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School merger could be brought forward

Balderstone Technology College and Springhill High School could be merged three years earlier than originally envisaged, following plans being put forward for Cabinet approval by Rochdale Council next week.
The council has recommended that the two schools, already earmarked for closure in 2013, shut in August 2010 to form one school based over two sites in preparation for the opening of a new building on the Springhill site in September 2013.

Date online: 08/07/2008

Exporting the best of care

Rochdale has a new export - home improvement know how.
Care professionals from Malta will take a whistle-stop tour of the town this week to find out how best to provide home adaptations and improvements to elderly and disabled people....

Date online: 08/07/2008

Littleborough community conservation day

This Saturday (12 July) Groundwork Oldham & Rochdale are holding a Community Conservation Day at Summit Nature Site on Todmorden Road.
Having had a fantastic time with the pupils of Stansfield Hall Primary School on World Environment Day, Groundwork are now inviting the community to take part in similar activities such as; willow weaving, balsam bashing, nature trails, a...

Date online: 08/07/2008

Suspended Headteacher and Deputy will not return

Both the Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher at All Saints CE Primary School, who were suspended earlier this year, will not be returning to the school.
They have decided to leave the school to pursue other interests and opportunities....

Date online: 08/07/2008

Green Volunteers on a mission to make a difference

Green Volunteers on a recent balsam weed bashing mission

Green minded residents are invited to join a force with a difference. Rochdale Council’s Green Volunteer scheme is expanding its army in a mission to help ‘green sweep’ the town, and this...

Date online: 08/07/2008

Appeal to keep jazz concerts going

Rochdale Online's jazz reviewer Tony Sheldon has made a heart felt appeal to get the people of Rochdale to come along to 'Jazz on Sunday' concerts so that they can survive.
The club has been losing money at nearly every gig, and the reserves have been rapidly dwindling....

Date online: 08/07/2008

A million searches for library books

Rochdale Council has recorded a million searches on its library web catalogue since it was launched three years ago.
The online catalogue allows searches of more than 160,000 books, CDs and videos, as well as highlighting useful material on the internet....

Date online: 08/07/2008

Middleton men charged after police crackdown

Three men from Middleton were arrested on Thursday (3 July) have been charged following a police crackdown on robbery and burglary.
All three have been charged with conspiracy to rob and will appear before Manchester City Magistrates' Court next Tuesday (15 July)....

Date online: 08/07/2008

C-charge consultation begins

Congestion charging road marking

Rochdale residents and businesses will receive brochures detailing the proposed congestion charge for Greater Manchester this week.
£3billion of public transport investments in Greater...

Date online: 08/07/2008

Council catches up with ‘lost miles’

A Manchester man has been prosecuted by Rochdale Council under the Trade Descriptions Act after the mileage of a BMW offered as part-exchange to a Middleton car dealer proved to be false.
Last week Ali Raza from Urmston was sentenced to a Community Order at Rochdale Magistrates Court, requiring him to do 60 hours unpaid work in the community and he was also ordered to pay...

Date online: 08/07/2008

Church plea for return of stolen goods

Members of Newbold Baptist Church are appealing to the public to be on the look out for stolen goods after a break in at the church on Sunday night (6 July).
Specialist musical equipment, bass guitars and amplifiers as well as brand new clothes and shoes still in boxes were among the things taken from the church building on Milnrow Road on Sunday night/early hours of...

Date online: 08/07/2008

Council plans to join big clean up

The Big Tidy Up

September will give you the chance to make Rochdale a cleaner, greener place to live as the Council will be supporting a countrywide Big Tidy Up campaign, which will be the biggest clean up...

Date online: 08/07/2008

Police in driving seat on vehicle crime

A man steals a handbag from the back seat of a car

The number of vehicle crimes has been halved in north Rochdale thanks to a police crackdown.
While Operation Puffin ran from 23 to 29 June there were just seven incidents in the of and...

Date online: 08/07/2008

92-year old breaks hip in crash

A 92-year-old woman broke her hip when she was hit by a car in Heywood last night (Monday 7 July).
At about 10.45pm the woman was crossing Bamford Road when a blue Vauxhall Zafira smashed into her....

Date online: 08/07/2008

Town Hall abseil raises vital funds

Rochdale Town Hall abseil

Anyone in Rochdale town centre yesterday (Sunday 6 July) might have noticed an unusual site as a bunch of daredevil fundraisers clambered down the Town Hall clock to raise money for of and...

Date online: 07/07/2008

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