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A Middleton dentist has spoken about a new type of sweet that could aid dental health. Tariq Drabu, of Langley Dental Practice, said there are worrying levels of poor dental...
Date Published 18/01/2014
A briefing on transport spending plans for 2014/15 is to take place at Manchester Town Hall next week. The Transport for Greater Manchester Committee (TfGMC) is holding its...
Commenting on the speech by the Leader of the Opposition, Darrell Matthews, North West Region Director for EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, said: “Ed Miliband has set out...
Plans to build a wind turbine on land around a former primary school in Kirkholt have been approved. It is understood that the turbine will generate enough power for eight...
Date Published 17/01/2014
Former Rochdale councillor and Methodist minister Paul Flowers has been bailed in connection with alleged drug supply offences. He was bailed on Tuesday 14 January pending...
A former car dealership on Molesworth Street has been demolished and turned into a car park. The former Carcraft of Rochdale site will now provide an extra 50 to 60 car parking...
Rochdale are in action this Saturday as they host Plymouth Argyle at Spotland. Having kept four clean sheets in their last five outings, manager Keith Hill said: “It’s...
Rochdale's oldest working men's club was ransacked by burglars in an overnight raid. Sometime between midnight and 6.45am on Wednesday 15 January 2014, the offenders broke...
The VEX Robotics club at Siddal Moor Sports College has been meeting every Tuesday after school. The year 8 and 9 students have been building Claw Bots using the VEX robotics...
A Rochdale-based re-upholstery firm and company director have been fined after workers were exposed to potentially-deadly asbestos fibres for nearly five years. Mansfield Soft...
A man who allegedly stabbed a Rochdale headteacher has been deemed unfit for trial due to a mental illness. Mark Pierson repeatedly stabbed his neighbour Gillian Kay on the...
I know there are plenty of people who think politics doesn’t matter, but every week I see extreme examples in Rochdale of how it affects people’s lives. In some cases it can be a...
Rochdale Literature & Ideas Festival will return this year, with organisers promising another feast of events covering drama, dance, music, theatre, films, visual arts and...
Only three games were played in the Rochdale Online Alliance Football League last Saturday with the most significant action taking place in the Matterson Cranes First Division.
National electricity providers have moved quickly to quash rumours that they do not prosecute offenders who are discovered illegally extracting electricity. With some Rochdale...
A local trampolining club has been enjoying success in more ways than one. Middleton Trampolining Club have gone from strength to strength in recent years and the club’s...
Rochdale Hornets unveiled their new heritage project yesterday (Thursday 16 January). Volunteers helped turn an un-used storeroom at Spotland Stadium into a display on all...
Recycle for Greater Manchester has donated over a tonne of Revive compost to Matthew Moss High School. The donated Revive Compost will be used in Springfield Park, Rochdale....
Manchester-based BDP has been named as the winners of the design competition to transform the town centre and complement plans to reopen the River Roch - the Rochdale...
A 17-year-old boy suffered a broken leg and shoulder as he was struck by a car as he fled from assailants in Heywood. Between 9.30pm and 10pm on Friday 10 January 2014, the...
Mary Portas' 'Great British knicker experiment', in which Portas aimed to revive the UK's textile industry, trying to prove it is still possible to make affordable, quality...
Rochdale singer songwriter Kirk McElhinney has released a new album. The former St Cuthbert’s pupil has received plaudits for his World Gone Blind album, which was recorded at...
Date Published 16/01/2014
Ray Baker has joined the staff at Siddal Moor Sports College as its new Headteacher. Ray has joined the School from Kingsway Park High School where he served as its Deputy...
The Diocese of Manchester is lending its support to Credit Unions across Greater Manchester in 2014 encouraging residents to use these historic and trusted institutions to make...
The Spotland pitch has received top marks from the Football League’s Playing Surfaces Committee. Marks are given to the pitch by the match referee and visiting manager after...
Tickets for Rochdale’s FA Cup fourth round tie against Sheffield Wednesday at Spotland on January 25 are now on general sale. Normal league prices apply for the fixture.
Rochdale Township Committee has granted £6,500 to install new lighting columns after brand new play equipment was wrecked and following recent attacks on members of the public....
Metrolink, the official travel partner of the Manchester County FA, is on the hunt for a ‘Metrolink Mascot’ to take to the field at the next FA Cup match against Sheffield...
A drug dealer from Rochdale who was jailed for 14 years and six months had his sentence reduced at the London Court of Appeal Criminal Division yesterday (Wednesday 15 January).
Heywood’s winless run in the Lancashire Darts Super League Division One stretched to six games as they suffered a home loss to Lancaster on Sunday. Scott Howarth had given...
