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Bury Council has approved £4.5 million of investment to improve its leisure centres in Ramsbottom and Bury town centre.

The MPs for Rochdale and York have joined forces to support a national campaign calling for two automatic promotion places from the National League, as they joked about which of their clubs will finish top this season.

Anthony Johnson has been appointed as Bury Football Club’s new First Team Manager with immediate effect, marking what the club has described as a ‘clear statement of intent’ for its future.

A spirited Rochdale Hornets side were comprehensively beaten 83-0 by World Club Champions Wigan Warriors in the third round of the Betfred Challenge Cup, in front of the club’s biggest home crowd in over two decades.

Rochdale AFC held onto top spot in the Enterprise National League with a narrow 1-0 home win over Carlisle United on Saturday afternoon.

Calls from Rochdale and across Parliament to reform promotion from the National League have gathered pace after the English Football League chair said the current system is indefensible.

Rochdale went back top of the National League after an emphatic 4-1 win over Boreham Wood at the Crown Oil Arena.

Rochdale RUFC boosted their survival hopes with a 35–19 victory at home to Manchester RFC in a high-stakes North West League One clash on Saturday 31 January.

Late tries from Boyd and Nixon seal hard-earned win for Rochdale Hornets in home opener

Ramsbottom United hit back after two early Isle of Man strikes only to let a two goal lead slip late on.

A first half strike by Leo Graham was all Bury needed to triumph away at Chasetown. The 1-0 victory sees the Shakers back to winning ways and maintains their unbeaten league record so far this year.

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

Clinical braces from Coates, Chlodek and Mason seal dominant 6-0 win

Andy Burnham plans to invoke special powers to ‘turbocharge’ schemes for a major revamp in Oldham.

A former student of Newhouse Academy in Heywood has become a national martial arts champion just two years after struggling with challenges in and out of school.

Rochdale have returned to the summit of the Enterprise National League following a dramatic 2–1 home victory over Southend United, sealed by a 90th-minute strike from Harvey Gilmour.

Rochdale Hornets booked their place in the third round of the Betfred Challenge Cup with a dominant 60-6 away victory against Waterhead Warriors.

City of Liverpool visited the Harry Williams Riverside Stadium in Ramsbottom in bright sunshine on Saturday. For the home side to remain in the running it was something of a must win encounter.