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A utility company has pledged to restore a pavement after residents were left outraged by the state it was left after recent roadworks. Those living on a stretch of Bolton Road West in Ramsbottom were alarmed pavement stones which had been removed were not put back in place after Electricity North West (ENW) seemingly completed work outside their homes.

One of Rochdale’s biggest industrial and retail parks is about to get even bigger.

Six apartment blocks in Rochdale will be demolished after sitting empty for years.

Following damage to overhead Metrolink lines in Manchester City Centre, near to the Deansgate-Castlefield stop earlier today, repairs have now been completed and services will be resuming as normal on Wednesday morning.

A Rochdale hospice has received a £12,000 donation raised through a national metal recycling initiative that transforms residual materials from cremations into funds for good causes.

The tragic death of a six-year-old girl following a collision in Rochdale has rightly shocked the community.

Six individuals have been fined for waste-related offences on the streets of Bury during April, as part of the council’s ongoing efforts to tackle fly-tipping and littering.

A new policing initiative, Operation Tetbury, has been launched to tackle retail crime and anti-social behaviour in Rochdale town centre.

During the investigation in 2024, Pelikan had been identified making his way from Manchester to Bradford, attending a business premises known for supplying blank-firing firearms and weapons.

Residents of Kirkholt are being reminded that a local byelection will take place on Thursday 1 May, and they are being encouraged to get out and vote.

Hundreds of new houses, new public green space and 140,440sq ft of employment floorspace has all been earmarked in a massive redevelopment scheme.

A historic engine shed building close to a heritage train line has been granted licence to operate as a railway themed restaurant. A council hearing heard an application sell alcohol at a new venture at the former railway goods shed on Rowlands Road, Summerseat, next to the Bury to Rawtenstall East Lancashire railway.

Following damage to overhead Metrolink lines in Manchester City Centre, near to the Deansgate-Castlefield stop earlier today, repairs have now been completed and services will be resuming as normal on Wednesday morning.

During the investigation in 2024, Pelikan had been identified making his way from Manchester to Bradford, attending a business premises known for supplying blank-firing firearms and weapons.

A revised service pattern will be in place on Metrolink for much of the remainder of the day, while engineers repair damage to an overhead line.

A man has been arrested after a police operation uncovered a stash of weapons and drugs at a property in South Manchester.

A man has today (Tuesday 29 April 2025) been sentenced to life imprisonment after pleading guilty to a serious assault that left a Salford man with devastating injuries.

A power outage in Manchester city centre is causing significant disruption to Metrolink services.

The high street in Shaw, Oldham, is surprisingly busy for a Tuesday lunch time. Workers dodge into discount bakeries for a spot of lunch, mums with prams linger at charity shop windows, pensioners make sharp beelines for the town’s homely cafés.

Hundreds of surveillance cameras are still in operation across Greater Manchester – despite the government deeming them a security threat for Whitehall.

A historic engine shed building close to a heritage train line has been granted licence to operate as a railway themed restaurant. A council hearing heard an application sell alcohol at a new venture at the former railway goods shed on Rowlands Road, Summerseat, next to the Bury to Rawtenstall East Lancashire railway.

Littleborough Brass Band has successfully defended its title at the 2025 Holme Valley Brass Band Contest, held in Holmfirth on Sunday 27 April.

Lego enthusiasts of all ages are in for a treat as Bricktastic returns to Rochdale this Saturday, 26 April 2025.

Middleton’s annual MayFest is set to return on Monday 5 May 2025, promising a packed afternoon of entertainment, music, crafts and traditional festivities for all ages.

A wine bar and shop with a first floor balcony is set to be the latest new hospitality business to open in Prestwich village. Plans have been published this week seeking to convert vacant premises on Bury New Road to a 44-person capacity bar.

A firm favourite in the calendar, Street Eat, the food and drink festival that attracts thousands of visitors every year is returning to Rochdale Town Hall Square for another serving of food, drink, free entertainment and live music on Saturday 21 June.

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Rochdale is set for a spectacular year of festivals, performances, exhibitions and art, entertaining residents and attracting thousands of visitors from across the region.

Bury FC has secured a new sponsorship with local retail giant JD Sports, following their recent success in clinching the North West Counties Football League Premier Division title.

Rochdale AFC have confirmed that season ticket prices for the 2025/26 campaign will remain frozen until mid-June, offering fans the chance to enjoy live football from just £8.70 per game.

Ramsbottom United will host Padiham on Saturday 26 April in a crucial North West Counties Football League (NWCFL) Premier Division play-off semi-final, with kick-off scheduled for 3pm.

Bury FC fans are celebrating a day they will never forget after the Shakers were crowned champions following a knock-out match against Burscough.

Joe Thompson, the former Rochdale AFC midfielder and cancer awareness advocate, has died at the age of 36.

Mobile phone footage allegedly showing the moment the famous Sycamore Gap tree crashed to the ground to the sound of a chainsaw has been played to jurors.

A man abused by Richard Burrows as a child has told Sky News he is grateful that "finally" the serial paedophile "can't escape from what he's done" after being jailed for 46 years.

The King has shared his thoughts on the "frightening experience" of being among the thousands of people diagnosed with cancer every year.

At a midnight briefing in Kentish Town police station in north London, officers are shown a photograph of Danny Downes, a large white man with a wispy beard, who has been linked to a shooting in the area.

The officer cleared of murder after shooting dead Chris Kaba will face a gross misconduct hearing, following a review by the police watchdog.

A body found in the River Thames is that of an 11-year-old girl who went missing while playing near a causeway in east London, police have said.

A man "decapitated and dismembered" a couple in London before freezing their severed heads and carrying the rest of their remains to Bristol in a suitcase, a court has heard.

Footage has been released showing some of the near-misses on level crossings.

A former TV production assistant has told a court she felt "the unthinkable was happening" during an alleged assault by Harvey Weinstein.

A performance by Belfast rap trio Kneecap at the Eden Project has been cancelled.

Irish band Kneecap have had a meteoric rise in the music industry, with tens of millions of streams on Spotify alone and widespread critical acclaim.

"Powerful individuals" at the BBC are making the lives of their colleagues "unbearable", the corporation's chairman has said, after a review into its workplace culture.

The frontman of Welsh band The Alarm, Mike Peters, has died aged 66.

Tottenham midfielder James Maddison insists the team are "100 per cent behind" boss Ange Postecoglou despite their "unacceptable" Premier League season.

Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has removed himself from control of the club by officially withdrawing his position at Companies House.

The Mexico City Grand Prix will remain on the F1 calendar until 2028 as part of a new three-year extension.

Manchester United are actively considering a move for Germany international Jonathan Tah this summer, Sky Sports News understands. 

Liverpool will not stand still this summer and rest on their laurels. The club want to be busy in the transfer market and strengthen their squad to compete again next season and develop the next title-winning team.

A Chinese student who was airlifted from Japan's Mount Fuji last week had to be saved a second time just four days later, local authorities have said.

How did one woman fool the most famous magic society on the planet?

New analysis of a letter fragment has possibly shed light on William Shakespeare's marriage - suggesting it may have been less fractious than previously suggested.

Forty years on from the film that made them immortal, there are just 303 DeLorean cars left on Britain's roads.

Robots have raced against humans in a half-marathon for the first time.

"Powerful individuals" at the BBC are making the lives of their colleagues "unbearable", the corporation's chairman has said, after a review into its workplace culture.

The government is being urged to end the "absolute scandal" of new homes being built without solar panels.

A paramedic in Gaza who was detained for more than five weeks following an Israeli attack that killed 15 aid workers has been released, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said.

A car-sized piece of Soviet rocket is expected to come crashing back down to Earth in the coming days, after 53 years in orbit. 

Mobile phone footage allegedly showing the moment the famous Sycamore Gap tree crashed to the ground to the sound of a chainsaw has been played to jurors.

The biggest city in the Sahel has been ransacked and left in ruins.

M&S may have been hacked by a group of notorious cyber-criminals known as Scattered Spider, some of whom are believed to be English-speaking teenagers.

Lower stamp duty thresholds introduced at the start of the month are being widely blamed for the biggest monthly decline in UK house price growth since August 2023, according to a major lender's measure.

The UK has joined US forces in attacking a Houthi target in Yemen for the first time since Donald Trump was re-elected.

Will MPs get a vote on a trade deal with Donald Trump?

Trade talks between the UK and the United States are "moving in a very positive way", according to the White House.

The sugar tax currently imposed on soft drinks could be applied to milkshakes as the government seeks to crack down on rising obesity levels.

Irish band Kneecap have apologised to the families of murdered MPs Sir David Amess and Jo Cox after footage emerged of one of its members appearing to say "kill your local MP".

A car-sized piece of Soviet rocket is expected to come crashing back down to Earth in the coming days, after 53 years in orbit. 

M&S may have been hacked by a group of notorious cyber-criminals known as Scattered Spider, some of whom are believed to be English-speaking teenagers.

A blistering new report has slated government efforts to protect Britons from climate change that is already flooding homes, farmland and railways, overheating hospitals and schools and fuelling wildfires.

Drinking white wine and Champagne, eating more fruit and keeping waistlines slim could reduce the risk of sudden cardiac arrest, according to a new study.

The government is being urged to end the "absolute scandal" of new homes being built without solar panels.

The biggest city in the Sahel has been ransacked and left in ruins.

A car-sized piece of Soviet rocket is expected to come crashing back down to Earth in the coming days, after 53 years in orbit. 

On the streets of Ho Chi Minh City, it's a sea of red.

A mother accused of murdering her estranged husband's parents and aunt by feeding them poisonous mushrooms lured them to the meal by faking a cancer diagnosis, prosecutors claim.

Pakistan has said it has "credible intelligence" India intends to launch military action, as tensions between the two countries continue to escalate. 

So, after 100 days of Donald Trump the big question for me remains - does the US president have a coherent foreign policy or is he just winging it?

The US economy shrank between January and March in its worst performance for three years - with Donald Trump blaming former president Joe Biden.

A 16-year-old has been detained on suspicion of shooting and killing three people in Sweden, prosecutors have said.

Lower stamp duty thresholds introduced at the start of the month are being widely blamed for the biggest monthly decline in UK house price growth since August 2023, according to a major lender's measure.

It's 6.25pm on Monday 2 June 2014 and my heart is racing.

The chief executive of Barclays has launched a staunch defence of Britain's bank ring-fencing regime even as his main rivals lobby the government to abolish it less than a decade after its introduction.

As we approach another Bank of England base rate decision next Thursday, the markets are expecting to see a cut from the Monetary Policy Committee, writes Anna Bowes, savings expert from The Private Office.

Alex Mahon, the Channel 4 chief executive, is to become the new boss of the live entertainment group behind Cornwall’s Boardmasters festival.

Two coffee companies have had adverts banned for making the "misleading" suggestion that their coffee pods and bags could be composted at home.

On the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, factory workers at Dony Garment have been working overtime for weeks.

Every week we ask an expert to answer your financial problems or consumer disputes in the Money blog. Today, we tackled this issue sent to us by a reader in Shropshire, who writes: