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• Rochdale Culture Awards finalists revealed ahead of Town Hall ceremony

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• Three arrested after 10kg of drugs with a value of £150k seized during Rochdale vehicle stop

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• Rochdale arrest among 23 held in major organised crime crackdown

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• Social prescribing helping Bury patients rebuild their lives

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