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• Monthly artisan market launched in Middleton town centre

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• Mill Gate loo leads the way with top national award and three special honours

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• Middleton mum praises life changing school attendance support in Rochdale

  A Middleton mother has praised a council run workshop designed to help families tackle persistent school absence, after seeing a marked improvement in her daughter’s attendance.

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  A large moorland fire has broken out on Scout Moor, sending thick plumes of smoke across Rochdale and East Lancashire, prompting a major emergency response.