Local News from Wednesday, February 4th, 2026

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In an exclusive to Roch Valley Radio, we talk to the Labour Candidate for the upcoming Gorton and Denton by-election, Angeliki Stogia and the Secretary of State for Education, Bridget Philipson about the by-election, Breakfast Clubs being rolled out across the constituency and Labour's Chances in the By-election.

Residents without driveways could soon charge electric vehicles at home under a new council-backed proposal to install cross pavement chargers across the borough.

The disused ground floor of a martial arts centre in Bury could soon be turned into an independent Islamic girl’s school.

A Greater Manchester council wants to use artificial intelligence as it battles of £16m budget gap.

Bury’s new food market will be named after the town’s first shop to sell black pudding, the council has confirmed.

Laura Beal has been appointed as the new Centre Manager at The Rock shopping and leisure complex in Bury, following the retirement of long-serving director Arnold Wilcox-Wood.

A long-standing Rochdale engineering business has been bought by United Infrastructure in a move set to expand both firms’ reach in the energy and utilities sectors.

A former probation centre on Drake Street could be converted into 14 residential flats under new proposals submitted to Rochdale Council.