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New Year Message from the Leader of Rochdale Council, Councillor Alan Taylor

Firstly, can I say Happy New Year and hope that you have all had a good Christmas.
I only came back...

Date Online: 01/01/2008

700% increase in Rochdale lead thefts

Thefts of lead from roofs of Rochdale homes have increased by 788% since April 2007 according to Rochdale Police figures....

Date Online: 02/01/2008

Man aims gun at Infirmary patients

A masked man ran into Rochdale Infirmary in the early hours of New Year's Eve and pointed a gun at...

Date Online: 02/01/2008

Advice day for disabled

An event for disabled people hopes to show people that having a disability does not have to hold them back....

Date Online: 02/01/2008

Fire union accuses bosses of negligence

Fire union members are blaming bosses at the Greater Manchester headquarters after four engines were off the road on New...

Date Online: 02/01/2008

Screening trial for brittle bones

Scientists at Manchester University are to take part in a major new screening trial that could pave the way to...

Date Online: 02/01/2008

Council Leader: New Year Interview

Rochdale Council Leader Councillor Alan Taylor talks to Rochdale Online reporter Jan Harwood about council housing, alternate weekly bin collections,...

Date Online: 02/01/2008

Health bosses forced to reopen closed Infirmary beds

A shortage of beds for poorly children throughout the region has forced Pennine Acute health bosses to reopen previously closed...

Date Online: 02/01/2008

Tenon expands marketing team

Nationwide accountancy firm Tenon, which has offices based in Rochdale, has increased its marketing team in a bid to reach...

Date Online: 03/01/2008

Keep an eye on the elderly this winter

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service is urging relatives, friends and neighbours to keep an eye on the elderly as...

Date Online: 03/01/2008

Letter from Parliament

May I take the opportunity of wishing you all a Happy New Year. 2008 is an exciting time for our...

Date Online: 03/01/2008

Rochdale to host leading Muslim scholar

Rochdale based multi-faith group Deen For All are hosting a world famous Shaykh at an event later this month. Tickets...

Date Online: 03/01/2008

Sudden junctions update

All lanes are now open at the Silk Street roundabout. The footpath next to the sub-station on Silk Street will...

Date Online: 03/01/2008

RoFTRA seeking to work closely with ward councillors

RoFTRA accepts that it has not worked, and is not working closely enough, with most ward councillors - and welcomes...

Date Online: 03/01/2008

Figures show more women at the wheel

Carcraft Rochdale believe there is a growing emergence of 'girl racers' according to latest sale figures. According to the Rochdale-based...

Date Online: 03/01/2008

Police provide peaceful Christmas and New Year

Greater Manchester Police and their partners against crime reversed the annual trend of a rise in the number of burglaries,...

Date Online: 03/01/2008

Rochdale Infirmary under visitor restrictions

Rochdale Infirmary is under visitor restrictions in response to a wave of winter vomiting disease that is sweeping the country....

Date Online: 03/01/2008

Middleton man jailed for money laundering

A Middleton man who fraudulently earned tens of thousands of pounds has been jailed, following an investigation into a series...

Date Online: 03/01/2008

Recent heart bypass patient slashed with machete in Middleton

A man who was in recovery from a quadruple heart bypass was viciously assaulted and slashed with a machete during...

Date Online: 03/01/2008

Four players released by Dale

Rochdale have released one senior professional and three youngsters from their contracts on the third day of the January transer...

Date Online: 03/01/2008

Jams charge will woo millions to buses

The deal designed to bring congestion charging could also see a staggering 29 million new bus passenger journeys in Greater...

Date Online: 03/01/2008

First half strikes sink Darlington


Rochdale 3
(Thompson 22, Murray 37, Le Fondre 45 pen)
Darlington 1
(Keltie 54 pen)

Three first half...

Date Online: 01/01/2008

Pharmacists can help fight winter vomiting bug

People who contract winter vomiting illness are reminded that pharmacists can help them tackle the unpleasant symptoms - these include...

Date Online: 03/01/2008

Eurocrats will not bend on bananas

Europe's bendy banana rules are set to stay, Rochdale Euro-MP Chris Davies has been told.
Although the law has been the...

Date Online: 03/01/2008

Catch It, Bin It, Kill It!

A new health campaign is encouraging people to practice simple steps to help stop the spread of flu and other...

Date Online: 10/01/2008

Traffic news

Motorists are advised there is heavy traffic westbound on the M62 between J20, Rochdale and J19, Heywood, this morning (Thursday...

Date Online: 10/01/2008

Who or what is the LSP ask victims of funding cut

Who or what is the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP)? Who, if anyone, elects LSP members? And to whom are they...

Date Online: 10/01/2008

Impassioned pleas to save community centre

Rarely has a township meeting seen so many impassioned pleas by so many people desperate to save something they consider...

Date Online: 10/01/2008

GMP clamps down on uninsured drivers

A convertible Audi A4 and a Audi Quattro worth around £45,000 are just two of the 30,000 vehicles that GMP...

Date Online: 10/01/2008

Arts Centre still high on the agenda says Cllr Mulgrew

Councillor Dale Mulgrew, lead councillor campaigning on the Arts Centre issue, has confirmed that before Christmas a high level meeting...

Date Online: 09/01/2008