylor and Council Chief Executive Roger Ellis have responded to the figures that show that Central and Falinge has become so dependent on state handouts that...
Date Published 17/03/2008
Children in Rochdale will be able to save £1 a week on the cost of school travel from next month. Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority is introducing a new £6...
Year 9 school pupils are being given the chance to find out more about the new Higher Diplomas in Society, Health and Development at a Discovery Day to be held at the Norton...
Middleton based Secondary School Cardinal Langley Sports College took home the spoils in the inaugural Rochdale Hornets Sevens.The lads got off to a tough start to the...
Date Published 13/03/2008
Heywood Civic Centre will be a hive of activity on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 March, when the venue plays host to around forty local women entrepreneurs showcasing their businesses...
Rochdale Magistrates have gavin Dexter Elliott of 22 Barleyfield Walk, Middleton a two-year Anti Social Behaviour Order.Dexter, aged 21 years, has been involved in a catalogue...
Date Published 11/03/2008
A new initiative is being launched later this month to encourage the residents of Rochdale Borough to dust off their bikes and start cycling again.The physical activity team...
Just before midday on Friday 7 March 2008 police were called to the Nationwide Building Society on Middleton Gardens following reports of an armed robbery there.On arrival...
Rochdale Council is reminding library users in Heywood that they can get on a free bus to Darnhill Library whilst Heywood Library remains closed for refurbishment.The coach...
The most dramatic event in my life since the last article was my visit to the orthopaedic consultant Mr Ali at Rochdale Infirmary last week. He gave me the good news that I...
Date Published 10/03/2008
Following an announcement by Downing Street, the new bishops of Bolton and Middleton were welcomed in Manchester Cathedral by representatives from the Diocese of...
Middleton is to be the test-bed for a new scheme that will attempt to curb underage drinking and youth nuisance by cutting off the supply of alcohol from off-licences.Rochdale...
Jim Dobbin, MP for Heywood and Middleton, is one of more than 100 MPs to lend his support to carers of people with mental health problems.Mr Dobbin has signed a parliamentary...
Date Published 09/03/2008
On 10 March Downing Street will make public who the next Bishop of Middleton and Bishop of Bolton will be. The new Bishops will be revealed in Manchester Cathedral before riding...
Date Published 07/03/2008
A recent operation targeting lead theft in Rochdale resulted in six arrests and over 50 stop searches being made.The theft of lead has been steadily increasing over the last...
Parents and children are in for a treat when the award winning People's Theatre Company put on their acclaimed pop musical The Witch's Bogey at Heywood & Middleton Civic Centres...
Date Published 06/03/2008
The LiveLife 2008 health conference and exhibition staged at the Odeon Cinema at Sandbrook Park on Wednesday 5 March was a major success. The event, held in partnership with...
Jim Dobbin MP attended a Parliamentary Reception to mark Europe’s first Rare Disease Day. The event was attended by over 150 patients from across the country, who travelled to...
Date Published 03/03/2008
