Petrus Community has launched its new ‘Season of Sharing’ appeal to raise vital funds for its homelessness services this winter. Having supported people who are homeless, or at…
Date Published 18/11/2024
Three months after their introduction, knife amnesty bins outside Heywood, Middleton, and Rochdale police stations have already made an impact in the fight against knife crime in…
Greater Manchester residents are being urged to follow advice that can reduce the impact on health and the environment from woodburning stoves and open fires this winter, after…
Date Published 17/11/2024
Rochdale’s Lottie Lambert has won the Judges’ Choice Award in the Down’s Syndrome Association’s ‘My Perspective’ photography competition. Her self-portrait, titled Proud and…
Date Published 16/11/2024
The Bangladesh Association & Community Project (BACP) celebrated its first Duke of Edinburgh’s (DofE) award ceremony on Thursday 7 November 2024, as the first Bangladeshi…
Rochdale is witnessing a significant rise in jobseekers, as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) reports a 25% increase in claimant numbers over the past year. This includes…
Date Published 15/11/2024
A public meeting will be held on Wednesday 20 November, to discuss the future of the Hopwood Hall Estate in Middleton, which has reverted to the ownership of Rochdale Council.
Rochdale MP Paul Waugh has brought Rochdale’s ‘Giving Back’ Christmas Toy Appeal to the attention of Parliament, urging action on the growing child poverty crisis. His remarks…
This year Springhill Hospice marked 35 years of providing palliative care to its community but rather than rest on its laurels it is very much looking to the future. There have…
Officers from the Pennine Neighbourhood Team took to the streets of Rochdale in a targeted operation to address local crime and anti-social behaviour, focusing their efforts on…
Hundreds of people turned up to pay their respects at the Remembrance Sunday commemorations at Whitworth’s cenotaph on Sunday 10 November, honouring those who had passed serving…
Lots to do in and around the borough this weekend: Friendship group, live music across various venues, Endless Love – A Tribute to Diana Ross and Lionel Richie, Santa’s Grotto &…
Date Published 14/11/2024
Neil Emmott is the leader of Rochdale Council and a councillor for West Middleton. This month he dedicates his column to Middleton’s Hopwood Hall building, and reflects on this…
The team of volunteers at Fireground, Greater Manchester’s museum of firefighting based in Rochdale is the latest local recipient of the King’s Award for Voluntary Service (KAVS).
Donations are now being collected for this year’s Christmas Toy Appeal, which helps make sure local children who are less fortunate have presents to open on Christmas Day. The…
Date Published 13/11/2024
The former Department for Work and Pensions storage building in Heywood will be bulldozed and replaced with a new 465,000 sq ft logistics site. Rochdale Council had originally…
Information on current and forthcoming roadworks planned to take place across the borough.
It’s a family affair for Rochdale Council’s newest school crossing patrol officer, who’s become the fifth member and the third generation of his family to don the yellow jacket…
A new branch of a peer-to-peer support group aimed at men’s mental health will be launching in Milnrow on Monday 2 December. Andy’s Man Club, a men’s suicide prevention charity,…
Key figures from Heywood have celebrated the confirmation that £20m will still be coming to the town as part of the Long Term Plan for Towns Fund, announced in the Chancellor’s…
Date Published 12/11/2024
A primary school in Rochdale could double in size following plans for a huge extension. St John’s CofE Primary School is currently a half-form entry with a capacity of 105 pupils,…
Police are calling on the public to help locate Wayne McDonagh, who is wanted in connection with an assault. Authorities believe McDonagh, 31, has strong links to the Rochdale and…
Almost 60 roads have been treated across the borough as part of the council’s annual summer micro asphalt programme, which aims to improves the condition of the roads and give…
Thousands gathered across the borough for Remembrance Sunday services to honour the nation’s war heroes and pay tribute to the fallen. Representatives from the Navy, Army and…
Police are appealing for assistance to identify a man they believe could assist in the investigation of a reported sexual offence that occurred at a bus stop on Bury New Road,…
A war memorial which has been targeted by vandals could soon be repaired. The Memorial Gardens in Middleton commemorates those who fought and died in the first and second world…
Date Published 11/11/2024
‘Twas the week of Halloween… and Rochdale Town Hall as you have never seen it before.
More details have been revealed about the Ignite Fire Festival taking place in Rochdale town centre from Friday 22 to Sunday 24 November, leading up to the Christmas lights…
The Rochdale branch of Holland & Barrett is set to open in a new location at Rochdale Riverside this Wednesday (13 November), with American fast food restaurant chain Taco Bell…
Police are appealing for help in locating 17-year-old Semir, who was last seen in the area on 28 October. Semir was reportedly seen on Royds Street in Rochdale at approximately…
