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This Thursday, you have a clear choice; a vote for the Liberal Democrats who put your interests first - fight for the issues that matter to you including anti-social behaviour,...
Date Published 01/05/2007
Having previously accepted congestion charges as part of the Metro Link funding proposals, Cllr Alan Taylor then reneged on his agreement with the 10 Greater Manchester...
A Langley school has become one of the best in the borough after scoring top marks in an inspection.Staff and governors at Furrow Community School on the Langley estate in...
Date Published 30/04/2007
A new crack team of officers in Rochdale has arrested 45 people in just five weeks.Arrests were made for offences including possession and supply of drugs, robbery, burglary,...
Date Published 20/04/2007
New homes on the banks of the River Roch are set to transform the sites of the former Dale and Arkwright Mills in Rochdale. Plans by BASE have received planning approval for 85...
A new specially designed Water Incident Unit is to be officially handed over to Heywood Fire Station as part of an ongoing replacement programme that ensures Greater Manchester...
Date Published 19/04/2007
Springhill Hospice is inviting people to put on their walking shoes for two unique sponsored events this summer.The first event, the ‘Hospice to Hospice Walk’ is being held in...
On Monday 23 April, Greater Manchester Police’s Rochdale Division will officially launch its five new neighbourhood policing teams, which will put officers back into the heart of...
Date Published 18/04/2007
The multi faith/community cohesion unity football match between young people from various mosques and churches against a team from Rochdale Council was played at Bowlee, Middleton...
Detectives are appealing for information following an armed robbery at a bank in Middleton on Tuesday evening - 17 April.Shortly after 7.10pm, two security officers were...
Parliament has just returned this week after the Easter Recess. Looking back on the last few months I am proud to note there is a number of achievements that Labour has delivered...
Date Published 17/04/2007
Hundreds of pounds in grants are available in YOUR area to help groups benefit their local communities. Grants are also available to help start new community groups.The money...
Date Published 16/04/2007
Business people from across the Rochdale borough will be going to a series of smoke free shows next week (w/c 16 April).The one-stop-shop events for everything smoke free are...
Date Published 13/04/2007
Patients from Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale have given the thumbs-up to plans for new health centres in the area after visiting a similar project which opened last year in...
Three years ago the Friends of Castleton Library (FoCaL) allege they were told by a now-early retired council officer that "the Audit Commission was concerned about the number of...
B&Q staff were asked to move from the entrance to the All-In-One Garden Centre on Rochdale Road, Middleton by Middleton Police on Easter Sunday afternoon.Two B&Q uniformed...
Date Published 09/04/2007
Detectives are appealing for information after shots were fired at a car in Middleton.Just before 10.30pm on Friday 6 April 2007, police were called to Hopwood Road in...
Date Published 07/04/2007
The Liberal Democrats in the Rochdale Borough say they are making a final push to take over the Council in May. They have fielded a full slate of candidates and are targetting a...
Date Published 04/04/2007
Detectives in Rochdale are appealing for information after a 69-year-old man was threatened during a robbery at a shop in Middleton on Friday 30 March 2007.At 9.10am the man...
Date Published 31/03/2007
Shirley Williams, a Heywood resident has been appointed to serve as a Non Executive Director of Heywood Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust for the period ending 28 Feb...
Police in Rochdale are appealing for witnesses after fifty thousand pounds worth of duvet covers and bedding was stolen from a factory on Lodge Street in Middleton.Between 2pm...
Date Published 29/03/2007
Too busy to exercise? Not an excuse for the PCT Trust Board who managed to squeeze in a thirty minute health walk in between meetings.PCT Trust Board Members that includes...
Date Published 28/03/2007
Rochdale borough's healthy schools programme has been recognised as one of the best in the country - and that's official!The Council, working in partnership with Heywood,...
Date Published 23/03/2007
Former Middleton Labour Councillor Terry Smith has defected to the Liberal Democrats. Mr Smith quit his council seat of West Middleton in January this year, and in doing so handed...
Date Published 22/03/2007
Wednesday 21 March will be the Chancellor’s last budget before as expected he becomes Prime Minister in a few months time. Let me assure you that Gordon Brown is a heavyweight...
Date Published 20/03/2007
Following the informal opening of the new Chinese restaurant, China City, Nelson Street on Monday 12 March - chosen as one of the luckiest days in the Chinese calendar - the Mayor...
Transport leaders in Greater Manchester have announced plans to spend nearly £1.6 million on improvements to bus routes in Rochdale over the next twelve months, taking the total...
The annual Spring Fair at Springhill Hospice will be held on Sunday 1 April 2007 from 10.00am to 3.00pm with free entry for everyone.The success of previous fairs has been...
Date Published 18/03/2007
Eighteen years of being a Home Support Worker caring for a man with learning difficulties, Irene Brown believes she has the best job in the world!The Middleton carer has...
Date Published 16/03/2007
The proposed change of name of the Queen Elizabeth School dropping ‘Queen Elizabeth’ has been the biggest single issue news item in Middleton for weeks, dwarfing even the campaign...
