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2245 Article(s) Found

Men threatened Lidl staff with axe

Three men threatened staff with an axe during a robbery in Heywood. At 8.05pm on Friday (3 February) the men walked...

Date Online: 06/02/2012

Redevelopment starts at third Heywood school

Work is now underway on the £10 million redevelopment of Holy Family RC & CE College in Heywood....

Date Online: 01/02/2012

Woman rescued from overturned car

A woman was rescued from her overturned car by fire-fighters after it crashed into a building in Heywood. One crew...

Date Online: 01/02/2012

Derelict site transformed for new homes

Residents of Hill Street, Heywood, have joined together to mark the completion of five new homes which have been developed...

Date Online: 25/01/2012

Club ‘delighted’ by return of member

Heywood Rotary Club has welcomed the return of member Chris Duffy to the...

Date Online: 22/01/2012

Appeal to catch gully lid thieves

At least 75 gully lids have been stolen in Heywood and Middleton. It is thought that the lids were stolen...

Date Online: 17/01/2012

Man charged following arson at flats

A man has been charged in connection with arson at an apartment block in Heywood. Daniel Byrom, 35, of High...

Date Online: 16/01/2012

Four rescued from fire

Three adults and a baby have been rescued from a fire at a block of flats in Heywood. Fire-fighters were...

Date Online: 15/01/2012

Woman rescued from fire by 16-year-old neighbour

A woman in Heywood had a lucky escape from a fire after her neighbour came to her rescue. The 52-year-old was...

Date Online: 12/01/2012

Teen suffers severe cuts in collision

A teenager suffered severe cuts during a road traffic collision in Heywood. Fire-fighters from Heywood Fire Station were called to...

Date Online: 11/01/2012

Heywood swimming champ is face of new mascara

Olympic swimming hero and twice world champion, Kerri-Anne Payne, from Heywood, has been made the face of Max Factor False...

Date Online: 04/01/2012

Fire-fighters tackle annual animal rescue training

Three days before Christmas, most people were hectically shopping, wrapping presents, or eating their way through family-sized tins of Quality...

Date Online: 24/12/2011

Construction work starts on new school

Work has started to construct a new school for the Brownhill Learning Community on the existing Darnhill Study Centre site...

Date Online: 10/12/2011

Drivers shown consequences of not wearing a seatbelt

Drivers flouting the law were shown a dramatic presentation about the potentially tragic consequences of their actions as part of...

Date Online: 09/12/2011

National recognition for day patient bus service

An innovative new transport service for day patients using a Heywood health centre has earned national recognition. The Callaghan House...

Date Online: 05/12/2011

Students return for night of awards

Siddal Moor Sports College's recently graduated year 11 students returned to school this week for the Annual Awards Evening. ...

Date Online: 03/12/2011

Driver stabbed in cash in transit robbery

A driver has been stabbed in the arm during cash in transit robbery. At around 2.40pm on Tuesday (29 November),...

Date Online: 02/12/2011

Metal thieves endanger their own lives and others

Thieves risked their own lives as well as a woman's just to steal gas piping. It happened on Makin Court...

Date Online: 01/12/2011

Jim Dobbin visits Bangladesh to mark World Pneumonia Day 2011

To mark World Pneumonia Day, Heywood and Middleton MP, Jim Dobbin, travelled to Dhaka last week to lead a senior...

Date Online: 29/11/2011

Employee loses three fingers at factory

A Heywood engineering firm has been prosecuted after a 21-year-old employee had three fingers cut off by an industrial saw...

Date Online: 26/11/2011

Warning after children approached in street

Residents in Heywood are being warned to be careful following two incidents where men approached children in the street....

Date Online: 26/11/2011

Benefit cheat falsely claimed over £18,000

A benefit cheat who falsely claimed over £18,000 has been ordered to carry out unpaid work. Lindsay Cleminshaw, 30, of...

Date Online: 23/11/2011

Heywood to get share of £1.3m flood cash

Homes in Heywood are to benefit in a share of £1.3 million for flood protection measures. The Environment Agency has...

Date Online: 18/11/2011

Man cut free from car

A man was cut free from his car by fire-fighters earlier today following a road traffic collision involving one other...

Date Online: 14/11/2011

Mike Goldrick – Businessman of the Year

Mike Goldrick of Mike Goldrick Window Blinds and Curtains was named Businessman of the Year at the inaugural Rochdale Business...

Date Online: 09/11/2011

Emma’s legacy of safety for Heywood drinkers

The partner of a Heywood woman who was killed in a glassing incident has created a lasting legacy for safety...

Date Online: 08/11/2011

Olympic flame to visit Rochdale and Heywood

Rochdale and Heywood are two of over 1,000 villages, towns and cities through which the Olympic Flame will be carried...

Date Online: 07/11/2011

Robbery at Heywood bookmakers

A shopworker was punched in the face during a robbery at a Heywood bookmakers. At about 6.20pm yesterday, Friday 4 November,...

Date Online: 05/11/2011

Blooming triumph

The borough of Rochdale has been heavily recognised at this year’s North West in Bloom awards – walking away with...

Date Online: 02/11/2011

Children take part in Halloween craft sessions

Over 50 children turned out for Halloween themed craft workshops at Darnhill Library to carve pumpkins and make spooky garden...

Date Online: 27/10/2011