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Some households are responsible for a very high proportion of anti-social behaviour; the families are well known to agencies and shockingly can cost services between £250,000 and...
Date Published 03/07/2007
Residents and workers across Langley have come together to organise the Langley Festival and this year it has three aims; to showcase the talents of Langley people, to have lots...
A new centralised booking service for people needing sexual health appointments in Rochdale is now up and running.The £500,000 scheme will see improved and quicker access to...
Date Published 29/06/2007
A new President has been appointed at Middleton Rotary Club; outgoing president, Philip Jackson, handed over the chain of office to Jim Kenyon.This will be the second term...
Date Published 28/06/2007
If you are a disabled person, a carer, are related to or friends with someone who is disabled, then the disability information day is a free event you can attend and is to take...
Rochdale's best cyclists are almost ready for the Rochdale Grand Prix, which takes place next Wednesday, 4 July. The event, sponsored by Kingsway Business Park, will take over the...
Date Published 27/06/2007
The Voluntary and Community Sector Partnership (VCSP) was formerly known as the Community Empowerment Network and covers the whole of Heywood, Middleton, Pennines and Rochdale. It...
Date Published 26/06/2007
Last weekend was filled with events and proved to be quite hectic. I spent Friday in the constituency office on casework and in the evening joined David Crausby MP for Bolton...
Rochdale Council leaders believe local businesses will get behind the Government's new smoke-free law when it is introduced on July 1.Under the new law, smoking will be banned...
Date Published 25/06/2007
All bus stations and ‘super shelters’ in Greater Manchester will go smoke-free when the national smoking ban comes into force on 1 July. This means that on 1 July Rochdale and...
Two young pupils at Middleton Parish Primary School have won their way through to the finals of a national competition to design a children's toy.Eight-year-old Oliver...
Heywood, Middleton & Rochdale Primary Care Trust (PCT) has declared full compliance with all 24 standards set by the Healthcare Commission as the first part of the Annual...
Date Published 21/06/2007
In the first of a series of interviews with the Leader of Rochdale Council, Councillor Alan Taylor has given his thoughts on some of the major news stories of the past week. He...
Date Published 20/06/2007
Rochdale residents are being encouraged to give their local door-to-door public transport services a go, after more than £1 million investment made the district one of the...
Date Published 19/06/2007
Rochdale Council and Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust are joining forces to help smokers quit and to explain the new rules that come into effect when England...
Childminders from across Rochdale, Heywood and Middleton will come together at Heywood Civic Centre on Tuesday 19 June for a celebration of National Childminders day. The day has...
Date Published 18/06/2007
After torrential rain during the week there were fears that Norden Carnival would be a wash-out. Those fears were allayed as the school children and community groups gathered...
Greater Manchester Chamber is inviting members to hear the facts about congestion charging proposals. In a series of free events throughout the region Greater Manchester Passenger...
Date Published 15/06/2007
Schools from all over the borough will be honoured at a special celebration at Rochdale Town Hall on 19 June.Pupils and staff from schools will be at the Town Hall to...
Ofsted inspectors have praised St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School in Middleton for its positive atmosphere, good leadership and effective staff.After visiting the...
Heywood & Middleton MP Jim Dobbin this week joined forces with Oscar winning animated stars Wallace and Gromit to help promote Wrong Trousers Day (WTD) 2007. Mr Dobbin MP posed...
Date Published 13/06/2007
A new pilot scheme kick started in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale will allow GPs to refer overweight patients to commercial slimming groups to help them lose weight.The PCT...
Date Published 12/06/2007
Patients and other health campaigners in Rochdale now have a brand-new resource that will provide them with all the news, information and contacts they need.The Patients’...
In earlier articles I had described the welcome news that between nine and sixteen new health centres were to be built throughout the borough. The new £1million centre in...
Rising through the ranks, Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust have taken criticism on the chin and turned things around to be named the country’s ‘most improved’...
Date Published 11/06/2007
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen has praised Lisa-Louise and Dave Fitton - despite a High Court judge turning down their legal bid to keep Rochdale Infirmary's Accident and Emergency unit...
Date Published 08/06/2007
Alan Cook, local Rochdale resident has been appointed to serve as a Non Executive Director of Heywood Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust for the period 1 June 2007 to 31...
Do you have children between 7 and 13 years old? Are you worried they might be overweight or unhealthy? Then join the MEND Programme.Overweight and obese children from...
Diabetes sufferers across the North East of Manchester are benefiting from closer workings between local NHS teams. The North East Sector Diabetes Network is currently one of just...
Date Published 06/06/2007
Do you know someone whose voluntary work makes a real difference to your community? Why not show them you appreciate their hard work and achievements by nominating them for a new...
Date Published 05/06/2007
