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Overruling national governments, the European Parliament defeated proposals to classify e-cigs as medicines, potentially greatly restricting their availability.
Date Published 26/02/2014
In assemblies we have been talking about how we will mark World Book Day. Class Da Vinci presented a lovely assembly this week which was attended by around 25 parents. We have...
I was lucky enough to be able to go on this year’s school ski trip to Les Deux Alpes ski resort in the French Alps. I learnt to ski at the Chill Factore two years ago and was...
The CLA in the North has welcomed new research by Defra backing up the Association’s call to push for more money to be moved to moorland areas. The Association has maintained...
Commenting on today’s GDP data, Darrell Matthews, North West Region Director for EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, said: “While household spending was again the main driver of...
A man was threatened by robbers who stole a money box containing a large amount of cash. At about 1.20pm on 24 February 2014, a 50-year-old man was leaving Weatherspoons on...
Year 9 pupils at St Cuthbert’s RC High School recently experienced a very different day. As part of a boroughwide scheme to reduce future rates in crime, students were made aware...
Research published in the journal PLOS ONE shows that babies born by caesarean section are more likely to become overweight as adults. Commenting on the research Mervi...
Hairdressing student Jack Atkinson has been selected to compete in the Northern regional heat of the Wella Professional student competition – Wella Xposure. For the first...
The Books on Prescription scheme was launched at Rochdale Central Library in One Riverside, on Monday 24 February and included talks by Linda Fisher, Deputy Chief Executive of...
Pupils at Harwood Park spent a day ‘in space’ on Monday, with Jerry Stone of Spaceflight UK. Years 5 and 6 have been exploring the solar system and finding out how many...
Over 130 children attended Dale fun courses across Rochdale this February half term, organised by Rochdale Football Club. In total three courses were held over the half term...
Date Published 25/02/2014
Amy Westlake, a reporter with Rochdale Online, has gained a Masters Degree in Multimedia Journalism from Manchester Metropolitan University. As part of her Masters Degree...
European Commissioner, Johannes Hahn, who signed off the £23 million European cash injection into Manchester’s Graphene Hub to turn it from a pipe dream into reality, will take a...
A Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition on Saturday 22 February saw 18 children from the Rocha Ju-Jitsu club compete against one another. The competition had divisions based on age,...
The Rochdale Company of Archers has been awarded a grant of £500 from the Dame Kelly Holmes Trust. The trust has been working with young people from Rochdale who are not in...
Community funding of projects across the Borough are in the hands of the local residents, who will vote next Saturday (1 March). Local residents will have the opportunity to...
The Mayor of Rochdale has issued a statement in support of the people of Lviv. Rochdale is a town in the North West of England which is twinned with Lviv in Western Ukraine....
The deadline for Year 8 students to return their GCSE Options form is Tuesday 4 March. Please ensure your child has returned their form in time for the deadline. On Saturday 8...
Congratulations to our Textile Learning Champions. Fantastic learning, design and making skills have been shown. Well done for all you hard work. Keep it up. Year 7: Syed...
Residents in houses on Oldham Road, Rochdale, which are all solid wall properties and tend to lose significant amounts of heat and are notoriously difficult to insulate, are on...
Beech House hosted the ISA North Regional Junior Cross Country Championships. Twenty four schools and over 500 children descended on the school in atrocious weather conditions...
Last Tuesday children from Y2 & Y5 started a six weeks Cookery Course, run by Mrs Hancock and Miss Whittaker. They made fruit kebabs and smoothies. Over the next few weeks they...
Touchstones Rochdale’s latest family fun day ‘Creatures of the Deep’ drew lots of happy families with over 900 visitors in just three hours. The vast array of activities...
Last year’s homecoming parade in Rochdale by The First Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers is now available to watch online. Rochdale Borough Council commissioned a short...
We have two pairs of season tickets with a car park pass per pair to give away, courtesy of Rochdale Hornets main sponsor The Wheatsheaf Centre. Last season saw the club win...
Settling on the edge of the Pennines, just outside of Newhey, in lovely Denshaw is Clough Manor. Only ten minutes by car from Rochdale, this charming country hotel has been...
The North West’s Liberal Democrat MEP has challenged his UKIP opposite number to a series of public debates across the region in the run up to May’s European parliament elections....
Gold medals were won by 10 Hollingworth Lake Rowing Club juniors during a successful day of racing on the Bridgewater Canal in Trafford on Saturday 22 February. HLRC sent a team...
Date Published 24/02/2014
Kenneth Schofield died at the age of 86 on 6 February. Ken, who was born in Rochdale, grew up during the war and served in the Royal Artillery before becoming a surveyor. He...
