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Following the increase in the restriction level to Tier 4, Greater Manchester Police is urging people to celebrate responsibly this New Year's Eve.
Date Published 31/12/2020
This year, we’ve seen how important the natural world is to our mental health and wellbeing. There has been a surge in interest in the nature on our doorsteps and many people have...
Date Published 30/12/2020
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced that Greater Manchester will enter Tier 4 restrictions from midnight tonight.
Empty offices on Yorkshire Street, Rochdale, could be turned into self-contained flats. A planning application to change St James Place, opposite the Ukrainian Catholic Church,...
This year’s virtual Christmas Cracker event from the GEM Appeal has raised over £400 for the charity.
Don’t wait to quit – that’s the message from NHS doctors and former smokers as a hard-hitting campaign launches across Greater Manchester.
This year, local councillor Faisal Rana and his wife, Iram, have once again donated 50 new blankets to local homelessness charity Petrus.
Generous dentists from Littleborough have donated £250 to the Heywood Foodbank – to replace emergency funds stolen from the cause earlier this month.
Date Published 29/12/2020
It goes without saying that this year has been challenging for everyone, and the BID has sought to support by sharing useful information and guidance, assist with grant...
A new helpline offering support services to victims of crime in Greater Manchester has been launched.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Group (NCA) – the local NHS organisation that runs hospitals and community healthcare services in Oldham, Bury, Rochdale and Salford – has announced...
Stepping Stone Projects and WHAG (formerly Women’s Housing Action Group) have made a successful application to the Winter Transformation Fund to support the council in helping...
Rochdale AFC's next two League One fixtures have been postponed because players and first-team staff are self-isolating following one of the players testing positive for Covid-19.
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for snow throughout Wednesday evening into Thursday (30 to 31 December).
A 30-year-old man has died after being hit by a car on Rochdale Road in Slattocks on Thursday 24 December 2020.
Castleton caregiver Lynda Kent takes the lead role in a newly released episode of Armchair Adventures, an interactive podcast created to help people feel connected and less...
Led by sprinkler fitter, Andrew Ormrod, 35, a team of 15 will be walking 72km to Blackpool on February 27, 2021 to raise money for Springhill Hospice and Neil’s Appeal, in a...
Brownhill Learning Community has been running an ongoing project with local care homes to try and ease loneliness and bring cheer.
Date Published 28/12/2020
The East Lancashire Railway (ELR) will play host to the most iconic steam engine in history – when the Flying Scotsman returns to its tracks in spring 2021.
In lieu of Christmas activities this year, employees at local construction firm H Bell & Sons have donated funds to local charities.
Greater Manchester’s first commissioned homeless service for people identifying as LGBTQ+ and experiencing homelessness has opened in the region.
Britain’s Got Talent’s local sign language champions Sign Along With Us are embarking on a UK tour next year, bringing their message of inclusivity to even more people in an...
Fire tore through a house on Agincourt Street in Heywood on Christmas Day.
Date Published 27/12/2020
Mental health charity Rochdale and District Mind have created a booklet for people living in Rochdale, Middleton and Heywood who are struggling both physically and mentally.
In his annual visit to Heywood, Santa Claus has been seeing which children have been naughty or nice in the run-up to Christmas.
Work has started on repairing a landmark street in Rochdale.
The borough of Rochdale has been named as one of 57 areas to provisionally benefit from the Future High Streets Fund, and could receive approximately £17m.
A yellow warning for snow and ice has been issued by the Met Office from Sunday 27 December through to Monday 28 December.
With the region’s long-term development plan hitting the rocks and Covid casting a long shadow over the economy, Greater Manchester’s future has rarely looked so uncertain.
When putting up your decorations or writing your Christmas cards, have you ever wondered why we associate robins with Christmas? Maybe you’ve always wondered where “the holly and...
Date Published 26/12/2020