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Council leader Richard Farnell has joined the growing call for the government’s new benefits system, Universal Credit, to be halted.
Date Published 12/10/2017
The feasibility of reopening the railway bridge at Castleton to bring the East Lancashire Railway back to the village is being assessed.
Air rifle attacks on cats could drastically reduce as air gun licensing is set to be reviewed, leading to a possible change in law.
The Borough of Rochdale has lost around 200 police officers since 2010 - Greater Manchester Police has lost £180M in police funding, leading to the significant decrease in police...
The £500,000 restoration of architect Edgar Wood’s Long Street Methodist School is currently being considered by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
A number of cycling-friendly improvements have been made across the Rochdale Borough. In March this year, £750k external funding from TfGM for a continuous cycle route through...
15 suspected Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMO) have been under investigation this quarter, Wednesday’s Council meeting heard (11 October).
In recent weeks, last orders have been called in two popular Rochdale town centre pubs, The Reed and The Tanners Arms Hotel.
The second draft of the controversial Greater Manchester Spatial Framework is expected to be developed in the new year, Wednesday’s (11 October) Council meeting was informed.
Local car finance company, Marsh, has more than quadrupled its floor space and driven up staff numbers following a council-backed move to the Victorian Crossfield Mill.
Rochdale Borough Council is bucking the national trend which sees more than half of councils expecting to overspend their adult social care budgets this year by up to nearly £21...
Despite Christmas being weeks away, wildlife lovers will be gathered around the ivy over the coming nights as they search for rare and spectacular moths looking for an autumn...
Heywood-based GJD, one of Dahua’s UK Technology Partners, is exhibiting at Dahua’s first Technology Showcase event on Tuesday 17 October at Lillibrooke Manor, Maidenhead.
Forty new micro units to house new small firms have now been completed, with some already let to companies. The move is designed to give local businesses a helping hand in...
The quick and simple flu vaccination is the best protection from the virus and they are offered free to those residents who could be ‘at risk’ of developing severe complications...
Rochdale Mayfield are in action on Saturday in the qualifying semi-final of the Kingstone Press NCL premier division play-offs against Wath Brow Hornets.
Rochdale Borough Council has spent £8.1 million on buying the premises of Marks and Spencer (Yorkshire Street) and Mecca Bingo (Smith Street), a Freedom of Information request...
New emergency accommodation and support services for victims and children affected by domestic abuse have launched in the borough of Rochdale.
Aquacheck Engineering Ltd., an engineering business based in Rochdale, has been shortlisted as one of the top three suppliers to one of the UK’s major water suppliers, Severn...
Littleborough Arts Festival, Motown & Northern Soul Night, Guide Dog Coffee Morning, Voices For All, Jazz on a Sunday, Middleton Car Boot sale plus many more – lots to do around...
A new Kidney Care Centre on Schofield Street in Heywood is in the early planning stages. The centre would provide renal dialysis, renal outpatient care and general nephrology...
An alleged victim of the late Cyril Smith described how the politician ‘denied him urgent medical care for a ruptured appendix until he had finished fondling him’, an inquiry...
At 2.5 children per week, the number of children entering the care sytem in the Rochdale Borough is well below the national average of 90 children entering care each day.
Due to wide cracks covering the entire width of the road, Ashworth Road in Norden has been closed to all vehicles and pedestrians for the near future.
Rochdale Borough Council unanimously passed a motion on healthy weight, at Wednesday’s full council meeting (11 October) welcoming opportunity to lead local action to prevent...
Rochdale Borough Council Chief Executive, Steve Rumbelow Chief has used special emergency powers to renew the lease of the Arts and Heritage Centre, Units 3, 4, 5 and 6 Scotts...
Rochdale Borough Council unanimously approved a motion to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism at Wednesday’s full council meeting...
The North West’s housing market lacked momentum in September, as demand from new buyers and sales fell, and the shift in interest rate expectations contributed to buyer caution...
An alleged victim of abuse by Cyril Smith told the second day of an inquiry of how he came face-to-face with the politician on his wedding day in 1969. For decades throughout...
Date Published 11/10/2017
Darren Bradford (15/08/75) of Town Mill Brow, Rochdale, who burgled a woman at knifepoint in her own home in Rochdale, was sentenced to 11 years in prison at Manchester Crown...
