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Stockport care home staff deliver breakfasts to over 60 fellow key workers
Residents and staff at the home were able to nominate their ‘pandemic heroes’ to receive a free breakfast grab-bag
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Accrington primary school teacher publishes second novel
Peter Scholes, who works as a primary school teacher at Spring Hill Community has published his second novel ‘Once Upon A Time There Was A Man’.
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Author funds brother’s headstone through late mum's memoirs
Loraine Platt, from Helmshore, wrote the book during the first lockdown and has now sold enough copies to buy a headstone for brother Clive Marshall who died 56 years ago.
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Rochdale park group on the hunt for ‘green volunteers’
The group has been organising community activities and events in the Falinge area for over 14 years and runs a volunteer café at the park which serves homemade food and drink.
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Rochdale green spaces receive £2m in funding as part of government recovery fund
Sites in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, to benefit from the money are Boarshaw Clough, Irkside Nature Site, Roch Valley, Summit Nature Reserve and Chesham Park.
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Circle sets up at home cookery club for older Rochdale residents
Each month the circle will provide a new recipe and are hoping residents will send in photos of their finished creations - and first up is custard creams.
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Rochdale based haulage company scoops national award
As staff at the delivery firm are key workers it was also an opportunity to champion all those who have worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic.
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Postcards sent to every Rochdale household ahead of Census 2021
The postcards, delivered to every household in the borough will be followed by invitation packs containing a unique code to access the first ‘digital-only’ census.
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Rochdale Boroughwide Housing recognised for being one of region’s best employers
RBH has become the first employer from Rochdale to be named to the charter which outlines seven key characteristics of good employment.
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Rochdale Mecca Bingo launches search for borough’s lockdown heroes
Up to eight individuals will be championed and Mecca say they will give them the support they require to continue being a beacon of light for their community.
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Rochdale police seize vehicles as part of crackdown on illegal off-road driving
On one of their patrols, which saw a two vans and a bike seized, police discovered that a cow had died after it became distressed by the noise and fled form the herd.
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Rochdale council launch new scheme to boost young people’s creativity
Partnering with the Ragdoll Foundation the council are funding Heywood based Cartwheel Arts to deliver the new art project 'Little Artists: Big Box of Creativity'.