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Claiming gift aid repayments will be quicker and easier for charities and sports clubs from April, says HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
Date Published 21/02/2013
The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is inviting the local public from Oldham, Rochdale, Middleton and surrounding areas to join staff on this year’s Bupa Manchester 10K fun run...
Figures released on Wednesday, 20 February show that 85,200 people were claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) in Greater Manchester in January 2013 – an increase of around 3,200...
The North West Ambulance Service’s Patient Experience work has won a top accolade at the 2013 Patient Experience Network National Awards ceremony, hosted at the Birmingham and...
With the season proper due to start next week what better way for Mayfield to continue their preparations than with a Standard Cup semi final, and what better team to meet than...
A woman has been jailed for stealing more than £39,000 from the Rochdale business she worked at for more than 25 years. Sally Etchells (born 15/08/1967) of Church Street,...
Date Published 20/02/2013
Metrolink services to Rochdale – the latest chapter of the network’s expansion – will open to passengers for the first time on Thursday 28 February. Continuing on from the...
21 girls aged between 10-14 years from 21st Rochdale Guides have shown they are leading the way after completing their First Aid badge. The girls had to complete a series of...
The theft of a sealed lead flask containing radioactive material from a parked van in New Line, Bacup sometime over the weekend has caused safety fears amongst local residents.
Councils have been told to curb the pay of senior staff after figures suggested more than 28,000 are receiving at least £50,000 a year. The Taxpayers' Alliance, which campaigns...
Unemployment fell in the three months to December, while the number in work also jumped. The jobless total fell by 14,000 between October and December to 2.5 million, the...
Rochdale Borough Council is shelling out £2.5 million on a new entrance to the Wheatsheaf Centre in the hope it will get the money back from the developer of a proposed new...
Archdeacon Emeritus of Rochdale, Ven Mark Dalby, died on Monday 11 February 2013 at his home in the Beauchamp Community, Malvern, aged 75 years.
Date Published 19/02/2013
Congratulations to Archdeacon Cherry Vann who was recently elected unopposed to become the Prolocutor of the Lower House of the Convocation of York. She succeeds Canon Glyn...
Local woman Sue Bunner has responded to redundancy by retraining in a rather different profession; and, along with a group of unemployed fellow students, she has helped to...
Food manufacturers should face penalties for mislabelling the products they sell, says a North West Euro-MP. Chris Davies is calling on governments across Europe to start...
Hopwood Hall College has been getting local youngsters involved in healthy cooking by taking part in a national initiative called Let’s Get Cooking.
A giant smoke alarm, fire extinguisher, tiger and firefighter with a hose reel have joined the latest viral craze with @manchesterfire uploading its very own Harlem Shake...
People aged 24 or over who wish to better their career prospects by going to college, will now find it more affordable thanks to new loans. From this April, they’ll be able to...
The Mayor of Rochdale, Councillor James Gartside, was in Middleton this week to officially open a new centre which hopes to help other local businesses to succeed. 4front...
Police Constable Paul Darlington, said: “I, along with a number of colleagues, was first to arrive following the gas blast. “The scene that greeted us was one of absolute...
"With childhood obesity at record levels it comes as no surprise that according to the latest Ofsted report, school children are not being physically challenged in their PE...
The efforts of a local NHS Trust to increase staff uptake of the annual seasonal flu vaccination programme has been highly commended by NHS Employers. Pennine Care NHS...
There are unacceptable delays in Magistrates' Courts which slows down justice for victims, said Justice Minister Damian Green as he announced plans to modernise the system.
Hopwood Hall College has been named as a Healthy FE College for the second time. Healthy FE recognition is an award for colleges that are committed to developing healthy...
Budding Alan Sugars and Karren Bradys at Hopwood Hall College had an opportunity to show off their entrepreneurial skills and raise money for charity last week.
The Boroughwide redevelopment of our town centres is well on the way. It is to the credit of the local authority that these changes are speeding up. Heywood & Middleton town...
MEP Paul Nuttall has thanked the EU for "ushering Britain towards the exit door of the European Union". He described David Cameron’s so-called victory in budget negotiations...
A warm welcome to all for our Anglican Communion Service led by Rev Andrew Howell this Sunday at 10.45am with Sunday Club upstairs at the same time. Mother and Baby/Toddler...
A man who killed a two-year-old boy when he blew up his house has been jailed. Andrew Partington (17/10/1984), formerly of Buckley Street, Shaw, admitted manslaughter and...