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Local charity, Groundwork has achieved ISO 9001:2008, an internationally recognised standard for quality management systems (QMS). Groundwork has been awarded ISO 9001...
Date Published 10/04/2014
Rural home owners, who can’t economically access a mains gas supply, can benefit from the launch of a new government scheme according to the CLA in the North. The domestic...
A scheme has been launched by Rochdale Borough Libraries to encourage early library membership. Each parent who registers their newborn’s birth at Rochdale Register Office...
The privacy of Rochdale Borough residents has been protected after a legal challenge from the company behind the directory enquiries website 192.com. 192.com Limited objected...
Spotland Stadium is set to be listed as an asset of community value (ACV) under the Assets of Community Value Regulations of the Localism Act 2011. Under the act, Rochdale...
Paul Cowdrey, a pensioner from Rochdale, claims he is being evicted after complaining about the solicitor who handled his father's will. Mr Cowdrey said his home, part of his...
Date Published 09/04/2014
Living Streets is encouraging people to hit the streets and swap four wheels for two feet for National Walking Month in May. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to...
Children took part in an Easter eggstravaganza story time session at Rochdale Central Library based on the theme of animals. The youngsters enjoyed fun with Young Persons’...
St John’s does not close for Easter until 3pm on Wednesday 16 April. Catholic schools remain open during the first three days of Holy Week in order to mark Holy Week and also to...
Volunteers from the Lower Falinge Community Activity Group have taken time out to celebrate the achievements of the Lower Falinge Homework Club. The club has been funded for...
Freelance photographer Alan Hamer got a surprise when a special project led to a brush with the law. Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) hired Alan, from Norden, to take...
Middleton Trampolining Club (MTC), under the guidance and support of head coach Lisa Lee, came away with fourteen medals - 10 gold, one silver and three bronze - at the North West...
Three pupils from St. Cuthbert’s RC High School have been awarded a place on the prestigious Salters’ Chemistry camps. Joel Thetford, Clarence Dumanjug and Joseph Simms, all...
Sajid Javid has succeeded Maria Miller as culture secretary, becoming the first Asian male Conservative cabinet minister. Mr Javid's father, Abdul, a bus driver, came to the UK...
Greater Manchester’s Police and Crime Commissioner is calling on cyclists who have been involved in a collision to share their experiences. Tony Lloyd has launched an online...
Figures released today by Good Egg Safety show a 13% rise in badly fitted child car seats from 2010 to 2013, based on over 10,000 (10,663) tests conducted nationally. Campaigners...
Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd has added his support to calls from leading MPs that more must be done by the Government and child support agencies to...
We have our usual 9.30am Sung Eucharist on Sunday, Palm Sunday. In the evening we will be attending a special Palm Sunday service at St Mary's RC Church in Littleborough,...
There was good news for Greater Manchester businesses at the Chamber’s Quarterly Economic Briefing, with strong results from both the manufacturing and service sectors. The...
The new Employment Allowance - a discount of up to £2,000 on National Insurance Contributions for every business in the UK - came into force on 6 April, with 137,000 businesses...
Phillipe Sangare (06/01/1992) of Rochdale has been arrested and charged on suspicion of Theft of a Motor Vehicle. Sangare has been bailed to appear at Manchester and Salford...
The biggest traffic signalling upgrade programme in the country is nearing its end as Greater Manchester’s traffic signals are replaced with a more environmentally friendly...
A 19-year-old woman was found collapsed on Packer Street in Rochdale Town Centre at around 7.30pm last night (Tuesday 8 April). A police officer came across the woman while...
Regular aerobic exercise seems to boost the size of the area of the brain (hippocampus) involved in verbal memory and learning among women whose intellectual capacity has been...
Saks hair and beauty salon has officially opened in Middleton this evening (Tuesday 8 April). The salon, which is located in the Virgin Active Lancashire Health and Racquet...
Date Published 08/04/2014
Rochdale digital artist and photographer John Cooke has opened an art gallery in Rochdale Emporium. The gallery joins a number of independent businesses to have opened in the...
A blog produced by the staff and students of Class 4a at Lowerplace Primary School has been nominated for favourite UK educational blog. The blog, which can be found on the...
Rochdale’s contribution to last year’s record Rugby League World Cup 2013 success was celebrated at Spotland Stadium this week. Representatives of the group responsible for...
Michael Adebolajo has launched an appeal against his whole-life sentence for the murder of Middleton soldier Lee Rigby. Mr Justice Sweeney, said Adebolajo's was a "rare case"...
The transformation of Rochdale town centre continues apace with scaffolding going up around the old black box in the past week. It will take around eight weeks to cover the...