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The government discriminated against disabled people when it failed to exempt some unpaid carers from its cap on benefits, the High Court has ruled.
Date Published 26/11/2015
Hassan Iqbal, 18, from Rochdale, has scooped the top award in a national competition. Hassan, a Peter Jones Enterprise Academy graduate, won the £3,000 prize in the Edge...
A 28-year-old man has been shot in the chest in an incident on Ullswater Drive, Middleton at around 2am this morning (Thursday 26 November 2015). Paramedics and armed officers...
Agencies across Rochdale are working together to tackle alcohol-related problems, with figures revealing they cost Rochdale borough £90.42m last year alone.
A team who provide a “triple star volunteer service” have won the Volunteer of the Year Award at The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust sixth annual staff awards event.
Members of Veterans In Communities, have created an outdoor space with a seating area for residents of Bridgewood Lodge, Margaret Street, Heywood.
Homeowners are being warned not to let gutters drain their resources this National Gutters Day; Friday 27 November.
Marie Penney, from Middleton, a child-runaway turned social worker is returning to the Greater Manchester charity service that helped her as it celebrates its 25th birthday.
Commenting on today’s Autumn Statement and Comprehensive Spending Review, Christian Spence, Head of Research & Policy at Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, said: “The...
Date Published 25/11/2015
Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk has welcomed George Osborne’s U-turn on police funding cuts, but warned more needs to be done to protect local communities. Delivering his Spending...
Greater Manchester’s Mayor and Police and Crime Commissioner has welcomed the Chancellor's climb down on cuts to policing.
Heybrook Primary School participated in the annual Rochdale Borough 5-a-side tournament which was held at Falinge Park High School and after a thrilling and thoroughly...
Commenting on today’s statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Steve Warren, North West Region Director at EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, said: “The Chancellor’s...
Further devolution to Greater Manchester, along with a commitment from Government to work together with the GMCA on a number of innovative policy initiatives, has been announced.
Swimmer Beth Hartwell is the 14th best freestyler in the country over 100m for her age group. Beth, 11, from Norden, is in Year 7 at Haslingden High School and swims for...
A founding teacher returned to his school on its 50th anniversary year to award prizes at Whitworth Community High School’s Presentation Evening. Tom Hobson taught PE at the...
The Battle of Hastings was recreated by students from Whitworth Community High School as History lessons came to life. For homework, the students had been asked to create...
Small Businesses on hard pressed high streets will face an eye watering 20% rise in the business rates that they pay next year. Business rates for small shops, pubs, cafes and...
EON Reality, which specialises in virtual reality technology, has launched a new apprentice scheme to support the booming industry. EON Reality’s European HQ is based at...
Research staff at the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust won big at the Greater Manchester Clinical Research Awards 2015, claiming two first places and two runner-up awards.
The Chancellor George Osborne used his Spending Review and Autumn Statement today to set out how he will deliver "economic security, national security and opportunity for...
The Chancellor has increased stamp duty land tax (SDLT) on buy to let property purchases. Richard Lambert, CEO at the National Landlords Association, said: “The Chancellor’s...
Quentin Willson of FairFuelUK said: "Our intense lobbying, campaigning and empirical economic evidence that cutting duty is good for the whole economy has resonated with the...
1st Middleton Scout Group is embarking on a fundraising campaign to purchase a 17-seater minibus, and they are looking for your help.
The British Dental Health Foundation believes an over-reliance on websites, particularly online symptom checkers, could lead to delays in the diagnosis and treatment of life...
NHS staff working in the specialist oral and maxillofacial surgery (head and neck cancer) team have been chosen as the winner of the Patients’ Choice Award at The Pennine Acute...
Our Year 4/5 and 6 football teams played in annual IPLCN competition at soccer factory. Year 4 won, they were unbeaten throughout the competition. Kian Jones scored a hat...
Rochdale Environmental Action Group (REAG) has been nominated for Queen's Award for Voluntary Service. Members of the group have been cleaning the streets and roads mainly in...
St Barnabas Christmas Fair is at 12.00pm – 3.00pm on Saturday 28 November. Father Christmas will be in his Grotto and Junior Blast Band will be playing 12.00pm – 1.00pm. Sunday...
A staff member was threatened by a man with a knife during a robbery in Heywood. At 6.45am on Tuesday 24 November 2015, the victim had finished serving a customer when a man...
