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Rochdale Council is conducting a full review of the polling districts and polling places as required by the Electoral Administration Act 2006.All documents relating to this...
Date Published 21/09/2007
The council will build on the success of its recycling service after a review of alternate weekly collections in the borough.Having seen the level of recycling increase by 300...
Date Published 19/09/2007
The present Lib Dem Council came in on a promise to devolve power to the Townships and local communities. Their actions up to now do not support that commitment, far from it in...
A proposal to give pensioners a 2% rebate on their council tax rise was thrown out unanimously last night by the Liberal Democrat Cabinet on Rochdale Council.The proposal, put...
Date Published 18/09/2007
Grandfather-of-five Eric Longden says he is lucky to be alive after chiropractor Anthony Lavin discovered a life-threatening aneurysm during routine treatment for the troublesome...
Northern Rock's Middleton branch has endured a similar run of withdrawals as other branches throughout the country as people worried about their life savings besieged the...
More than 2,000 schoolchildren from across the borough are set to find out more about how they can each do their bit to help save the planet.Pupils from 27 primary schools in...
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing asks is there a grot spot on your estate? A spot where the litter, rubbish and mess spoils the whole look of the area?A clean-up event that...
Date Published 17/09/2007
Residents of the Langley estate in Middleton are considering the new proposals for housing and further regeneration, which could see the estate transformed over the next 15...
Police in Rochdale have recovered over 300 cannabis plants after a drugs warrant was executed at an address in Middleton earlier this week. Officers from the Volume Crime Team...
Date Published 14/09/2007
Whilst Boxing Academy student Nicola Adams settles into the new term at Hopwood Hall College, she is also preparing to head stateside for an exhibition bout to showcase womens'...
A campaign bus will be touring Wardleworth and Hamer to collect the views from local residents as to what the new Health Centre planned for the area should look like. Heywood,...
Date Published 13/09/2007
The Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Team who work on behalf of Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust (PCT) are inviting all residents from across the borough to...
People with learning disabilities in the borough are to get a stronger voice in decisions about services that affect them. The council, along with the Heywood, Middleton and...
Police and social services are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of a 13-year-old girl who is missing from her home in Middleton. Andrea Haggan (born 27/12/93)...
Date Published 12/09/2007
A reward for information is being offered after a robbery at a Spar in Middleton. Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident that happened on Stanycliffe Lane at about...
More than twenty per cent of the total number of people banned from bus stations and services in Greater Manchester are from Rochdale. Thirteen people have been banned from bus...
After the sad news that North Middleton ward councillor Ian Robertson had died on Friday 7 September following a long-term illness, fellow councillors have paid tribute to his...
Date Published 11/09/2007
The Middleton based All-In-One Garden Centre has moved quickly to dispel rumours that the business has been sold. Responding to several trade enquiries regarding the rumour,...
Date Published 10/09/2007
All residents of Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale are invited to attend Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust’s (PCT) first Annual General Meeting as a new boroughwide...
Councillor Ian Robertson sadly passed away on Friday morning, 7 September, after succumbing to a long-term illness. Councillor Robertson defied his illness to serve his community...
In the future many more hospital services are planned to be provided in the community thanks to a new government programme called Practice Based Commissioning (PBC). GP...
The Bishop of Manchester has called for Hindu's, Sikhs and other faiths to be affirmed and not overlooked in community or civic life. Writing in the September edition of CRUX, the...
Date Published 07/09/2007
The Mayor of Rochdale, Councillor Peter Evans, met with staff from Link4Life to congratulate them on their recent training success and to present them with their...
The family of 76-year-old Freda Seaton who died after undergoing hip surgery after being pushed over by a robber are appealing for help catching the person responsible. Freda...
On Saturday 8 September the unique South Pennines Heritage Festival is launched, with many of the events taking place in and around Rochdale.The festival presents a programme...
31 schools in Rochdale Metropolitan Borough local authority are offering extended services including breakfast clubs, out-of-hours tuition and after-school clubs in sport, music...
Date Published 06/09/2007
Parents in neighbouring town Oldham have this week received health warnings as cases of measles in the town have multiplied. Nationally, cases have more than trebled in the last...
Rochdale’s Labour Parliamentary Candidate Simon Danczuk has toasted the success of Britain’s thriving microbrewery industry, which he says is as a result of the Small Brewers’...
Date Published 04/09/2007
Two state-of-the-art youth gyms have opened at leisure centres in the Borough of Rochdale in a partnership project between Link4Life, Rochdale Council and SHOKK, the youth fitness...