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Abusive calls man jailed

A man who was arrested in Rochdale after making more than 100 threatening phone calls has been sent to prison for four years.

Ian Parry, 48, from Bacup, told some of his female victims that he would abduct or assault them if they did not say obscene things over the phone.

Parry admitted eight counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm at Burnley Crown Court and asked that 96 other offences involving abusive calls be taken into consideration.

Date published: 10/10/2008

Last chance to register to vote in transport referendum

Anyone that has moved house in the last few months and has not yet returned their electoral roll registration form will not be able to vote in the Greater Manchester wide referendum on public transport and congestion charging next month.

Out of the 90,000 registration forms sent out to households across Rochdale, almost a quarter haven’t been completed and returned to the...

Date published: 10/10/2008

Rowen says government has failed people of Falinge

Rochdale's MP Paul Rowen has hit out the Government, saying that they have failed to do anything for unemployed people in Falinge.

In a House of Commons debate on unemployment in the UK, Mr Rowen described how three quarters of people in Falinge are on benefits....

Date published: 10/10/2008

End of TIF consultation

Congestion charge consultation ends.

The consultation into the future of transport in Greater Manchester ends today (Friday 10 October).

If successful money from the Transport Innovation Fund will be spent on improving...

Date published: 10/10/2008

Rochdale Council's wise decision on investment

Rochdale Council confirmed today (Thursday 9 October) that they have not invested any taxpayer's money in Icelandic banks.

Local authorties up and down the country have been thrown into financial difficulty following the crash of banks in Iceland....

Date published: 09/10/2008

Letter from Parliament - Jim Dobbin MP

Jim Dobbin MP

Well that’s the Party conference season over for another year!

Both main parties failed to follow the expected pattern forecast by the media. The Labour Party did not descend into near...

Date published: 09/10/2008

Middleton bus knife thug jailed

The knife-wielding teenager who was ordered off a bus by a teacher in Rochdale has been sent to jail.

Adam Paul Taylor, 17, was today sent to prison for 12 months after he threatened children from Middleton Technology College with a knife as they were leaving school for the day.

He got on a bus full of children from the school and began slashing the knife around....

Date published: 09/10/2008

Closer LINK to Rochdale Health and Social Care

Cabinet Member for Health and Social Care Councillor Dale Mulgrew (left) alongside Link Team Members Julie Darbyshire, Senior Development Worker, Jules Harris, Development Worker & Steven Journeaux, Administrator.

Rochdale is to welcome a brand new service dedicated to gaining resident’s views and suggestions on health and social care issues. Voices4Wellbeing is a new Local Involvement Network (LINK)...

Date published: 09/10/2008

Care homes forced to give residents a voice

Residents in Rochdale’s care homes are to get new powers of complaint when new government legislation is brought in.

The Times says that elderly residents or family members who pay for care, will soon be able to take their grievances to Local Government Ombudsmen....

Date published: 09/10/2008

Seven weeks between arrest and sentence for young offenders

Latest figures show that 51 days pass between a persistant young offender in Greater Manchester being arrested to them being sentenced.

In 1996 the Ministry of Justice pledged to halve the average time from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders in England and Wales from 142 days to 71 days, so Greater Manchester is performing well below that pledge....

Date published: 09/10/2008

M62 re-opened

The M62 eastbound carriageway between junction 21 at Milnrow and junction 22 at Rishworth Moor has been fully re-opened following a vehicle fire this morning (Thursday 9 October).

Two lanes had been closed since this morning but both have now been re-opened.

The fire to a large trailer occurred at around 6am this morning. A man suffered slight burns from the blaze but he...

Date published: 09/10/2008

Doctors to get their own check-ups

All Rochdale doctors on the medical register will be subject to annual appraisals and required to renew their licences every five years.

The Government today confirmed the formation of an implementation team that will impose revalidation for all doctors across England, and have pledged £1million in funding to support them....

Date published: 08/10/2008

Halifax Road development to represent UK in European Environment Awards

After: The new housing development on Halifax Road.

A housing development on Halifax Road in Hamer is on track to represent the UK in the European Business Awards for the Environment at the House of Commons in November.

The Regenda Group,...

Date published: 08/10/2008

Rochdale MEP wins €10billion vote to fight climate change

Rochdale's Euro-MP has described it as the best day of his political life after proposals for a €10 billion EU fund to support the development of carbon capture and storage technology (CCS) to slow global warming have gained European Parliament backing.

Now Chris Davies MEP starts a hectic month of meetings with ministers across Europe to try and win a majority in favour of...

Date published: 08/10/2008

Mission green sweep coming to a street near you

Councillor William Hobhouse, chairman of Rochdale Township, joins street cleaners on patrol in Bamford.

Every ward in the Rochdale township area now has its own dedicated street cleaner, tasked with making streets cleaner and tidier.

A pilot has started across Rochdale this week which will...

Date published: 08/10/2008

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