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Councillor Farooq Ahmed reinstated

Councillor Farooq Ahmed

Councillor Farooq Ahmed has been reinstated into the Labour party and his position as finance portfolio holder on the Council Cabinet after a police investigation concluded that no action would be taken over a video that emerged earlier this year purported to show him smoking cannabis.

Speaking exclusively to Rochdale Online, Councillor Ahmed, said: “I feel great. I am really pleased with the news.”

Date published: 22/02/2012

Weekly Deals and Dining Out launched on Rochdale Online

Dining Out

Rochdale Online has launched an exciting new Weekly Deals scheme and a Dining Out section.

In a bid to help readers we are offering one hand picked deal every week with discounts of up...

Date published: 21/02/2012

Rochdale men 'plied girls with drink and drugs for sex'

A group of 11 men plied girls as young as 13-years-old with drink and drugs so they could use them for sex, Liverpool Crown Court has heard.

The offences are said to have happened in and around Rochdale in 2008 and 2009.

The court heard how the men, who are aged between 22 and 59-years-old from Rochdale and Oldham, "acted together to sexually exploit the girls.”

Date published: 21/02/2012

Town centre clothes store saved

Peacocks in Rochdale will remain open after the chain was sold out of administration to The Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group.

The fashion retailer, that has a store in the Wheatsheaf Shopping Centre, called in the administrators in January.

Date published: 22/02/2012

Bobble day raises over £1,300

Julie Clegg, Margaret Robinson and Nighat Naheed showing off their Giant Bobble

The people of Rochdale have raised over £1,300 for Age UK.

The money was raised as part of Bobble Day, which took place on 10 February.

Date published: 22/02/2012

Teenager set himself on fire

A teenager has been taken to hospital with 30 per cent burns.

Emergency services were called to Hopwood Service Station on Rochdale Road, Middleton, following reports of a person on fire, shortly before 11.00am today (Tuesday 21 February).

Date published: 21/02/2012

Reminder from ambulance service following increase in calls

Ambulance service

The North West Ambulance Service has seen a 15 per cent rise in 999 calls during the last four weeks and is reminding people that 999 services are for emergencies only.

Date published: 22/02/2012

‘Take care when cooking’

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service logo

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service is urging people to be more cautious when cooking, following a series of kitchen fires.

Date published: 22/02/2012

Design developments celebrated

Brent Miller from Pinnacle Homes and Paul Clark from CJ Partnership receiving their award from Mayor Godson<br/>Rochdale Borough Design Award – The Pavilion, Birtle Brook Village, Birtle

The winners of the Rochdale Borough Design Awards have been announced.

The awards, now in their third year, are part of a bid to promote good design in new developments in the...

Date published: 21/02/2012

Community ‘united in concern’ over rat running in alleyway

Residents are calling for an alleyway that runs between Well I’ Th’ Lane and Schofield Street to be closed off.

The alleyway is often used as a short cut onto the Queensway/Kingsway junction.

Date published: 21/02/2012

Fire-fighters rescue elderly lady in caravan park fall

An elderly lady has been rescued after falling onto a river’s edge at Gelder Clough Caravan Park, Heywood.

Fire-fighters from Rochdale, Heywood and Bury and a specialist water incident unit from Eccles were called to the park at 12.34pm today (Tuesday 21 February 2011).

Date published: 21/02/2012

Impact Partnership review nears conclusion

Rochdale Borough Council’s strategic review of the Impact Partnership is nearing conclusion.

The review proposes that the Council will undertake property, highways, payroll and elements of the ICT services.

Since 2006 these have been provided by the Impact Partnership, a joint venture between the Council and Mouchel.

Date published: 21/02/2012

Plans for temporary bus stands drawn up

Plans to use temporary bus stands along The Esplanade, if Rochdale’s new Transport Interchange isn’t ready when the existing station is demolished, have been drawn up by the Council.

Date published: 21/02/2012

Rochdale urged to be clear on the signs of bowel cancer

The 'Be Clear on Cancer’ raodshow in The Rochdale Exchange

A nationwide ‘Be Clear on Cancer’ campaign to raise awareness of the symptoms of bowel cancer has come to Rochdale.

A team from Be Clear on Cancer have set up in the Exchange Shopping...

Date published: 21/02/2012

Cash drive to get young people earning or learning

A £20million drive to create opportunities for NEETs in North West England will be announced by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today.

The scheme, which is part of the Government’s Youth Contract, will target funding through tailored support on a payment-by-results system to 16 and 17-year-olds with no GCSEs at A* - C who are at the highest risk of long-term...

Date published: 21/02/2012

Campaign group gather for public screening of documentary

Members and supporters of Rochdale PSC at the screening of the documentary

Members and supporters of the Rochdale branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign gathered at Spotland Community Centre for a public screening of the 2006 documentary The Iron Wall,...

Date published: 21/02/2012

Young people take a stand on smoking

Leigh Revilles, James Bannon and Charlotte Watson at the Watching Me, Watching You event

Young people from across the borough have attended a debate about ‘smoking in the media’ and the impact of plain cigarette packaging at a special youth event hosted at Media City - the...

Date published: 20/02/2012

19-year-old girl sexually assaulted

A 19-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in Castleton in the early hours of Sunday (19 February) morning.

The victim was walking along Manchester Road, after getting off the number 17 bus at the Abbott Street stop.

She noticed a man, who had been on the same bus and got off at the same stop, was following her before he grabbed her and sexually assaulted her. She...

Date published: 20/02/2012

Community speed watch launched in Milnrow

Resident Ron Horton, holding the recording equipment, alongside Councillor Irene Davidson and PCSO Angela Smith

A Community Speed Watch scheme is being piloted in Milnrow after police received a high number of complaints regarding speeding and heavy traffic on Kiln Lane.

A group of five local...

Date published: 20/02/2012

Hospital Trust £3.5m spend on management consultants slammed as “scandalous”

The Pennine Acute Hospitals Trust which runs the Rochdale Infirmary has spent a further £661,529.50 with management consultants Ernst and Young - bringing their total spend to almost £3.5million.

The Trust, which also runs hospitals in Oldham, Bury and North Manchester, announced last year that it would need to make £43million in savings – as previously reported on...

Date published: 20/02/2012

Man, 25, hit by train

A 25-year-old man is in hospital after being struck by a train between Rochdale and Smithy Bridge.

The incident, which isn’t being treated as suspicious, was reported to police shortly after 9.00pm last night (Saturday 18 February).

A spokesperson for the North West Ambulance Service said the man has undergone partial amputation of his foot.

Date published: 19/02/2012

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