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• Bolton Cancer Voices to host festive concert at Bolton Parish Church

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

  Rochdale’s Trading Standards team has been honoured with a national award for its leading role in protecting families from counterfeit goods and illegal drugs.

• Police appeal after man in his 20s stabbed in Rochdale

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

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