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• Rochdale childminder celebrates fifth consecutive ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted rating

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• Young artists in Bury North invited to design MP’s official Christmas card

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• New Greggs planned for service station

  A new Greggs could soon be built at a petrol station in Littleborough.

• Think you can’t adopt because of your home or income? Think again

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• Proactive policing in Rochdale sees arrests and dangerous weapons removed from streets

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• New five-court padel club approved as demand to play the sport rockets

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