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Matthew Moss High School collected the ‘Rochdale Borough Design Award’ at the fourth annual Rochdale Borough Design Awards. The school has been transformed with a new layout...
Date Published 25/02/2013
Middleton physio Dave Roberts is setting his sights on doubling the size of his practice over the next three years. The former England cricket physio, who has his group...
The elections for police and crime commissioners "failed both candidates and voters alike", a report by the Electoral Reform Society has said.
A scrappy game ended in a goalless draw on a bitterly cold afternoon in North London. Barnet thought they had taken the lead midway through the second half when the ball...
Date Published 24/02/2013
Police are searching for a missing 88-year-old man. Jeffrey Barker was last seen in the Cutgate area at 2pm today (Saturday 23 February). Please call police on 101 if you...
Date Published 23/02/2013
Sci-fi fanatics converged on Rochdale’s Wheatsheaf Shopping Centre for the inaugural Dale-Con convention this weekend. Organised by self-confessed science fiction nut Martin...
A multi-billion-pound scheme to help long-term unemployed people into work has been branded extremely poor by MPs. The government's Work Programme only managed to get 3.6% of...
The NHS offers essential emergency care at weekends. Yet there is mounting evidence that patients are more likely to die if admitted to hospital on Saturday or Sunday. This has...
Date Published 22/02/2013
Pesticides linked to the recent decline in the bee population will not be removed from the shelves of a popular Rochdale garden centre. Major DIY retailers including B&Q,...
A man who built a rear dormer on the back of a Middleton hairdressing salon without obtaining building regulation approval has been ordered to pay a total of £1,515 in fines and...
Communities across the UK are invited to apply for funding to host events to celebrate this year's Armed Forces Day on 29 June.
She disclosed how Whitworth sexually abused and raped her over a number of years. The abuse started when she was about seven years old and happened over a period of about 10...
Around 250 people attended an Energy Efficiency and Benefits Awareness event at Deeplish Community Centre on Wednesday 20 February 2013 to find out more about: the emerging...
For the first time businesses are being offered interactive support with their tax affairs by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). A week long Twitter Q&A session will give SMEs and...
The Jobseeker’s Allowance claimant count across Rochdale rose by 488 to 7,566 last month. Commenting on the figures, Dr Brian Sloan, Chief Economist at Greater Manchester...
Ann was a close personal friend and someone who instinctively inspired trust and confidence. On meeting her for the first time, I saw a rather brusque, confident countrywoman who...
Tributes have been paid to Councillor Ann Metcalfe today following her death this morning (22 February 2013). Born in 1945, she lived in Norden all her life and was a Conservative...
Around 40% of the children of Central Rochdale, Smallbridge & Firgrove, Kingsway, Milkstone & Deeplish and West Middleton live in poverty, according to a new report. An...
Date Published 21/02/2013
Bishop Nigel McCulloch, who recently retired, has become the first Bishop of Manchester to be honoured with a knighthood. The Queen invested him yesterday with his insignia as a...
The CLA has said the economic challenge facing national parks can only be solved by taking a balanced approach to the economic, social and environmental pillars of sustainable...
Barbara Corbett, a self taught home baker has won two national competitions in the last year, "Queen of Cakes" and Easy Living Magazine.
Working in the media in Rochdale can be a very trying affair. There is a fine balance to be maintained between presenting the facts to the public, offering occasional opinion and...
April will see the launch of the brand new Manchester – China Forum. This new forum is designed to help business develop economic ties and trade with the fastest growing generator...
At the start of this year the Government released details of their 2013 amendments to the Building Regulations Approved Documents. Graham Wilson, Chair of the Chamber's Green...
Figures released by the Office for National Statistics today indicate that unemployment in the UK was down 156,000 to 2.50m in the year to December 2012, and down 14,000 on the...
Students were given a chance to visualise their future school on Thursday 14 February as three groups of Year 9 pupils were given a tour of the new school build at Wardle High...
‘Remarkable’ cadets and officers from Manchester raised nearly £160,000 for the national Poppy Appeal and won high praise from the Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester....
Paul Bleackley and Damien Whitbread of Abbey Architectural Ironmongery Company Ltd are celebrating this week after receiving their certificates to become Registered Architectural...
Taxpayers reported almost 80,000 tax rebate phishing emails last year, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) have revealed, as they warn people not to fall victim to the email scams sent...
Rochdale Cobra’s ARLFC recently held their end of season presentation. During the evening the club presented trophies to players and one of the trophies had been kindly donated...