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Explore Falinge project breached Council’s procurement rules

An internal audit by Rochdale Council into the Explore Falinge project has concluded that procurement rules were breached.

In January 2011 we reported how a staggering £53,985 had been spent on the production of a film and website to promote Falinge and revealed that the project was being investigated internally.

The results of the audit have been obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.

Date published: 07/02/2012

Increased charges for adult care services approved

Drastic changes to Rochdale Council’s charges for social care services received by adults living at home have been approved.

Cabinet members agreed the changes tonight (8 February). It is estimated the changes will save the council £110,000 per year.

Date published: 08/02/2012

Council tax frozen

Council tax in Rochdale has been frozen for a second successive year.

The decision to freeze council tax for 2012/13 was rubber stamped by cabinet members at a meeting tonight (8 February).

Date published: 08/02/2012

Friends bid to revive meals on wheels

Two friends have set about replacing Rochdale’s Meals on Wheels service.

Diane Chadwick and Marilyn Jones, both 53, are looking for support to deliver a similar service to the one axed by the Council.

Date published: 08/02/2012

Real ale recognition for Rochdale pub

The Baum

The Baum, in Rochdale town centre, has been named CAMRA Pub of the Year 2012 in the Rochdale, Oldham and Bury area.

Date published: 08/02/2012

Survey highlights issue of 'forgotten' bus passengers

Frank Salt and his guide dog Lewis

Blind bus passengers are being left stranded and vulnerable, suggests a new survey by Guide Dogs.

Date published: 08/02/2012

Hospital care improving

Patients suffering from five of the North-West’s most common conditions are benefiting from improved standards of hospital care, new figures show.

Date published: 08/02/2012

Cyclist in collision with car

A cyclist has been taken to hospital following a collision with a car.

Date published: 08/02/2012

Fire-fighters tackle roof fire in Milnrow

Smoke billowing from the roof raised the alarm that there was a fire at a house in Milnrow.

Date published: 08/02/2012

Shots fired at house

Police are appealing for information after shots were fired at a house in Middleton.

Just before 11.25pm on Monday (6 February) police were called to Boardman Lane, Middleton to reports of shots being fired.

Date published: 08/02/2012

Rotarians dish out cash to worthy causes

Rotary Club of Middleton President John Brooker with the recipients

The Rotary Club of Middleton has presented almost £5,000 to a variety of community groups and organisations who applied to their Dragon’s Den initiative.

Date published: 07/02/2012

Man found dead in Middleton house identified

A man found dead at a house in Middleton has been identified as 31-year-old Edward Mark Worton.

Date published: 07/02/2012

Call for party people

Last year's Royal Wedding Street Party - Oulder Hill Drive, Rochdale

Residents across the borough can now apply to organise a street celebration to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

Date published: 07/02/2012

Ambulance service calls for falls on ice double

The North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust has been kept busy this morning with double the number of calls relating to slips, trips and falls on icy pavements and roads.

Date published: 07/02/2012

Appeal to find funeral camera man

The friends and family of a young woman who died in a tragic car crash on Mother’s Day 2010 are appealing for help to trace a cameraman from Rochdale who they hired to film her funeral.

Date published: 07/02/2012

Girl, 4, taken to hospital after being hit by car

A four-year-old girl is in hospital after a road traffic collision in Rochdale.

Shortly after 3.00pm on Monday (6 February), police were called to Albert Royds Street in Rochdale following reports a four-year-old girl had been in a collision with a silver Mitsubishi Carisma.

The young girl has been taken to hospital for treatment to a head injury. Her condition is...

Date published: 06/02/2012

‘Police doing a good job,’ say residents

Superintendent Chris Hankinson of Greater Manchester Police’s Rochdale Division

Police across the Rochdale borough have had some favourable feedback from the public.

Of the 1,964 people randomly surveyed by PCSOs during 2011, just five per cent said they felt there...

Date published: 06/02/2012

Work due to start on new fire station

An artist's impression of the new fire station

Building work on Rochdale’s new community fire station is due to start next month.

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) has been granted planning permission to create a...

Date published: 06/02/2012

Logs near open fire start blaze

Logs caught fire at a house in Rochdale after they were left too close to an open fire.

Fire-fighters from Rochdale Fire Station were called to a house on Charles Lane, Milnrow, just after midnight on Sunday (5 February).

Date published: 06/02/2012

Fire service advice for driving in snow and ice

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service is advising motorists to take care when it comes to driving in snow and ice.

Fire-fighters dealt with several road traffic collisions over the weekend as a result of frosty weather and snow.

Date published: 06/02/2012

Young artists get creative

Some of the children created work in the style of Carl Warner using food

Budding young artists from Springside and Hamer School have put on an exhibition of their work.

Date published: 06/02/2012

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