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Limerick writer has 30 poems printed in Rochdale newspaper
A poet has now written 30 limericks about life in Rochdale, all of which take a humorous look at local news reported on in the Rochdale Observer
Flora Byatt
Reporter for Rochdale Observer/Heywood & Middleton Guardian Staffs Uni grad - BA Print Journalism - First Class. Got a story? Email: flora.byatt@reachplc.com
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Advice as Rochdale towns reopen
Residents are being urged to shop local and support their high street safely as the borough’s non-essential retailers prepare to reopen.
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Rochdale AFC to deliver virtual Soccer Schools over Easter
The packs have been distributed to children’s centres and schools within the borough
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New vicar of Rochdale announced
The new vicar of Rochdale has been announced, and she is set to join a long line of ordained priests in her family
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American TV show 'to follow restoration of historic Middleton manor house'
Hopwood DePree, from Michigan, claims that his ancestors are those that originally lived in the now-dilapidated Hopwood Hall
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165-year-old chapel destroyed in fire to be restored
The chapel in Heywood cemetery was completely gutted by fire in February
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Rochdale pupils win cash prizes in academic writing compeition
Two high school pupils have won £100 in prize money after an academic writing was sponsored by Manchester-based businesses
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East Lancashire Railway's litter picking trains costing railway £2,000 per journey
Preparations for the re-opening of the East Lancashire Railway are being hampered by continuing instances of fly-tipping and vandalism
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Autistic children raise more than £1,000 for charity
The Rainbow Provision for children on the autistic spectrum at Shawclough Community Primary School in Rochdale have been celebrating Autism Awareness week
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Link4Life receives £317,000 recovery grant
Rochdale-based culture and leisure trust, Link4Life has received a grant of over £300,000 to help it recover.
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Volunteers rescue toads from death on the roads
A team of volunteers are rescuing toads, frogs and newts from being hit by cars as they return to their ancestral breeding ground.
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Thousands of metres of gas mains to be replaced in Rochdale
In Rochdale, 19,044 metres of the gas network will be upgraded as part of a £50m upgrade across the North West.