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TV Licensing and the Residential Boat Owners Association have come together to help raise awareness amongst boat residents on Rochdale Canal in Rochdale about TV Licence rules.
Date Published 25/05/2013
A report attacking press freedom, which has just been passed by the European Parliament, has been slammed by local MEP Paul Nuttall.
Shockingly, over one million older people have not seen a friend or family member in a whole month. Age UK needs your support to fight loneliness and isolation by helping...
Rochdale Council Chief Executive Jim Taylor has apologised to the victims of child sexual abuse after an independent report says the Council, during the tenure of former Chief...
A sophisticated cannabis cultivation operation in Rochdale has been dismantled. Police officers from the Rochdale North Team discovered the cannabis farm at an address on...
Our children in Year 3 and Year 4 visited ‘Cadbury World’ in Birmingham on Thursday 23 May as part of their IPC topic “Chocolate.” They had a fantastic time hearing all about...
Date Published 24/05/2013
School has now broken up for one week for the half term May break. We reopen on Monday 3 June and the term lasts until 18 July when the children break up for the big summer...
Garry Layfield has been jailed for a number of historic sex offences. Layfield (born 10/9/57) of Great Gates Road, Kirkholt, pleaded guilty at Manchester Minshull Street Crown...
The centre of Littleborough is ranked twelfth out of the top 38 sites in Greater Manchester for accidents.
A service for Drummer Lee Rigby, the soldier killed by two assailants in south-east London on Wednesday, has taken place in Middleton. Following the service, Lee's family spoke...
I’d like to start this week by paying tribute to the outgoing mayor Jim Gartside. Jim was a very good mayor for Rochdale and served our town well. The first citizen of the Borough...
A large quantity of illegal alcohol, cigarettes and tobacco was discovered following two raids in Rochdale last week. Rochdale Borough Public Protection Officers, in...
On Sunday 26 May 2013, as part of the works to construct the Rochdale town centre Metrolink extension, contractors will carry out final resurfacing works on Maclure Road.
A gang of drug dealers, six from Rochdale, have been convicted today (Friday 24 May) and sentenced to a total of 92 and a half years in prison.
Bookstart Bear dropped into Number One Riverside Central Library to thank two special ladies, Maureen Watson and Irene Peachey, for their "outstanding services".
Applied Science students at Rochdale Sixth Form College welcomed renowned biologist John Schollar, from Reading University, to find out more about DNA analysis as part of their...
Police are warning people not to fall foul of a pension scam. The scam takes the form of cold calling or unsolicited texts from a contact centre who will offer the chance to...
Business leaders from America and Sweden came to Heywood on Tuesday (21 May) to celebrate the opening of Camfil Air Pollution Control’s new manufacturing facility.
Dogs and cats are set to gain greater opportunities to travel across EU borders. MEPs have given their support to changes in the law providing for the movement of...
Frontline health and social care staff have launched a new partnership to improve how they coordinate care to people who are nearing the end of life, as part of Dying Matters...
Commenting on yesterday’s second estimate of the Q1 GDP figures, David Ost, North West Region Director at EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation, said: “The second print of GDP data...
New proposals out today from the right wing think tank, The Policy Exchange, argue that a two-year freeze on business rates could help lift the ailing fortunes of many high street...
UKIP Deputy Leader, Paul Nuttall, has welcomed a new poll of voting intentions showing that the party is now only two points behind the Tories.
People are leaving themselves open to illegal and potentially harmful tooth-whitening.
Child abuse victims’ voices were prevented from being heard because of excessive bureaucracy and labyrinthine systems. That is the verdict of Rochdale’s MP, Simon Danczuk after...
An independent report into child sexual exploitation in Rochdale has concluded that senior officers of Rochdale Council turned a blind eye to child sex abuse. The report...
The Eco-School Council from St John with St Michael CE Primary School in Shawforth received a "Highly Commended Runners Up" prize of £50 along with a certificate for their entry...
Date Published 23/05/2013
The Rochdale Council of Mosques (RCM) has condemned the horrific murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich, London.
The 5th Annual Rochdale International Mixed Tag Rugby League Festival took place at the impressive new venue of Rochdale Rugby Union Club, and despite the appalling weather it...
The social evening in church last Saturday night, 'St Andrew's Got Talent', raised the magnificent sum of almost £1,000 which will go to the Wider Welcome fund.