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The WirrOrleans Jazz Band were back at again Jazz On A Sunday on Sunday 6 September, led by John Blackman on drums with Andy Henderson on cornet and flugelhorn, Harold Troughton...
Date Published 08/09/2015
Rochdale based Lancashire Farm Dairies has won 11 awards for a range of its yogurt and dairy products. Lancashire Farm won the awards at two summer shows - the Nantwich...
Tim Fairley and Pat Rice have presented Springhill Hospice with a cheque for £11,300, which they raised completing the Granfondo Stelvio Santini cycling challenge. Tim and Pat...
The scrapping of plans for weekly bin collections was inevitable and it is outrageous that the public has been deceived, said local MEP Paul Nuttall.
The North West jobs outlook has dropped seven percentage points on last quarter according to Manpower, the world’s workforce experts. At 0%, employment prospects in the North West...
This year’s Heywood Charities Fete has been described as “the biggest yet” by organisers. George Kinder, from The Rotary Club of Heywood, said: “The parade has been the biggest...
Date Published 07/09/2015
Organisers have hailed this year’s Whitworth Rushcart as another outstanding success. The annual event was held on Sunday 6 September in glorious late summer weather and attracted...
Littleborough’s bid to win the Lancashire Cricket Board Knockout failed in the seaside sunshine when they were beaten by Bootle in the final played at Blackpool CC on Sunday.
A GP has been appointed to drive forward the urgent care agenda in Greater Manchester, Southport, Formby and South Sefton. Dr Usman Choudry has been appointed as gtd...
Simon Danczuk wants to put the gears in motion and help a local firm build on more than a century of manufacturing tradition. Rochdale's MP Simon Danczuk visited the Renold...
Senior cricket returned to Bamford Fieldhouse’s Hollin Lane ground on Sunday after a break of two years. Dean Lord hit 34 in a modest Stags total of 125.
Martin Smith took six wickets as Norden rounded off their CLL away programme with a convincing win over Unsworth at Pole Lane. Stags took first knock and lost Steve Pimm for...
Saturday Premiership: Heywood 148, Littleborough 187-8 (Chris Schofield 103, Chris Humphreys 4-47). Under 18s Taylor Cup final: Clifton 223-5 (Will Davidson 45, Sam Dorsey 50...
As part of the Rochdale Heritage Weekend the church will be open to visitors from 11.00am - 4.00pm on Saturday 12 September. The preacher at our morning service at 10.30am on...
Thank you to everyone who arrived on time for the start of the new term; it was lovely to see so many smiling faces (as always) at the school gate on day one! We are delighted to...
Poundworld created 30 new retail jobs at the opening of its first store in Rochdale on Thursday 3 September. Situated on Yorkshire Street, the new store was officially...
The two week layoff certainly worked in Mayfield’s favour on Saturday as they completely demolished East Leeds at the Mayfield Sports Centre. Leeds arrived with a tough...
Milnrow's run of six victories came to an end on Sunday in their match against Crompton and it was veteran bowler Mel Whittle who did the damage. Whittle's figures of 6 for 56...
Rochdale and Littleborough Peace Group responded quickly to George Osborne's announcement last week that the government will soon be spending another £500,000,000 on preparing the...
Littleborough resident Philip Gilligan has started a petition calling on Rochdale council to pledge to welcome refugee families fleeing violence in Syria.
Eleanor Scales, a Girlguiding member from Littleborough is getting ready to embark on a journey of a lifetime - travelling to Iceland to take part in an exciting community...
John Gillighan and Thomas McNeeney are filling a van with donations and driving to Calais to give much needed supplies direct to those who need them on Friday 18 September.
A global list of economic woes – including uncertainty in Europe, China and Greece – is casting a shadow over UK manufacturing. However, North West manufacturers appear to be...
Zoe Wright, a talented musician from Whitworth, has secured a scholarship in Norway. Whitworth Community High School student Zoe, 16, already plays with three bands and was...
Deeplish volunteers and children were presented with awards by the Mayor of Rochdale Surinder Biant and Mayoress Cecil Biant in the presence of local councillors to celebrate the...
More than 300 people have potentially had their lives saved in the three years since the launch of the Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (DVDS). The initiative, which is...
Rochdale council currently own 1321 pieces of art at a value of £11,380,000, however only 66 of these pieces of Art are on display. Local authorities alone own at least 5.5...
Hopwood Hall College has given a group of young budding footballers the chance to play against a club team for the first time. The children, who are all aged under eight years...
Patients admitted to hospital at the weekend are more likely to be sicker and have a higher risk of death, compared with those admitted during the week, finds an analysis...
Rochdale had to settle for a point away at Fleetwood after Ian Henderson’s stoppage time penalty was saved by goalkeeper Chris Maxwell. Maxwell pushed away Henderson’s spot kick...
Date Published 06/09/2015
