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• Famous Toad Lane Pioneers Museum at risk of closure without urgent funding

  The trust responsible for Rochdale Pioneers Museum has warned the birthplace of the modern co operative movement could close within two years unless a long term funding solution is found.

• A fourteen-year-old horserider beat all the adults to secure a place in the prestigious Horse of the Year Show in Birmingham in October.

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• Daughter of Bernadette Mcneilly sets up petition to protect children from abusive parents and trauma

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• Rochdale MP urges Ministers to do 'everything possible' to deport grooming gang criminals

  Shabir Ahmed was convicted of 30 child sexual offences and was jailed for 19 years in Liverpool Crown Court in 2012, but just 14 years into his sentence, he is set to be released from prison today.

• Award-winning Rochdale site manager recognised for quality

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• Elsie Blundell MP's statement in response to Rochdale grooming gang leader's imminent release

  Elsie Blundell MP, in response to the release of Shabir Ahmed on Thursday, has released the following statement.

• New funding to help tackle to sticky issue of chewing gum on Rochdale's streets

  Rochdale Borough Council has been awarded a grant from the Chewing Gum Task Force, administered by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy, to help clean up gum and reduce gum littering.

• Man charged following stabbing in Manchester on 17 June 2026

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• Conservatives and Liberal Democrats announce their candidates for mayoral by-election

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• A £3.7m scheme to improve the energy efficiency and comfort of 302 First Choice Homes Oldham properties in Holts is now underway

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