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Rochdale Council website rated as the ‘most accessible’ in the country
The website had a recent upgrade, to make the site more accessible for people with a broad range of disabilities including hearing and vision difficulties
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Anti-nuclear peace campaigners ride into Rochdale
Bike for Peace, a non-governmental organisation in Norway that campaigns for nuclear disarmament, arrived in Rochdale town centre on September 1
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Rochdale youngster donates hair grown for four years to cancer wig charity
Kayden Malik, from Norden, donated the hair to the Little Princes Trust, a charity who provides child cancer patients with a free, real hair wig to help ‘restore their confidence and identity’
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Rochdale woman to walk 200,000 steps in September in memory of late husband
Helen Campbell, 45, is taking on the challenge alongside pet cockapoo Humphrey in memory of her husband Gary, who died in April at the age of 56 after being diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
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Rochdale council leader ‘deeply concerned’ over flooding in Pakistan
Councillor Neil Emmott, leader of Rochdale Borough Council, added that the floods were especially concerning for the many people in the borough who have strong links to the Asian country
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Rochdale Sunday school donate potatoes grown in Church garden to foodbank
Children who attend the Sunday school at Christ Church Healey on Gandy Lane donated the new potatoes which they grew themselves to The Lighthouse Foodbank
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Rochdale domestic abuse charity opens brand new office in town centre
It has now opened a new office in Rochdale’s Better Together building on Yorkshire Street and the opening event was attended by Councillors Sameena Zaheer, James Gartside and Jane Gartside
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‘Strawberry sparkle’ ladies raise £3,800 with charity lunch at Rochdale Golf Club
On Wednesday, August 24, 132 guests enjoyed an afternoon of delicious food, great entertainment and one or two glasses of fizz and raised a record amount for the event
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Rochdale has second-highest unemployment rate in Greater Manchester
New figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) reveal the percentage of working age people who are unemployed in every parliamentary constituency in Great Britain
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Rochdale dinner drivers service celebrates delivering 3,000th meal
Chef Kenneth presented Patrick with some chocolates to mark the milestone as well as the 3,000th meal of chilli with rice and a pudding of cheesecake with cream
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Rochdale law firm raise £360 through will-writing campaign
The campaign sees solicitors waive their fees for basic wills and instead invite clients to donate to the campaign - which are then shared with Will Aid’s nine partner charities
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Planning application for Rochdale mental health unit deferred over ‘safety’ concerns
Plans had been submitted by Redside Capital Resources Limited to change the use of the site into a supported living mental health facility, which would be run by independent provider Northern Healthcare