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Payday loan giant Wonga has increased the interest rate it uses to illustrate the cost of borrowing to a staggering 5,853 per cent – a rise of 1,600 per cent.
Date Published 24/06/2013
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has criticised the Right to Buy scheme - under which council housing tenants can buy their homes at a discount - which it said...
The risk posed by some popular antidepressants in early pregnancy is not worth taking for women with mild to moderate depression, an expert has warned. Professor Stephen...
As a 16-year-old girl living in Rochdale fights to stop her forcable return to her native Nigeria, where she says she will be forced to undergo Female Genital Mutilation (FGM),...
Since the launch in September last year, Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme (DVDS), better known as Clare’s Law, 65 people have applied for a disclosure about an individual who...
A gathering hailed as a "stance against extremism" has taken place in Middleton. About 150 people took part in the Stand Strong event in Middleton for Drummer Lee Rigby, who...
Date Published 23/06/2013
The contest for Britain’s most hated tax is usually fought between council tax, fuel duty and inheritance tax. But when it comes to the most unfair tax, business rates are fast...
Two women who suffered spinal injuries in a crash on the M62 had a "lucky escape", firefighters said. Cutting equipment was used to free the women following the crash at...
It's not just Manchester United with a support base from outside the immediate area. Dale Trust is very proud to have over a hundred members registered as Exiled Supporters, and...
More than 12,000 charities have registered with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to claim gift aid online since a new online service was launched eight weeks ago. The service,...
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service has splashed out £13,000 on white shirts for bosses - so they look different to blue-shirted firefighters.
The Rochdale Branch of the NSPCC held its annual “Ascot at Nutters” event at Nutters Restaurant in Norden on Thursday 20 June 2013.
The Council’s new offices are now better equipped to handle emergencies after the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) donated two defibrillators to Number One Riverside.
Athletic students at Hopwood Hall College donned their running shoes to raise £3,000 in memory of former pupil Drummer Lee Rigby. A keen supporter of Help for Heroes, Mr Rigby...
Kile Webster and Cherie Bunnell have been found guilty of the offence of littering by Bury and Rochdale Magistrates’ Court.
Date Published 22/06/2013
People travelling through Rochdale town centre will see some changes to the traffic management from Monday, as work progresses on the new Metrolink line.
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A man has been charged following an aggravated burglary in which a 79-year-old woman was attacked in her own home in Bamford. Valentine Danny Smith (born 23/12/1960) of no...
People with mental health problems need a hospital bed not a police cell, Greater Manchester’s Police and Crime Commissioner has said.
The Willows Nursery and Pre-School Centre recently received a visit from the Council’s Casualty Reduction Team who conducted a series of in-car safety checks.
Greater Manchester’s Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd has praised the sense of community spirit in Rochdale and how the town has come together following significant...
Littleborough Community Fire Station has launched an appeal to recruit part-time firefighters to help them save lives and protect property in the town. The station is running...
Date Published 21/06/2013
A man is in custody following an aggravated burglary in which a 79-year-old woman was attacked in her own home. It happened between 10.30pm and 11.15pm on Tuesday 11 June 2013...
Rochdale AFC’s preparations for the new season continued today (Friday 21 June) with the addition of a second recruit in as many days. Matty Lund has followed Ashley Eastham...
Over the past two weeks the children across Key Stage One have undergone a number of screening checks, test and assessment tasks. They have all worked extremely hard and despite...
The Baum has been named ‘Best Bar None’ in a ceremony celebrating top safety standards at drinking establishments across the borough. Best Bar None is a national scheme backed...
The date has now been confirmed for Rochdale AFC’s Capital One Cup first round tie against Championship side Doncaster Rovers. Keith Hill’s side will travel to the Keepmoat...
Aksa Homes, who are part of New Charter Housing Trust Group, has received £486,000 in grant funding from the government to bring empty and derelict homes in the Rochdale borough...
In a back street of Rochdale called Toad Lane 169 years ago 28 local working people – half of them aged 30 or under, set out to change the world, and succeeded.
Greater Manchester’s Police and Crime Commissioner has been giving evidence before the influential parliamentary committee scrutinising the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and...