Joseph Richards

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Innovative Rochdale businesses urged to apply for grant funding

Funding is available via the GC Business Growth Hub, as well as support from a local university or research facility and firms with a big idea can receive match funding of up to £5,000

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Warm spaces to open to help Rochdale residents this winter

Rochdale Council has announced there will be 20 venues, including libraries and community buildings, that will be providing a space for people to keep warm - free of charge

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Littleborough restaurant reopens six months after ‘devastating’ fire

The fire broke out at the Waterside Restaurant & Bar on Inghams Lane in Littleborough in May and is now is reopening its doors following a complete refurbishment

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Rochdale town hall ‘beautiful’ spiral staircases undergo restoration

Each a mirror image of the other, the two staircases flank the east and west wings and feature 58 steps, rising from the ground to the second floor

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Covid and Flu 'monsters’ visit Middleton to highlight danger of ‘duodemic’

On Tuesday, November 8 the two mascots caused chaos to show the disruption that both viruses bring, the health threat they pose, and what they can spoil for people

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Rochdale Rosso buses to be decorated with poppies to pay tribute to the fallen

Operator Rosso will also provide free travel on Remembrance Day, Friday, November 11 and Remembrance Sunday, November 13 to all current service personnel and to veterans in uniform

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Middleton manufacturer to host webinar on how businesses can tackle the climate crisis

The Vita Group, one of Europe's leading providers of flexible polyurethane (PU) foam, will host the webinar to share details of the company's environmental roadmap

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‘Major improvements’ made to pothole-filling in Rochdale say council

The authority ditched contractor Balfour Beatty in March this year in a move bosses said would give it more ‘control and flexibility’ over the ‘vital service’

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Rochdale toy appeal launches to make sure everyone has something to open this Christmas

To help, all you need to do is donate an unwrapped, new gift suitable for a child up to 16 years-old and leave it at your local library or Your Trust leisure centre by December 9

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Norden WI adorn memorial garden with knitted poppies

Tied together, the poppies are strung around the railings of the perimeter of the gardens, and also feature the names of the 98 soldiers from Norden who died in conflict

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Green light given for new walking route that passes through Rochdale

The countryside charity, CPRE, together with The Ramblers, Britain’s walking charity, have been awarded a £250,000 grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to establish the ‘GM Ringway’

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Rochdale council provide training area for Heywood veterans charity

It will be an asset in helping veterans to practice their reversing skills before taking their HGV driving tests and being on the way to new careers within the logistics industry