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Work has started on a new housing development in south Heywood, forming part of the council's wider South Heywood Masterplan.
Date Published 28/01/2023
Householders are being warned about cold-callers who are targeting deprived areas with fake surveys and bogus energy-efficiency claims.
Catholics across Greater Manchester have paid tribute to a priest who served the Rochdale community for almost 30 years.
Wardle village residents are being asked for their memories of the post box at the post office for a video to send to the BBC Repair Shop show.
A plan to ease the council tax burden on local residents while protecting government funding for vital social services is being developed by Rochdale Borough Council.
Date Published 27/01/2023
The last bank in Heywood – Barclays – is set to close its doors for good at the end of April. The Church Street branch is one of just two Barclays branches in the Rochdale...
Albert’s has been given the go-ahead for a new venue at the former Nutters restaurant in Norden – despite a planned extension being branded ‘a carbuncle and a disgrace’.
A blind rail user says plans to ditch guards and close ticket offices will "rob" him of his independence.
Andy Burnham has promised to ‘pull out all the stops’ to save bus services under threat in Greater Manchester.
Two men in their 40s have been arrested after search warrants were carried out at a property and a car dealership in Rochdale and a further property in Alderley Edge, Cheshire.
Travellers are urging a bus firm to think again after it announced plans to scrap a town’s ‘lifeline’ service to the city centre.
Almost 100 police officers in Greater Manchester are under investigation for sexual misconduct, representing around 1% of the force. GMP is investigating 82 officers for sexual...
Hopwood Hall College and University Centre is holding an Apprenticeships Open Event from 4.30pm-7pm on Wednesday 8 February at its Middleton Campus.
Chloe Cockton’s mum has given her backing to a petition that would see a lifetime ban for dangerous drivers who have caused someone's death. Michelle Connolly lost her...
Date Published 26/01/2023
This man is wanted by police on suspicion of attempted burglary on King Street in Heywood on 21 November 2022. On this date, the man (pictured) was in the company of another man,...
Lots to do in and around the borough this weekend - Rochdale AFC v Carlisle United, Song & Dance, Wedding Open Days at local hotels, Rochdale Ramblers walk, Fireground Museum Open...
Local organisation Reuse Littleborough has donated a specialist chair worth thousands of pounds to Jolly Josh – just days after the Castleton children’s charity added one to their...
Householders who own unregistered appliances could be putting themselves and their loved ones at risk of serious injury and death, warns leading accident prevention charity, the...
Date Published 25/01/2023
A boy from Milnrow died after the car he was a passenger in aquaplaned on the motorway due to a build-up of surface water, an inquest heard. Blake Consterdine-Clarke, eight, died...
A problem tenant who showed scant regard for the local community, treating their home as nothing more than a ‘doss house’, has been removed from the property with help from the...
A Rochdale company which creates unusual scents and smells for the likes of Alton Towers, Thorpe Park and Madame Tussauds has inspired one of its employees to pen a children’s...
This week (23-29 January) is Cervical Cancer Prevention Week – a campaign week by UK charity Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust to raise awareness of cervical screening, encourage...
Nichola Thompson has been appointed as Rochdale Borough Council’s new director for health and care and will take up position in March.
Social housing providers have backed Andy Burnham’s plans to tackle rogue landlords, saying they must do better after the death of Awaab Ishak.
Rochdale Men’s second team travelled to play City of Manchester Men’s third team at the Armitage Centre on Saturday 21 January. There were a few question marks about whether the...
Northern mayors, council leaders and business representatives are calling on the government to learn lessons from Germany by ‘hard-wiring’ levelling up into UK law. They want...
Date Published 24/01/2023
A proposed law in memory of Awaab Ishak will be tabled “as soon as possible” by the government.
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham is proposing a freeze in the Mayoral General precept for 2023/24 but there is a proposal to increase the Fire precept to help maintain...
A new national report that found “significant potential for safeguarding harm” in after school clubs and other out of school settings has been welcomed by Rochdale Borough
A local ladies' darts league is on the hunt for new teams to join before the new season starts at the end of February.
