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Rochdale care home couple celebrate 70 years of marriage on Valentine’s Day
Gordon, 95 and Sheila, 94, are both residents at Barley View care home and marked Valentine's Day this year by celebrating 70 years of marriage.
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Coronavirus rates in Rochdale continue to fall
The rates across Greater Manchester’s ten boroughs also continued to fall, except in Bolton which was one of just 11 places in England where the number of cases has increased.
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Rochdale community police officers go above and beyond to help burglary victim
In a post on their Facebook page the police for Rochdale, Greater Manchester shared how they had helped a victim of a burglary which happened in October last year.
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Rochdale mosques donate winter survival kits to homelessness charity
The Sanctuary Trust a homelessness charity based at Halsall House Hostel, Tweedale Street, received a donation of 30 winter survival kits from local mosques.
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Rochdale’s first pop-up Covid vaccine clinic opened to target BAME community
Set-up in Castlemere Community Centre the clinic vaccinated 77 people over a two-hour period last Thursday, with the aim of targeting those form the BAME community.
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Local councillor volunteers at vaccine centre
A Rochdale councillor has spoken of his experience volunteering to help with the Covid-19 vaccine - and is now encouraging people to take up the vaccine.
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Work to start on £6.1m Technology Centre extension at Hopwood Hall College
Hopwood Hall College is building a £6.1m extension to its Technology Centre on its Middleton campus as it prepares to launch a range of T-Level qualifications.
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Rochdale mum with months to live in urgent asbestos plea
Maureen Smith has been diagnosed with Mesothelioma and given just months to live after suspected exposure to asbestos in a previous
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Vulnerable people across Rochdale staying connected thanks to phone donation
The campaign has been successfully trialled in London and is now being expanded to Greater Manchester.
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Council admits wrong information was included in crematorium planning application
Rochdale Crematorium is the only crematorium out of eight areas to have not had its faulty equipment replaced, causing delays in cremations.
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Prime Minister congratulates organisers of Alkrington Community Spirit Awards
The winners of the first ever Alkrington Community Spirit Awards have now been announced - and the awards have been recognised by the Prime Minister.
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Three Rochdale schools to have new sites built
Three schools in the borough have been chosen by government to have new sites built as part of the first tranche of its new 10-year school rebuilding programme.