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Reverend Mark Coleman - a long-time climate campaigner and Just Stop Oil supporter who has twice been jailed for taking nonviolent direct action - is standing as an independent...
Date Published 30/01/2024
Two men from Rochdale and Heywood have been charged in connection with a kidnapping in Tameside.
The thieves who blew up the cash machine at the Castleton Co-op in April last year have been jailed for 38 years after using stolen cash to jet off on holiday.
Date Published 29/01/2024
It’s the housing that’s supposed to be protecting people from an unforgiving market. ‘Social housing’ – with rents more affordable than what you would get renting privately –...
Disposable vapes will be banned in the UK as part of government plans to tackle the rise in youth vaping and protect children’s health, the Prime Minister has announced today (29...
More than £27,000 worth of illegal goods and cash were seized by police in Rochdale over the weekend – after initially being called over a carbon monoxide leak.
New research from Citizens Advice Rochdale finds 19% shoppers in the North West have experienced a problem with an item they’ve bought since October 2023.
Former MP George Galloway has thrown his hat in the ring to bid to become the next member of Parliament for Rochdale in the upcoming by-election. The former Labour and Respect...
Timetable changes have been made to a number of Bee Network bus services, including the 471 between Rochdale and Bolton.
A yellow weather warning for rain is in place across parts of the North West – including the Rochdale borough – for today (29 January) and tomorrow morning. The Met Office...
Greater Manchester residents are being encouraged to share their thoughts around children’s healthy living and the causes of childhood obesity.
Transport bosses have said there is ‘no more room’ on the Metrolink network to put more trams on for football matches.
Greater Manchester charity Stepping Stone Projects says that its mission and vision to end homelessness is now 'more critical than ever' as it celebrates its 40th anniversary.
Date Published 28/01/2024
The Roth Guitar Duo formed whilst studying at the Royal Northern College of Music and have been described as “…two of the UK’s brightest young stars of the guitar” by their...
Kat Watson-Wood, a 35-year-old IT professional from Rochdale, is still in touch with the 91-year-old radiographer who treated her for a brain tumour at The Christie NHS Foundation...
A new £300,000 fund is being launched in Greater Manchester to support freelancers and smaller organisations working in music and the arts.
Lancashire Labour group leader Azhar Ali has been chosen by the Labour party as its candidate for the Rochdale parliamentary by-election.
Date Published 27/01/2024
Andy Burnham has shed more light on the agreement he signed with scandal-hit software firm Fujitsu.
‘You said, we did’ is Heywood’s Neighbourhood Team’s mantra for 2024 – and follows a successful 2023 which saw positive results roll in for the local team.
Local charity Rochdale Heartbeat presented coronary care staff at Fairfield Hospital with heart models and equipment on 17 January.
Trains were suspended and delayed on Friday afternoon (26 January) between Rochdale and Manchester Victoria due to a 'potential casualty' on the tracks at Castleton Railway...
Date Published 26/01/2024
The Labour shortlist of candidates for members to choose from for the next prospective parliamentary candidate for the party has been drawn up: Rochdale-born political journalist...
The Asset Detention and Recovery Unit in GMP’s Economic Crime Unit has recovered over £3 million this tax year from criminals’ pockets following 333 successful court forfeitures...
The only Greater Manchester-wide awards which recognises the exemplary contributions from the health and care workforce are back in 2024 for their fifth year.
Virgin Money and the digital inclusion charity, Good Things Foundation, have teamed up to help people facing digital exclusion by introducing the National Databank programme into...
The world’s largest garden wildlife survey returns this month, with hundreds of thousands of people watching and counting the UK’s Garden birds over the last weekend in January...
A school in Middleton where ‘behaviour is disruptive’ and ‘teaching is ‘inconsistent’ has been told it must do better by an education watchdog.
Date Published 25/01/2024
Lots to do in and around the borough this weekend: Castleton Literary and Scientific Society, Volunteer Drop-in, Saturday Afternoon Organ Concert, Winter Wedding Fayre, Visit...
The co-founder of Parents Against Grooming UK, William ‘Billy’ Howarth, is planning to stand as an independent candidate in the forthcoming by-election to become the Member of...
The restoration of one of the North West’s finest historic buildings has been unveiled, with Rochdale Town Hall set to reopen to the public in a matter of weeks.
Date Published 24/01/2024