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The animal welfare charity’s 24-hour emergency hotline received 55,821 calls from members of the public in December last year (2017) and 11 December was the busiest day with 2,640…
Date Published 10/12/2018
Children and parents of The Helen O’Grady Drama Academy Rochdale have been donating items for Rochdale Foodbank over the past week.
More than 100 local young people and families have benefitted from an innovative nature-based course, designed to help improve their emotional health and wellbeing and help them…
BBC Radio 4 has confirmed that the bells of Rochdale Town Hall will replace recorded Big Ben bells ahead of the 6pm news bulletin on 24 December 2018. The chimes will be…
Littleborough Pink Warrior Ladies returned to winning ways in their final game of 2018 with an impressive 55-15 away win at Ormskirk on Sunday 9 December 2018. The visitors…
Residents in Kirkholt can enjoy new community facilities after the new Strand community hub was declared officially open in a celebration attended by local residents, Mayor of…
Springhill Hospice is to benefit from the efforts of runners taking part in a 5K Race at Cowm Reservoir, Whitworth. The Bernadette Bower ‘Life for a Life’ Tree 5K is to…
Campaigners are celebrating after controversial plans to build new homes on woodland – described as a ‘haven’ for wildlife – were withdrawn. There were more than 120 objections…
Young care leavers from across Greater Manchester took to the stage at The Rochdale Pioneers Museum to give a drama performance of how loneliness affects them.
Tram totals topped the tables in November as Metrolink celebrated a record-breaking month.
Whitworth High is celebrating after its Progress 8 score placed it among the top third of schools in Lancashire and was the best result in Rossendale.
A sudden and urgent need for some building repairs at the home of Rochdale’s busy Foodbank in the centre of town has left its volunteer workers there with less than half their…
Legal aid in Rochdale has been slashed dramatically over the last six years, according to the latest figures from the BBC Shared Data Unit. Sourced from data provided by the…
Most people assume all wrapping paper can be recycled but this is not the case.
Date Published 09/12/2018
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) have launched a new public transport offer for apprentices, potentially saving them…
Date Published 08/12/2018
With 60% of British households with someone with a dietary requirement, and 13% of the nation now following a plant-based diet, the traditional Christmas turkey dinner is no…
Members and children from Bilal Mosque gave out 300 roses in Rochdale town centre to spread joy and happiness, as part of a national campaign celebrating the birth of the Prophet…
Date Published 07/12/2018
Greater Manchester’s Housing Lead, Salford Mayor Paul Dennett, has called for surplus cash from the city-region’s Housing Investment Fund to be put towards delivering more truly…
A diabetic boxer from Rochdale is set to compete in his third professional fight this weekend at Macron Stadium, Bolton. On Saturday 8 December, Rochdale-born Muhammad Ali will…
Concerned residents are demanding reassurances over the safety of a warehouse being used by a car-care products giant to store chemicals. Tetrosyl has declared the levels…
Some months ago, the Friends of Castleton Station raised concerns to Vikky Cropper, the regional community person for Northern Railway about train announcements at the station.
Monday, I had a meeting with Richard Tang, founder and chairman of Zen Internet at Sandbrook Park, and his brother and father. Many years ago, I used to work with Richard’s father…
Local man John Priestley was named volunteer of the year at the Manchester Be Proud Awards 2018 last month. The Be Proud Awards celebrate the volunteers and unsung heroes who…
Littleborough and Areas Ladies Circle got in to the festive spirit this week with two hugely popular wreath making evenings at Ebor Studios, Littleborough.
Rochdale Training has recently celebrated the success of its apprentices at its 49th Awards celebration.
GJD’s longest serving staff member, Chris Moore, celebrated 30 years of service and was presented with a long-service award to recognise and celebrate his long service at GJD on…
Passengers are putting up with daily misery on the North’s railways – it’s intolerable, potentially unsafe and cannot go on. That was the message from Transport for the North’s…
Rochdale’s Carers’ Rights Day was declared a resounding success after hundreds of people supported the annual event. Carers of all ages packed into the Ratcliffe Suite at…
Paul Nuttall MEP has become the latest senior figure to quit the UK Independence Party. Mr Nuttall sits in the European Parliament as an MEP for North West England and was…
Local lad Beltus Nonleh has been chosen to play for Lancashire in their under 18s squad. Beltus appeared for Lancashire Under 18s on Sunday (2 December 2018) alongside his…
