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  A Bury fast food branch has reopened after a makeover promising to deliver ‘better customer service’.

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• Record-breaking toy appeal brings festive cheer to over 2,700 Rochdale children

  More than 2,700 children across Rochdale received Christmas presents last month thanks to the borough’s biggest-ever toy appeal.

• Rochdale AFC kicks off football project to support people experiencing homelessness

  A new initiative aimed at tackling homelessness and boosting wellbeing has been launched by Rochdale AFC Community Trust.

• Bury Blind Society hosts Love at First Serve to showcase sport for the visually impaired

  An inclusive sporting event aimed at raising funds and awareness for the visually impaired community is set to take place in Bury next month.

• The major project for homes, roads and tram extension

  A masterplan to effectively build a new town on farmland just next to a key M60 motorway junction is set to be approved next week. A total of 1,550 new homes are earmarked for a large chunk of land between Simister and Bowlee.

• Man found dead in water at Healey Dell Nature Reserve

  A man has been found dead in the water at Healey Dell Nature Reserve in Rochdale, police have confirmed.

• Emergency services respond to incident at Healey Dell Nature Reserve

  Emergency services are responding to an incident at Healey Dell Nature Reserve in Rochdale this afternoon, with police, firefighters and paramedics currently at the scene.

• Man sentenced for antisemitic social media post hours after deadly Manchester synagogue terror attack

  A 20-year-old man who posted a hateful antisemitic message online hours after a terror attack on a Manchester synagogue has been sentenced.

• Plans submitted to build new home in historic farmhouse garden

  A new home could be built in the garden of one of Rochdale’s oldest surviving farmhouses if planning permission is approved.

• Radcliffe woman sentenced over £13,000 cannabis farm and cocaine possession

  A woman from Radcliffe has been handed a community sentence after police discovered a hidden cannabis farm worth up to £13,000 in her home and found cocaine in her bedroom.

• Inspectors raise concerns over leadership and learner development at Bury Adult Learning Service

  Bury Council’s adult learning service has been told it needs to improve in two key areas following a recent inspection by Ofsted under its newly introduced reporting framework.