Local News from Monday, June 29th, 2026

Roch Valley Radio has officially opened this year's nominations for our Community Heroes Awards, celebrating the everyday people, groups and organisations going above and beyond to make Rochdale and Bury a better place to live.

Middleton Shopping Centre is under new management after a sale was confirmed on Friday.

A 92-year-old pensioner in a care facility has been given just four weeks to find a new place to live after a shock closure announcement.

Reform UK has announced Sian Astley as its candidate for the Greater Manchester mayoral by-election next month.

As of the latest OFSTED and CQC visit, Bury's SEND services have improved on their 2025 improvements.

More than 25 years after it first aired on BBC One, Victoria Wood's much loved sitcom dinnerladies is returning in a brand new stage adaptation. The production will visit Manchester Opera House in January and February 2027 as part of a nationwide tour, with Les Dennis confirmed in the role of Stan.

Shabir Ahmed, one of the men convicted over the Rochdale child sexual exploitation scandal, is expected to be released from prison in July 2026 under strict licence conditions, according to correspondence sent to a victim through the Victim Contact Scheme.

Greater Manchester Police have announced that the body of a teenage boy has been recovered from water in Clifton Country Park Swinton after reports of a 15-year-old boy getting in to difficulty in the water on Saturday 27 June 2026 at 4.51pm.

Mill Gate Shopping Centre has been recognised on an international stage after being named a winner of the Commonwealth Environment and Corporate Social Responsibility Award 2026.

Some of the countries biggest employers came together at the Bury North fair on Friday 26 June to help young people take their next step into work, training, and apprenticeships.

The Enterprise Centre is said to create new opportunities and boost business growth in the heart of Radcliffe, with plans underway to provide small businesses with extra support to allow them to thrive

Teachers at St Cuthbert's RC High School have ended their strike action after an agreement was reached between the St Teresa of Calcutta Trust, and the NASUWT and NEU teaching unions.

Managing director of M6 Theatre Company, Laura Rodwell, has been chosen to chair the board of a £20m initiative as part of Rochdale Borough Council's plans to boost regeneration in the local area

A woman in her 60s has died after her body was recovered from water at Island Lodge in Tottington on Sunday evening. Police say there are no suspicious circumstances.