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Rochdale father and daughter raise more than £500 by climbing Scafell Pike

Doliz Miah and daughter Zaara, completed the climb alongside members of Rochdale- based BASA (Bangladeshi Arts and Sports Association), raising more than £500 for Springhill Hospice

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Full House! Rochdale Bingo player wins home makeover prize

Leanne was playing with her mother and aunt the day she won the house makeover and called her daughters straight away to let them know about the good news

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Rochdale go-kart centre launches search for new racing talent

Young people aged 12-15 are invited to enter the competition, which will see an eventual winner receiving a fully funded season in the 2023 Junior Kart Championship - a prize worth £25,000

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Heywood parents organise Prom after school turns down event for ‘financial reasons’

Newhouse Academy in Heywood said no arrangements had been made and no venue had been booked for the traditional Year 11 celebration, but have instead decided to host an in-house ‘leavers’ celebration’

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Mayor’s youth awards celebrate Rochdale’s inspiring young people

Organised by young people who attend Rochdale Youth Service groups, alongside youth workers, the event showcased the achievements of the inspiring youngsters

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New Member of Youth Parliament representatives for Rochdale voted in

The final 11 candidates had been out campaigning for votes over the past few months and 7,794 young people cast their vote, in schools and youth centres, to elect the two new representatives

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Joy as Bacup's Pioneer Health Studio reopens after shock closure

90-year-old Malcolm Macdonald, from Whitworth, was one of the first through the door

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Rochdale to plant 2930 trees as part of climate change project

A number of sites have been selected, with suitable locations sourced by the council’s environmental management team and rangers, working alongside local schools and volunteer groups

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Battle of the Bands competition opens for this year’s Rochdale Feel Good Festival

Solo artists must live in the borough of Rochdale and bands must have at least 50 per cent of their members living in the borough and must also be available on August 13

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New speed guns brought to target Rochdale’s dangerous drivers

According to national statistics, more than half of drivers on 30mph roads regularly exceed the speed limit and a quarter of road fatalities involve someone who was driving too fast

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Rochdale resident praises care team who looked after her husband

Anne Colley, who lives in Healey, said her husband Raymond received ‘magnificent’ support from the council’s adult care STARS team, following a recent stay in hospital

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Rochdale’s young traveller community featured in new museum exhibition

‘Wherever the Road Takes Me’ is on display at The People’s History Museum in Manchester, exploring the stories of people whose lives have been shaped by migration