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‘All Shook Up’ is a modern take on life as a patient coming to terms with having diabetes.Frank, a 45-year-old lorry driver by day, Elvis impersonator by night brings the...
Date Published 17/01/2006
Rochdale Liberal Democrats are asking Manchester City Council to review their long-standing policy of employing only residents who live within the boundaries of the City of...
On the evening of Friday 13 January Hopwood Hall College hosted its thirteenth Higher Education Graduation Ceremony at Rochdale Town Hall, where over one hundred students of the...
Following a very busy 2005 during which they launched two brand new sell through products, Middleton based multi-media production house AVS Television Productions has been working...
Date Published 09/01/2006
Thousands of people across Rochdale borough could be losing out on millions of pounds of unclaimed benefits to which they are entitled. So Rochdale Council is backing a Greater...
Date Published 05/01/2006
Rochdale's MP Paul Rowen has reacted angrily after it emerged that the last NHS dental practice in Rochdale is to go private. Balderstone Dental Practice on Balderstone Road will...
Rochdale Council has declared war on waste by launching a high-profile recycling competition across the borough that will see one lucky resident winning a brand new Ford Fiesta...
Detectives are appealing for witnesses following reports of an armed robbery in Middleton.At approximately 3.40pm, Wednesday 21 December 2005, police received reports of the...
Date Published 22/12/2005
TV soap stars Samia Smith and Sammy Winward brought some seasonal cheer as they joined forces with Recycle Now, (the national recycling campaign for England), and donned glamorous...
Date Published 20/12/2005
Four more residents have recently benefited from the recycling competition run by Rochdale Council and United Co-operatives.The winners were Mrs Kettle from Heywood, Joan Shaw...
Date Published 19/12/2005
Local Members of Parliament Jim Dobbin and Paul Rowen were fielding questions at the annual Rochdale MPs question time at the Town Hall on Friday 16 December. The...
Staff at Rochdale and Middleton bus stations have become among the first in Greater Manchester to be able to understand nearly 150 different languages.An innovative new system...
Date Published 13/12/2005
Vulnerable adults who use care services from Rochdale Council, supporting them to live at home, are having their say on possible changes to how services are run.The Supporting...
Date Published 08/12/2005
Traffic officers are appealing for witnesses after being informed of the sudden death of a 74-year-old woman at Rochdale Infirmary.The woman, from Littleborough, died on...
New and improved Rehabilitation Services were launched aimed at enhancing the quality of life and promoting independence within older people.The service is provided at Meadow...
Date Published 06/12/2005
Held in the baroque splendour of Rochdale Town Hall, the Rochdale Man of the Year lunch was once again a complete sell out.Toastmaster Alan Calow opened proceedings, welcoming...
Date Published 27/11/2005
Local MP Paul Rowen forced the Minister for Health, Rosie Winterton, to admit that the dentist crisis has deepened since Labour came to power.Paul asked the Minister why NHS...
Date Published 23/11/2005
At 7.30pm Tuesday 22 November 2005, police were called to Ullock Walk in Middleton following reports that a man and woman had been found in the street suffering stab injuries.
Rochdale will be running their ‘Think Safe, Drink Safe’ campaign over the festive period, as part of the Government’s Alcohol Misuse Enforcement Campaign (AMEC).From 24...
Date Published 22/11/2005
Jim Dobbin, MP for Heywood and Middleton, is calling for free and charging cash machines to display clear signs so that consumers can see at a glance whether or not a cash machine...
A competition run by Rochdale Libraries and the Wheatsheaf WordWeavers writing group, to write a short story for the borough has its winners! And to celebrate, the successful...
Chris Appleby, Chief Executive of Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, has sent a message to all hospital staff regarding meetings held on Thursday 17 November to discuss...
Date Published 18/11/2005
The question was asked by Heywood and Middleton MP Jim Dobbin in response to concerns of the apparent lack of information relating to the unannounced plans to remove asbestos...
Date Published 16/11/2005
Police in Middleton are warning local residents to be extra vigilant after a number of fake £20 notes have been found in circulation in the area.Since the middle of October...
Date Published 11/11/2005
Two men have been charged with a number of offences following an attempted armed robbery at a post office in Rochdale last week.The men were charged in relation to an incident...
Date Published 08/11/2005
Peter Hill has joined the Rochdale Development Agency as Director of Development and Deputy Chief Executive. He will be responsible for providing strategic direction to the...
Date Published 03/11/2005
Springhill Hospice has announced one of its most exciting and adventurous fundraising challenges to date. They have invited the world’s biggest bike to come to Rochdale on Sunday...
Nearly half of Rochdale borough schools are now recycling all their paper and cardboard thanks to a new recycling programme.The scheme allows schools to recycle their paper...
Date Published 31/10/2005
New and improved Rehabilitation Services are to be launched aimed at enhancing the quality of life and promoting independence within older people.The service is provided at...
Date Published 28/10/2005
Detectives in Rochdale are appealing for information following an armed robbery at a post office in Middleton Monday morning, 17 October 2005.At approximately 10.10am, two men...
Date Published 18/10/2005
