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Send a Jubilee card to the Queen

Send a Jubilee card to the Queen

The Rotary Club of Middleton is holding a competition for the children of Middleton to design a card they might want to send to The Queen on the occasion of her Diamond Jubilee.

Date published: 18/05/2012

Rochdale President Chamber Column

Peter Carey

Peter Carey, Rochdale President of Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce says: “As most of us are aware, Rochdale town centre is going through quite a dramatic programme of change at the...

Date published: 17/05/2012

D’Oliveira honoured at Middleton Cricket Club

Basil D'Oliveira plaque

A plaque has been unveiled at Middleton Cricket Club in honour of a giant of the game who also became an icon of the anti-apartheid movement.

South African born Basil D’Oliveira, who...

Date published: 14/05/2012

The groundwork for a greener future

Boarshaw Clough in 2005

A call has gone out for cash and volunteers to help a local charity change places and change lives in Middleton.

Boarshaw Clough is one of 30 projects around the country to feature in a...

Date published: 14/05/2012

Letter from Westminster - Jim Dobbin MP

Jim Dobbin MP

I congratulate all those candidates who were successful in last weeks’ local elections.

It was good to see that the electorate across the Borough of Rochdale, and especially in my...

Date published: 15/05/2012

Rochdale shows it’s an accommodating borough

Mercure Norton Grange Hotel

Rochdale’s packed events programme for 2012 has been given another boost now that the borough can claim to have more 3-5* accommodation than anywhere else in Greater Manchester other than...

Date published: 08/05/2012

Child sex trial: sentences

Mohammed Sajid - jailed for 12 years

Nine men have been sentenced today, Wednesday 9 May 2012 to a total of 77 years behind bars following their convictions yesterday of being part of a child sexual exploitation ring.

The...

Date published: 09/05/2012

Middleton's 600th and 60th anniversaries

St Leonards, Middleton's Medieval Parish Church

This year the townsfolk of Middleton will be celebrating two important anniversaries, namely the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the 600th anniversary of Middleton...

Date published: 08/05/2012

New fund is available to community groups

A new fund is available to community groups within the Rochdale area.

Spotland and Falinge ward has been selected as one of the 600 areas to receive Community First funding.

A Community First panel has been set up in your area, made up of local people. Their contact details can be found on the back of this leaflet. Get in touch to find out more or get involved.

Date published: 06/05/2012

Reducing repossessions in Rochdale

Rochdale residents who are struggling to pay their mortgage may be able to get help to stay in their own homes thanks to one of the best rescue schemes in the country.

Rochdale Borough Council, in partnership with Rochdale Citizens Advice, runs a Mortgage Rescue Scheme (MRS) which is recognised nationally as a leading service operating in a repossession hotspot.

Date published: 05/05/2012

Roadworks on Rochdale's strategic network

John Street, Rochdale (NEW) - on its westerly side from the Townhead junction for approx 130 metres in a south-easterly direction

Temporary prohibition of left-turn onto St Mary's Gate to facilitate junction improvements, 9.30am to 3.30pm (only in operation as and when works require)
The alternative route for vehicles is via John Street, Whitworth Road, Howard Street,...

Date published: 05/05/2012

Ahead of schedule: Construction work on The Royal Oldham’s new £44m Women and Children’s Unit

Ahead of schedule: Construction work on The Royal Oldham’s new £44m Women and Children’s Unit

Construction work on the new £44 million Women and Children’s Development at The Royal Oldham Hospital is ahead of schedule.

The new unit will provide services for women, babies,...

Date published: 04/05/2012

Labour landslide

Delighted Labour leader Colin Lambert congratulates Liam O'Rourke on his victory in North Heywood

The biggest win for any party since Rochdale Metropolitan Borough came into existence in 1974 saw a resurgent local Labour party win 17 of the 20 seats being contested, giving them 42...

Date published: 04/05/2012

Local Election 2012 - Live Commentary

Local Election 2012 - Ballot box waiting to be opened

02.50: Labour gain total of ten seats so the new make-up of the council is as follows:

Labour – 42
Liberal Democrat - 5
Conservative - 13

Date published: 03/05/2012

Cross-border operation results in 22 arrests

Superintendent John Graves

Twenty two people have been arrested as part of a crackdown on burglary in the Middleton, Chadderton and Blackley areas.

Operation Slains ran throughout April 2012, and saw officers...

Date published: 01/05/2012

Crackdown on burglary results in 22 arrests

Twenty two people have been arrested as part of a crackdown on burglary in the Middleton, Chadderton and Blackley areas.

Operation Slains ran throughout April 2012, and saw officers from Greater Manchester Police’s Rochdale, Oldham and North Manchester divisions working together to target offenders.

Date published: 01/05/2012

More rental properties join Middleton’s approved list

Landlord Accreditation Scheme Logo

Two more properties in Middleton have joined the list of over 700 accredited homes for rent across the borough.

Rochdale Borough Council operates a Landlord Accreditation Scheme aimed...

Date published: 01/05/2012

Bike theft arrests in Middleton

Police in Middleton recently arrested a man and a teenage boy on suspicion of stealing a pedal cycle and going equipped to steal.

Date published: 01/05/2012

Letter from Parliament - Jim Dobbin MP

Jim Dobbin MP

If it wasn’t so serious it would be hilariously funny.

Yes, there’s never a dull moment with this bunch of incompetent Coalition Ministers in power. As the Osborne budget is...

Date published: 01/05/2012

Duo charged following two burglaries

Two people have been charged following two burglaries in Middleton.

Jordan Bailey of Kilmaine Avenue, Blackley, and a 17-year-old boy who cannot be named for legal reasons, are charged with burglary and theft of a motor vehicle and appeared before Manchester City Magistrates' Court on 19 April 2012, where they were remanded in custody until their next appearance on 3 May...

Date published: 20/04/2012

Money rolls in to ‘beam’ cancer mum to US

Andrea Dawson

More than £3,000 has been raised in a quest to send a mum-of-four to America for a life saving operation.

Andrea Dawson (37) was diagnosed with Chondrosarcoma, a rare form of bone...

Date published: 19/04/2012

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