Local News from Wednesday, May 7th, 2025

A funeral business in Heywood has launched a new community funding initiative aimed at supporting local projects and organisations that are making a difference to people’s lives.

Essential engineering work to ensure a Victorian-era tunnel remains safe will result in a reduced tram service on the Bury line this weekend.

In a landmark move for Rochdale's flourishing cultural scene, Sammy Weaver has been unveiled as the town’s first ever poet laureate.

Police are appealing for help to identify a man whose body was pulled from Rochdale Canal near Oldham Road on Sunday afternoon.

Over 200 people from across the Rochdale borough gathered at Rochdale Town Hall on Tuesday evening for a community event hosted by the Ogden family.

A major route remains closed to traffic in both directions after an underground ‘void’ was found across its full width. Bury New Road, near Clifton Road, close to the Rudy’s Pizza branch and the Railway and Naturalist pub, was closed off to all vehicles travelling in either direction on Tuesday afternoon.