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Rochdale Street Eat Festival dishes up royal platinum feast
Huge crowds flocked to The Butts in Rochdale town centre as more than 2,500 visitors tucked into a regal helping of food, drink, family entertainment and live music
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Rochdale hospice medical director to take on gruelling 24-hour Snowdon challenge
Dr Chris Pick will be tackling the Snowdon24 challenge where he will attempt to ascend and descend Wales’ highest peak as many times as possible in 24 hour
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Rochdale public servant awarded MBE for work during the pandemic
Pamela Scarry, who lives in Newhey, Rochdale, led a team of around 80 people who were responsible for creating the Government’s Covid schemes
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Rochdale community comes together to celebrate all its different people and cultures
Run by Breaking Barriers, a Rochdale-based company that aims to raise the voices of under-represented communities, the event aimed to celebrate the rich cultures and languages in Deeplish
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Two Rochdale women’s charities each receive funding of more than £30,000
Rochdale Connections Trust (RCT), the borough’s leading independent provider of domestic abuse services, was awarded £43,630 while Rochdale Women’s Housing Aid Group (WHAG) was awarded £35,000
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Rochdale family left sleeping on relative’s floor after fire at their flat
Dannielle Irvine, 24, and her two children, Freddie, 5, who has autism, and Hunter, 18 months, fled their flat above the Waterside restaurant, after a fire broke out at the premises in the early hours of May 20
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Rochdale soup kitchen awarded Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service
The Soup Kitchen Rochdale, based in Champness Hall on Drake Street, is made up of a team of approximately 52 volunteers who collect donations, deliver bags of food and serve homemade food
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Royal recognition for Rochdale mental health volunteer
Brad Gartland, 25, who founded his own Rochdale branch of the Andy’s Man Club mental health group has been selected as a Platinum Champions volunteer as part of an official Jubilee project
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Rochdale student chef secures place in Chinese cooking competition final
Hopwood Hall College student Andrew Travillion wowed the judges with his cold dish and now goes through to the final, which will be held at the award-winning Lu Ban Restaurant in Liverpool
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Rochdale babies don Wild West outfits to raise money for pregnancy charity
Babies in Rochdale donned their finest costumes as part of the nationwide Tommy’s Sensathon
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Rochdale slimming groups plan Jubilee celebration
Rochdale's Slimming World groups are planning to get together and celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, with events such as tea parties, bake offs and food quizzes
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Beacon to be lit in Middleton to mark Queen's Platinum Jubilee
The new Mayor of Rochdale, councillor Ali Ahmed, will light the beacon an the appropriately-named Jubilee Park and will be accompanied by distinguished guests including the Queen’s Representatives