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  The Rochdale Hornets have welcomed support from the Moorcock pub in Littleborough, who are sponsoring new Australian recruits Darcy and Elijah Simpson for the 2025 season.

• Police appeal after shop staff threatened with knife in Middleton

  A robbery investigation is underway after a man threatened shop staff with a knife at a convenience store in Middleton.

• ‘Nationally important’ £630m employment scheme next to M66 to go before planners in Bury

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• Vandals torch scarecrows in Age UK Bury garden

  Vandals have destroyed two long-standing scarecrows in a garden cared for by Age UK Bury, in what the charity has described as a deeply upsetting act of arson.

• Greater Manchester basks in hottest day of 2025 – but cold snap looms this weekend

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• GMP responds to Channel 4's ‘Groomed’ documentary: “We badly let down vulnerable girls”

  Greater Manchester Police has issued a statement following the broadcast of Channel 4’s harrowing documentary Groomed: A National Scandal.

• Former nightclub in middle of town could be turned into housing

  A vacant nightclub building in the heart of Rochdale has stood since the 1700s, but soon it could be transformed into housing.

• Uber strike planned

  Uber drivers going on strike this week claim they’re ‘hanging by a thread’ after the company confirmed it takes nearly half of some fares.

• ‘They dug up the pavement and then didn’t put the flag stones back’

  A utility company has pledged to restore a pavement after residents were left outraged by the state it was left after recent roadworks. Those living on a stretch of Bolton Road West in Ramsbottom were alarmed pavement stones which had been removed were not put back in place after Electricity North West (ENW) seemingly completed work outside their homes.

• Retail and business park about to expand

  One of Rochdale’s biggest industrial and retail parks is about to get even bigger.

• Demolition of six apartment blocks confirmed

  Six apartment blocks in Rochdale will be demolished after sitting empty for years.