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• New mortgage savings offer relief to local families as rates fall below 4%

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• Norden in Bloom wins fifth Gold and top town honour in RHS competition

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• FCHO secures £110 million to build 600 new affordable homes and upgrade thousands more

  Hundreds of new affordable homes are planned for Oldham after First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO) agreed a £110 million funding deal with Santander UK.

• Rochdale Masters Rugby League recruiting new players ahead of pre-season

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• KFOR +25 a Rochdale exhibition marks 25 years of peacekeeping in Kosovo

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• Ukulele loan scheme launched at Langley Library to strike a chord with locals

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• Rochdale Council confirms resignation of chief executive James Binks

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