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Sharon MacLean, Rochdale Constituency Labour Party secretary has resigned from the position because of “a lack of action” from the local party over the Knowl View child sex abuse...
Date Published 05/12/2017
The council and its partners have pledged their support for the White Ribbon Campaign, which aims to put a stop to violence against women.
Date Published 28/11/2017
A group of police officers and specialist nurses, who provided support to the victims and bereaved families following the Manchester Arena terror attack, have been presented with...
Date Published 22/11/2017
Organisations across the borough of Rochdale have been gaining the skills they need to fight loans sharks and the problems they can cause in communities.
Date Published 20/11/2017
A man attempted to rape a 29-year-old woman on Richard Street, Rochdale in the early hours of Saturday morning (18 November). The woman had been walking on the street when she...
Date Published 19/11/2017
The members of Momemtum Rochdale, Heywood and Middleton have issed an apology to the victims of abuse at Knowl View School.
Date Published 27/10/2017
The victims of sexual abuse and exploitation at Knowl View School say that Councillor Richard Farnell "isn’t fit to be leader of the council now".
Councillor Richard Farnell, Leader of Rochdale Borough Council, has hit back following the call for his resignation by Councillor Andy Kelly, Leader of the Borough's Liberal...
Date Published 26/10/2017
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is closing its specialist sex crime unit, the force has confirmed. GMP said officers from its Serious Sexual Offences Unit (SSOU) are being...
Date Published 24/10/2017
Greater Manchester Police has been named as a leading force for its response to modern slavery and human tracking in a recent report inspecting all 43 UK forces, by Her Majesty’s...
A campaign to stop criminal gangs from grooming children and vulnerable adults to commit crime has been launched.
Date Published 23/10/2017
Cyril Smith ‘stood laughing’ as one of his alleged victims was sexually abused by another man, the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) heard on Monday (16
Date Published 17/10/2017
A pupil was ‘spanked by a school headteacher’ after accusing Cyril Smith of sexual abuse, day six of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse heard on Monday (16 October).
An independent review to provide assurance that Greater Manchester has the right culture and best possible systems in place to protect children from sexual exploitation (CSE) will...
Date Published 15/10/2017
“I have cried and had flashbacks. If I was white this would not be happening to me. I do not want to be this colour sometimes. I feel like I rubbing it off it got so bad.”
New emergency accommodation and support services for victims and children affected by domestic abuse have launched in the borough of Rochdale.
Date Published 12/10/2017
An alleged victim of the late Cyril Smith described how the politician ‘denied him urgent medical care for a ruptured appendix until he had finished fondling him’, an inquiry...
A 25-year-old man was hit with a wooden bar, struck to the ground and kicked in the stomach by two men who attempted to rob him on the canal path near Surma Close on Elder Street...
Date Published 02/10/2017
The family of Joseph Brown-Lartey, who was killed by a dangerous driver, are furious after hearing their son’s killer has been moved to an open prison, despite serving just two...
Date Published 28/08/2017
A man was punched and kicked to the floor during an unprovoked attack in Rochdale on Sunday 13 August. The victim was approached by three men and a woman on Drake Street who...
Date Published 14/08/2017
Police are warning Rochdale borough residents, particularly the elderly or vulnerable, to be aware of these scams involving bogus telephone calls.
Date Published 08/08/2017
The Truth Project’s Pop-Up Office is in Rochdale until Friday 28 July. However, if you missed this window, you can still have your chance to share your experiences.
Date Published 27/07/2017
Training is being given to protect the elderly and vulnerable people from scams which come through the postal system and criminals who contact them through the internet and...
Date Published 10/07/2017
Rochdale MP Tony Lloyd condemned the “man-made tragedy” as tributes were paid to the victims of asbestos. Campaigners from across Europe and as far as Japan gathered in...
Date Published 09/07/2017
Mayor Andy Burnham has requested the issues raised in the harrowing BBC documentary about the grooming scandal, ‘The Betrayed Girls’, be looked at to ‘ensure changes made have...
Date Published 08/07/2017
Residents are being encouraged to get scam aware and do their part to prevent them this July for Scams Awareness Month.
Date Published 06/07/2017
With Rochdale about to be in the spotlight again as the BBC airs another documentary, Betrayed Girls, about the sexual abuse and grooming scandal that emerged in Rochdale five...
Date Published 02/07/2017
Professor Alexis Jay OBE, Chairwoman of Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse' explains her role and the steps being taken to encourage victims to share their experience...
Date Published 29/06/2017
The Truth Project, part of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), is coming to Rochdale on 26-28 July to hear directly from victims and survivors of child sexual...
Rochdale Council has completed a new floral tribute to the Manchester bomb victims in Broadfield Park.
Date Published 17/06/2017