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A government minister has refused to confirm that HS2 will reach Manchester after MPs asked if the north of England is being ‘abandoned’. Conservative MP Richard Holden...
Date Published 19/09/2023
Northern has released an extra 100,000 tickets as part of its flash sale, for just 10p.
Date Published 07/09/2023
Official heatwave criteria will be met for large parts of the UK this week, with temperatures likely to exceed 30°C in some places.
Date Published 04/09/2023
Local rail operator Northern has announced a flash sale with over five million tickets for journeys across the North of England, including Greater Manchester, available from just...
Northern has advised its customers across the North of England that services will be brought to a halt on Friday 1 and Saturday 2 September as the latest ASLEF and RMT strikes...
Date Published 29/08/2023
The Northern Care Alliance’s elective surgery hubs at Rochdale and Bury Care Organisations are amongst eight newly accredited sites in England recognised for meeting top clinical...
Date Published 24/08/2023
Northern has advised its customers across the North of England to avoid travelling by train on Saturday 26 August as the latest RMT strike takes place.
Date Published 21/08/2023
Alison Kelly, director of nursing at the Northern Care Alliance’s Rochdale Care Organisation, has been suspended following accusations of ‘failing to act’ when she was the senior...
The principal and CEO of Hopwood Hall College and University College has been named a finalist in the Northern Gamechangers awards, for her dedication to improving social mobility...
Date Published 10/08/2023
John Taylor is the leader of the local Conservative party in Rochdale and a councillor for Wardle and West Littleborough. This month he dedicates his column to discussing the...
Date Published 04/08/2023
Community groups across the North of England have until midnight on Friday 11 August to apply for a slice of £50,000 in funding made available by Northern to help combat a range...
Date Published 01/08/2023
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is looking for new governors to help shape the future of health and social care.
Date Published 28/07/2023
Industrial action by the RMT union on Saturday (29 July) is set to disrupt thousands of travellers this weekend. RMT members will bring all but a handful of Northern train...
Date Published 27/07/2023
A consultation to close hundreds of train station ticket offices – including Littleborough’s – has been extended until 1 September.
Date Published 26/07/2023
Mayors across England have now written to train operators with an up to seven-day warning, setting out the legal action they will take if a consultation to close the majority of...
Date Published 25/07/2023
The latest column by Rochdale MP, Sir Tony Lloyd.
Date Published 23/07/2023
The leader and chief executive of Rochdale Borough Council will be writing to the government and train operator Northern over the proposals to close Littleborough train station...
Date Published 21/07/2023
Final preparations are under way for the new Feel Good Family Picnic events being held in Rochdale, Heywood, Littleborough and Middleton next week (July 25 to 28). Four of the...
Further strikes by First Manchester bus drivers are set to take place this month on the 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28 and 31 July, and on the 2, 4, 7, 10 and 11 August.
Date Published 18/07/2023
Industrial action by the RMT union is set to disrupt thousands of Northern customers next week, as the first of three strikes in July gets underway. RMT members will walk out on...
Date Published 14/07/2023
The Friends of Littleborough Stations group (FOLS) is urging the local community to respond to a 21-day consultation which could see Littleborough Railway Station's ticket office...
Date Published 12/07/2023
Some of the worst crimes that have targeted Northern trains in the past year could have been avoided if people had reported suspicious behaviour, the train operator’s chief...
Date Published 08/07/2023
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham has written to the Transport Secretary, branding the consultation on plans to close ticket offices across the city-region as "wholly...
Date Published 07/07/2023
Plans to shut nearly every train station ticket office in England have been revealed (Wednesday 5 July) - with Littleborough Station's ticket office facing closure.
Date Published 06/07/2023
On the day that the Royal Northern College of Music was 50 years young (Wednesday 28 June), it was appropriate that two of its recent graduates performed for Toad Lane Concerts at...
Date Published 02/07/2023
A new industrial development at Sandbrook Business Park in Rochdale has welcomed its final tenant and is now fully let, just seven months since being completed.
Date Published 09/06/2023
Lots to do in and around the borough this weekend: Wedding Open Day, Rochdale AFC Military Veterans v Men Utd Against Suicide, Art Exhibition and Sale, Ladies Golf Coaching,...
Date Published 01/06/2023
Local businesses have joined together to outline why Rochdale is special to them in a new video released by the Rochdale Development Agency.
Date Published 26/05/2023
Industrial action by ASLEF and the RMT unions will bring fresh disruption to the region’s train services on three days next week.
Date Published 25/05/2023
Northern partner, Seatfrog has released research which reveals the £93 million cost that people incur re-booking new seats after missing their pre-booked journeys in the North of...
Date Published 24/05/2023