Local News Archive

United Utilities urges residents to protect pipes ahead of freezing weekend

Wednesday, 31 December 2025 12:07

Bolton Mountain Rescue Team pays tribute to long serving volunteer Geoff Seddon

Tuesday, 30 December 2025 13:17

Three floors of iconic town centre building could be turned into flats

Tuesday, 30 December 2025 12:01

Community walking group 'Mayfield Movers' set to start in 2026 to promote active living

Tuesday, 30 December 2025 10:36

My 5 years at Westminster were dominated by Brexit paralysis

Tuesday, 30 December 2025 10:10

2025 was the year Roch Valley Radio became your newsroom

Tuesday, 30 December 2025 00:01

Hopwood Hall College Principal among North West recipients of OBE in King's Honours List

Monday, 29 December 2025 23:09

Radcliffe commentator Clive Tyldesley honoured with OBE in New Year list

Monday, 29 December 2025 22:48

Rochdale Lioness Keira Walsh awarded MBE in New Year Honours

Monday, 29 December 2025 22:38

Chadderton fire service specialist awarded MBE for work supporting burn victims

Monday, 29 December 2025 17:12

Bury mountain rescue volunteer honoured with MBE for five decades of service

Monday, 29 December 2025 17:07

Bolton paedophile 'inappropriately' restrained before prison death report finds

Monday, 29 December 2025 17:02

Greater Manchester Transport Commissioner Vernon Everitt awarded CBE in New Year Honours

Monday, 29 December 2025 17:00

A man aged 65 has died following suspected heart attack at a bus stop

Monday, 29 December 2025 16:59

A man aged 65 has died following suspected heart attack at a bus stop

Monday, 29 December 2025 16:58

Senior GMP detective to receive King’s Policing Medal for disaster victim identification work

Monday, 29 December 2025 16:57

Your Trust celebrates record 1.6 million engagements across Rochdale borough

Monday, 29 December 2025 10:10

Crime falls and justice rises as GMP pledges safer 2026 for Greater Manchester

Monday, 29 December 2025 10:05

Flying Scotsman to return to East Lancashire Railway in 2026

Monday, 29 December 2025 09:11

Springhill Hospice offers Christmas tree collection service across Rochdale borough

Monday, 29 December 2025 09:07

Teletubbies, traffic cones and blind mice take over Edgworth in charity race

Sunday, 28 December 2025 20:24

Army of Kindness hosts record-breaking Christmas Day meal in Rochdale

Saturday, 27 December 2025 18:27

Key developments coming to Rochdale in 2026

Saturday, 27 December 2025 13:44

What does the future hold for Rochdale’s Seven Sisters

Saturday, 27 December 2025 13:43

Holcombe Hunt returns to Pleasington as future of trail hunting faces uncertainty

Friday, 26 December 2025 18:26

Seven reasons why Prestwich is still ‘on the up’

Friday, 26 December 2025 12:45

From behind the radio mic to serving free Christmas dinners to support local residents in Bury

Thursday, 25 December 2025 20:10

‘We’ve been ‘parents’ to 31 children and every one of them means the world to us’

Thursday, 25 December 2025 13:52

Community centre left with £10,000 of damage just before Christmas

Wednesday, 24 December 2025 16:13

From survival to belief as Rochdale AFC look ahead to 2026

Wednesday, 24 December 2025 12:36

Changes to Christmas and New Year bin collections across the borough

Wednesday, 24 December 2025 12:32

Hephzibah’s Christmas artwork chosen for Rochdale council card

Wednesday, 24 December 2025 12:20

Heywood AODS and Heykids secure 19 nominations at NODA District 7 awards

Wednesday, 24 December 2025 11:55

Greater Manchester Police make 671 arrests during Festive Friday weekend

Wednesday, 24 December 2025 11:41

Young sporting stars honoured in school Hall of Fame

Wednesday, 24 December 2025 11:39

New letters to loved ones post box opens at Bury Cemetery

Wednesday, 24 December 2025 11:37

Cycling Santas raise more than £700 for Rochdale homelessness charity

Wednesday, 24 December 2025 11:06

Army of Kindness spreads festive cheer with hamper delivery to Rochdale residents

Wednesday, 24 December 2025 09:22

Three men convicted after foiled antisemitic terror plot in Greater Manchester

Tuesday, 23 December 2025 17:14

Rochdale businesses recognised at annual awards ceremony

Monday, 22 December 2025 15:20

Tetrosyl strike deepens as union accuses employer of illegal tactics and Christmas ‘cruelty’

Monday, 22 December 2025 14:45

Peine Square transformed in £1m Heywood regeneration project

Monday, 22 December 2025 11:20

Music and creativity team win national award for bringing joy to supported lives

Monday, 22 December 2025 11:13

United Utilities begins £4.5 million project to protect Castleton waterways

Monday, 22 December 2025 10:55

Rochdale to be transformed by immersive nighttime storytelling experience

Monday, 22 December 2025 09:02

UK economy faces tipping point as small firms warn of rising insolvency risk

Monday, 22 December 2025 08:59

Prison watchdog flags safety concerns and strained resources at HMP Buckley Hall

Monday, 22 December 2025 08:57

Grinch Christmas card withdrawn from Sainsbury’s following transphobia complaints

Sunday, 21 December 2025 20:31

The relief road that could save a town from traffic nightmare

Saturday, 20 December 2025 15:47

Child Protection Investigation Unit praised for relentless work safeguarding children in Rochdale

Saturday, 20 December 2025 11:44

Before the red suit this the surprising history of Father Christmas

Saturday, 20 December 2025 11:26

Man pleads guilty to sending ‘online threat’ to ex-Rochdale MP

Friday, 19 December 2025 16:43

Changes to council services for Christmas and New Year

Friday, 19 December 2025 11:50

OMD to headline major music event at Rochdale Town Hall Square in 2026

Friday, 19 December 2025 11:47

A year of listening, learning and lifting others up

Friday, 19 December 2025 11:34

Mosque expansion given the green light

Friday, 19 December 2025 10:55

Local pantries save Rochdale families over £160,000 in essentials and support

Friday, 19 December 2025 08:27

Woman, 78, dies after being hit by van on supermarket car park

Friday, 19 December 2025 08:23

William Rush, Waterloo Road star and son of Debbie Rush, dies aged 31

Thursday, 18 December 2025 20:58

Two arrested in Middleton dawn raids targeting suspected Oldham drug network

Thursday, 18 December 2025 18:40

Julie Murphy named interim chief as councillors question 'five-week delay'

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 21:32

Blocks of flats to be built at former care home site

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 16:29

Nod to area’s past as new 90-home ‘brownfield’ estate launches show homes

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 16:28

Heywood town centre scheme presented to government

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 16:25

Julie Murphy on the line up as interim chief executive at Rochdale Council

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 12:47

Charity Santa’s sleigh run hit by online abuse from ‘shameful, entitled parents’

Monday, 15 December 2025 16:51

Flood alert issued for Rochdale and Bury as heavy rain continues across Greater Manchester

Monday, 15 December 2025 09:22

Bury FC part company with Michael Jolley days after managerial appointment following backlash

Sunday, 14 December 2025 18:24

A candid conversation at Roch Valley Radio with Colin Lambert on truth, trust and local media

Sunday, 14 December 2025 13:32

Rochdale Scouts to represent UK at World Scout Jamboree in Poland

Sunday, 14 December 2025 13:03

GMP cracks down on internal corruption in proactive investigation into officer misconduct

Sunday, 14 December 2025 02:27

Rochdale Council launches consultation on changes to Council Tax Support Scheme

Sunday, 14 December 2025 02:25

Live music debuts at Theatre Royal with acclaimed Manchester act

Saturday, 13 December 2025 13:22

71 dogs and puppies rescued from suspected illegal breeders in Bury

Saturday, 13 December 2025 13:05

£1m cannabis farm dismantled by GMP officers in Heywood raid

Saturday, 13 December 2025 12:47

AFC Supporters comic Poem written about Rochdale's last match called Muddy Hell!

Thursday, 11 December 2025 13:28

Bury GPs urge parents to vaccinate children against flu ahead of Christmas

Thursday, 11 December 2025 13:21

Rochdale teenager clinches national racing title in debut car season

Thursday, 11 December 2025 12:57

Mill complex left derelict by massive fire goes up for sale

Wednesday, 10 December 2025 17:11

Ellie Roebuck completes Joseph Holt training course at pub that shares her name

Wednesday, 10 December 2025 13:52

New canopies unveiled as Bury Market revamp takes major step forward

Wednesday, 10 December 2025 11:10

Man charged with rape of two teenage girls in Bolton

Wednesday, 10 December 2025 11:07

Family-led bands raise hundreds for Uganda summer school through Drumbeat UK

Wednesday, 10 December 2025 10:59

Roof repairs completed at historic Hopwood Hall as £640,000 restoration project finishes

Wednesday, 10 December 2025 10:56

Photography exhibition marks 25 years since KFOR deployment in Kosova

Wednesday, 10 December 2025 08:02

What grooming gang chair announcement means for Oldham as town to be at centre of investigation

Tuesday, 9 December 2025 17:18

‘Iconic’ former town centre pub and club on the market for £725k

Tuesday, 9 December 2025 17:11

“I was training for an ultra-marathon and felt a groin strain – 10 days later I had terminal cancer”

Tuesday, 9 December 2025 17:10

Bury men jailed for historic sexual abuse of five girls

Monday, 8 December 2025 15:52

Rochdale firm chosen for hydrogen mission to Bosch HQ in Germany

Monday, 8 December 2025 13:33

Forget Me Not tree recycling service expands to Oldham and Rochdale

Monday, 8 December 2025 10:22

Vets warn festive food could be fatal for pets this Christmas

Sunday, 7 December 2025 19:45

MP condemns Rochdale firm over ‘fire and rehire’ tactics before Christmas

Sunday, 7 December 2025 19:39

Wheelchair-accessible ‘Pennine Queen’ boat launches at Hollingworth Lake

Sunday, 7 December 2025 18:48

Rochdale Mayfield canteen to become community café thanks to lottery funding

Sunday, 7 December 2025 18:33

Magic, mayhem and mega laughs as Aladdin shines in Middleton

Sunday, 7 December 2025 18:19

The big ‘Bee Network Boats’ proposal Andy Burnham’s team ‘would support’

Friday, 5 December 2025 21:20

Heavy delays near Prestwich and Simister Island after M60 breakdown blocks lanes

Friday, 5 December 2025 10:44

Man charged with terrorism offences following synagogue-related arrest at Manchester Airport

Thursday, 4 December 2025 16:10

Bolton Cancer Voices to host festive concert at Bolton Parish Church

Thursday, 4 December 2025 13:07

Rochdale Trading Standards win national award after £16 million fake goods seizure

Thursday, 4 December 2025 12:58

Police appeal after man in his 20s stabbed in Rochdale

Thursday, 4 December 2025 12:56

Rochdale MP hails record road funding to tackle potholes and improve journeys

Wednesday, 3 December 2025 11:28

Tributes paid to former Rochdale academy player Ellis Robinson following his death aged 22

Tuesday, 2 December 2025 19:01

Two arrested after high-speed chase following Oldham burglary

Tuesday, 2 December 2025 18:13

Wildlife Trust launches £1 Christmas appeal to restore local habitats

Tuesday, 2 December 2025 18:12

Critical Wanted Unit wins GMP’s top award after tracking most dangerous criminals in Greater Manchester

Tuesday, 2 December 2025 18:10

Village pub to be transformed into flats

Tuesday, 2 December 2025 17:58

Timescale for emptying Seven Sisters tower blocks revealed

Tuesday, 2 December 2025 17:56

Bury FC launches search for new men’s first team manager amid club restructure

Tuesday, 2 December 2025 17:45

Emergency crews respond to Rochdale crash involving child and two adults

Monday, 1 December 2025 21:48

Middleton lights up in memory of beloved council officer Lauren Mason

Monday, 1 December 2025 21:27

Another bank will be converted into a church in Middleton

Monday, 1 December 2025 20:12

Rochdale Council Leader Neil Emmott provides update on suspended Chief Exec

Monday, 1 December 2025 17:41

Chief executive of Rochdale council suspended

Monday, 1 December 2025 17:07