Local News Archive
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Every Picture tells a story and every story develops its own narrative
Sunday, 31 August 2025 20:02
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The group defending the moorland from wind turbines
Sunday, 31 August 2025 19:50
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Killer jailed for £12 Tesco row murder dies at Buckley Hall prison
Sunday, 31 August 2025 12:23
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The idea that could protect the water levels of a tourist hotspot
Saturday, 30 August 2025 19:00
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Saturday, 30 August 2025 18:20
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When does a peaceful protest cross into far-right territory?
Saturday, 30 August 2025 17:35
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Heywood protest draws crowd amid community tensions over HMOs and immigration
Saturday, 30 August 2025 16:48
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Controversial shelter plan back on the table with council planning
Saturday, 30 August 2025 12:18
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Mill Gate Shopping Centre welcomes new stores as it enters next phase of transformation
Friday, 29 August 2025 10:49
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Bury’s big race day is back as thousands get ready to run for local causes
Friday, 29 August 2025 09:42
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Old flag pole manufacturer to make way for new affordable homes
Friday, 29 August 2025 08:01
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Sadness as long-standing Birch Hotel near Heywood closes after 55 years
Friday, 29 August 2025 07:53
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Teenage boy stabbed near Middleton pub as police cordon off town centre scene
Friday, 29 August 2025 07:50
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Global street artists to transform Rochdale town centre into outdoor gallery this September
Friday, 29 August 2025 01:58
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Cancer survivors invited to join uplifting Bolton choir for special ‘Sing With Us’ event
Thursday, 28 August 2025 12:53
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Thursday, 28 August 2025 09:17
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Akinwale Arobieke, man banned from touching muscles, dies aged 64 in Liverpool
Thursday, 28 August 2025 00:22
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Wednesday, 27 August 2025 19:47
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Lost wartime decoy reappears at Rochdale reservoir during drought
Wednesday, 27 August 2025 19:30
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Bury singer Elliot James Reay to support Benson Boone on US tour
Wednesday, 27 August 2025 00:14
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Ex-council boss and teacher slammed for role in protest as parents lose trust in school
Tuesday, 26 August 2025 22:49
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England flags are going up everywhere but some could get you fined or arrested
Tuesday, 26 August 2025 22:04
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Drivers warned of delays on M60 over next two weekends
Tuesday, 26 August 2025 14:30
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Heywood MP welcomes tram extension progress
Tuesday, 26 August 2025 14:27
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Glaston-BURY pauses for emotional cheer as festival honours those who have died
Monday, 25 August 2025 17:32
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Festival fun in Bolton as celebrity chefs wow crowds at 20th Food and Drink Festival
Monday, 25 August 2025 16:56
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🟥 RECAP: Glaston-BURY live updates, photos, interviews and more
Monday, 25 August 2025 12:00
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The group defending the moorland from wind turbines
Monday, 25 August 2025 08:18
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Government pledges funding boost to expand cadet opportunities in Bury North
Sunday, 24 August 2025 12:10
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Andy Burnham names dates when Heywood and Stockport Metrolink extensions should start construction
Saturday, 23 August 2025 09:10
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House building plan costing £4.8m approved by town hall bosses
Friday, 22 August 2025 16:55
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Uniforms for cabbies suggested in Rochdale
Friday, 22 August 2025 12:20
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Ann Summers to close Bury store two years after opening
Thursday, 21 August 2025 17:58
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Top GCSE results and standout pupils shine at Oulder Hill Leadership Academy
Thursday, 21 August 2025 17:48
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Students celebrate stellar GCSE success at The Derby and Elton High Schools
Thursday, 21 August 2025 13:45
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GCSE joy across Rochdale as students celebrate results after pandemic disruption
Thursday, 21 August 2025 13:20
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Students at Whitworth Community High School celebrate best-ever GCSE results
Thursday, 21 August 2025 12:52
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Children’s mental health support services move into Croft Shifa Health Centre
Thursday, 21 August 2025 12:48
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Lager Cricket Festival to support local family battling motor neurone disease
Thursday, 21 August 2025 10:43
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Award-winning English project seeks new volunteers to support Rochdale’s learners
Thursday, 21 August 2025 10:15
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Portrait tribute captures spirit of band club regulars
Wednesday, 20 August 2025 20:54
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Elsie Blundell challenges ‘unacceptable’ asylum housing site across from Heywood nursery
Wednesday, 20 August 2025 15:05
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Middleton Storage World fire leaves gym owner facing uncertain future
Wednesday, 20 August 2025 08:56
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Bury Tories announce candidates for seven more Bury wards ahead of 2026 local elections
Tuesday, 19 August 2025 20:59
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Poet Laureate calls on Rochdale residents to share their favourite places for new community poem
Tuesday, 19 August 2025 20:41
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Tuesday, 19 August 2025 19:10
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Restaurant booze licence objections claim Bury’s The Rock is now ‘a residential street’
Tuesday, 19 August 2025 18:01
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Heywood pull off last-over miracle to beat Milnrow in two-run cup final classic
Tuesday, 19 August 2025 17:37
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Rochdale teenager Gabriel Cullen wins gold at world’s top grappling event
Tuesday, 19 August 2025 17:29
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Middleton gymnastics club flips into future with £900,000 council revamp
Tuesday, 19 August 2025 17:26
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Tuesday, 19 August 2025 12:53
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Jeremy Corbyn coming to Oldham to launch new party
Tuesday, 19 August 2025 12:42
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Building twice rejected as a HMO for more than 25 people could now be converted into flats
Monday, 18 August 2025 16:01
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Heywood church closed after break-in causes major damage
Monday, 18 August 2025 13:31
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Monday, 18 August 2025 13:18
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Shining bright as Rochdale opens first of four jewel-named children’s homes
Monday, 18 August 2025 13:10
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A56 closed after lorry overturns causing chaos for drivers in Rossendale
Monday, 18 August 2025 07:52
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Hollingworth Lake and Watergrove running low as United Utilities urges Rochdale to save water
Sunday, 17 August 2025 19:52
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Apples, pies and big community spirit at Falinge Park’s first Vintage Apple Fair
Sunday, 17 August 2025 17:48
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Rochdale to London bike ride raises over £36,000 for Gaza relief
Sunday, 17 August 2025 17:04
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Bury marks 80th VJ Day anniversary with remembrance service at Parish Church
Friday, 15 August 2025 23:02
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Memorial tree planted at Bury Cemetery to mark 80 years since VJ Day
Friday, 15 August 2025 23:00
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Fusilier Museum lit up to remember the ‘Forgotten Army’ on 80th anniversary of VJ Day
Friday, 15 August 2025 22:49
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Roof restoration approved for historic Rochdale Touchstones building
Friday, 15 August 2025 18:30
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Life at the last stop of the M62 before Yorkshire
Friday, 15 August 2025 16:21
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What people want to see in town’s new market hall
Friday, 15 August 2025 16:15
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Rochdale and Middleton college students land university places after T-Level and BTEC success
Friday, 15 August 2025 15:08
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Rochdale Sixth Form College hails 99.2% A Level pass rate and Oxbridge success
Thursday, 14 August 2025 15:39
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Local students shine as Rochdale Sixth Form celebrates standout A Level results
Thursday, 14 August 2025 13:56
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Proud moment for Middleton students as Cardinal Langley posts standout A-level results
Thursday, 14 August 2025 13:41
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How the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War will be celebrated in Bury
Thursday, 14 August 2025 13:30
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Pakistan Independence Day marked with flag raising and community celebration in Bury
Thursday, 14 August 2025 13:18
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Rochdale Council to spend £25 million on urgent housebuilding as housing crisis deepens
Thursday, 14 August 2025 12:11
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Nursery makes changes to get out of special measures
Wednesday, 13 August 2025 16:22
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New social, emotional and mental health primary school planned for Rochdale
Wednesday, 13 August 2025 16:20
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Greater Manchester Police to deploy facial recognition vans in crackdown on high-harm offenders
Wednesday, 13 August 2025 04:39
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Convicted Bury child sex predator vanishes mid-trial as police launch urgent international manhunt
Tuesday, 12 August 2025 16:42
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Mill Gate’s safari trail brings the wild to Bury this August
Monday, 11 August 2025 17:30
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MP urges calm after Heywood protest as government ramps up immigration action
Monday, 11 August 2025 17:01
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MegaRetailer opens in Rochdale with big-brand bargains for shoppers
Monday, 11 August 2025 14:14
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Surface dressing works to close key Rochdale roads this week
Monday, 11 August 2025 13:42
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Caribbean Carnival delights thousands in weekend celebration
Monday, 11 August 2025 11:06
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New campaign to help Rochdale residents cope with rising heat and extreme weather
Monday, 11 August 2025 10:49
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Sunshine, live music and community spirit as Rotary Middleton’s Proms in the Park delights crowds
Sunday, 10 August 2025 15:15
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IN PHOTOS: 'Stop the boats' as Hundreds join Heywood protest against illegal immigration
Saturday, 9 August 2025 18:08
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Council urged to ‘keep the magic’ as Bury market modernised
Saturday, 9 August 2025 12:13
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Serial predator posed as trusted tutor to sexually abuse girls as young as eight
Friday, 8 August 2025 20:48
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Man admits bringing knives and weapons onto school grounds in Middleton arrest
Friday, 8 August 2025 19:48
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What's really happening at Rochdale's asbestos-riddled 'Chernobyl' site?
Friday, 8 August 2025 17:40
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Scout Moor II, the story so far
Friday, 8 August 2025 17:36
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‘Fishy empire’ spoof sparks laughs but real Middleton chippy says the threat is no joke
Friday, 8 August 2025 17:14
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Huge fire erupts at Rochdale garage as black smoke seen for miles
Thursday, 7 August 2025 21:03
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Minister joins GMP patrol as summer crime blitz hits Bury town centre
Thursday, 7 August 2025 15:17
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Huge shake up of major roads in Rochdale planned
Thursday, 7 August 2025 15:10
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Club president Colin Robinson honoured for 70 years of dedication to Rochdale Harriers
Thursday, 7 August 2025 15:08
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83kg of cocaine, a machete, and secret trips across the UK father and son drug ring exposed
Thursday, 7 August 2025 14:59
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Volunteers sought to operate mobile speed cameras on three Greater Manchester roads
Thursday, 7 August 2025 13:54
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Queens Park junior parkrun returns to Rochdale this Sunday
Thursday, 7 August 2025 13:42
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Freehold woman evicted after home became hub for drug dealing and assaults
Thursday, 7 August 2025 10:04
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Rochdale SEND school transport costs explode to £5.4m amid rising taxi bills
Wednesday, 6 August 2025 11:29
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Feel Good Family Picnic attracts record-breaking crowds across Rochdale borough
Wednesday, 6 August 2025 11:24
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Grappling with violence as police and youth connect through sport in Bury initiative
Wednesday, 6 August 2025 10:01
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Two more men charged with murder after death of Mohammed Afzal in Bury
Wednesday, 6 August 2025 09:17
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Top comedians booked for first ever Rochdale Comedy Festival this autumn
Tuesday, 5 August 2025 16:03
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Bury FC opens its doors to Morecambe fans facing off-field uncertainty
Tuesday, 5 August 2025 13:10
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Work starts on huge adventure playground in Littleborough
Tuesday, 5 August 2025 13:04
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GMP officer to face court after pedestrian seriously injured during Rochdale police pursuit
Tuesday, 5 August 2025 11:29
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Rochdale families urged to check eligibility for 30 hours free childcare before 31 August deadline
Tuesday, 5 August 2025 11:18
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Teenager, 19, charged with murder after deadly stabbing in Bury car park
Tuesday, 5 August 2025 10:41
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Body found in Heaton Park during search for missing Bury man Craig Foy
Monday, 4 August 2025 20:44
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New homes could be built in shadow of electricity pylon on ‘equestrian land’
Monday, 4 August 2025 16:37
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Closure order shuts down Prestwich shop after drugs bust during Oasis concert
Monday, 4 August 2025 15:01
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Teenager who died in Bury named as Mohammed Afzal
Monday, 4 August 2025 14:38
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Charities in Rochdale urged to apply for £5,000 Vernon grants before August deadline
Monday, 4 August 2025 12:54
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Council leader’s column: Middleton regeneration and Rochdale pride on show this summer
Monday, 4 August 2025 11:40
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Labour pledges crackdown on unfair private parking charges in new consultation
Sunday, 3 August 2025 22:56
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Detectives intensify search for missing Bury man Craig Foy after possible Heaton Park sighting
Saturday, 2 August 2025 22:02
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Teenager stabbed to death in Bury Powerleague car park in what police call a ‘targeted attack’
Saturday, 2 August 2025 12:33
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M60 closed after serious crash involving motorbike near Simister Island
Friday, 1 August 2025 21:45
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Local resident wins battle with telecoms company over huge mast
Friday, 1 August 2025 16:33
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Storage World fire Unit holders challenge claims that salvage is ‘impossible’
Friday, 1 August 2025 13:32
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Rochdale sign ex-Manchester United keeper Tom Myles on one-year deal
Friday, 1 August 2025 12:53
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New 158-home affordable development will be built in Castleton after council approval
Friday, 1 August 2025 11:13
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