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Rochdale walking and cycling scheme given funding boost

The scheme, which aims to improve conditions for walking and cycling from Castleton railway station up to the Royal Toby, received the funding as part of a £13 million government investment

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Heywood Civic Centre reopens after 18 months as Covid walk-in test centre

Visitors will now be able to book onto an exciting calendar of events, such as Celine Dion tribute act, 'My Heart Will Go On', as well as hiring out the centre for community groups and private events

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Rochdale Aldi store set to reopen following refurbishment

The format has been created to make shopping easier for customers and the store will now have more space and clearer signs to make shopping 'effortless'

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Rochdale house the cheapest sold in Greater Manchester this year

Located on Stonie Heyes Avenue in Buckley, the terraced home was sold for £38,000 on January 28, making it the cheapest in the region and three other borough properties were also among the cheapest sold

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Heywood community festival to return after two-year absence

Ahead of the festival around 40 community workshops taking place, allowing locals to create carnival arts which will be displayed in the annual parade on the day

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Get together held for Ukrainian refugees who have settled in Rochdale

Around 25 refugees were present, as well as those waiting for their families to arrive from Ukraine, and they were able to network with others who are in the same situation as them

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‘Support the Supporters’ event held to mark Mental Health Awareness Week

The event included sessions on techniques and methods of relaxation, meditation, hand massages, reflexology, as well as laughing yoga and a vegan lunch

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New partnership launched to get feedback on health and social care in Rochdale

Mark Wynn, director of HMR Circle which supports over 50s in Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale, said the project will speak to people from primary school right through to pensioners

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Rochdale college partners with Manchester Magic to launch new basketball academy

Hopwood Hall College, which has campuses in Middleton and Rochdale, has teamed up with the Manchester Magic team to launch the academy - which aims to provide opportunities for young people

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Rochdale has highest proportion of inactive people in Greater Manchester

Rochdale had the highest number of people in the city-region not getting enough exercise during the pandemic – as successive lockdowns made the nation more sedentary

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Tributes paid to ‘remarkable and inspirational’ former Rochdale teacher

Marjorie Bell, who worked at Caldershaw Primary school for most of her career in the 1970s and 80s, died of pneumonia at the end of last month - was described as 'quite remarkable'

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Call for Artists to help bring restored Rochdale town hall ‘up to date’

It is hoped the project will mean more communities are represented in the town hall than there were when the building was built 150 years ago