Local News from Friday, February 6th, 2026

A man killed in a light aircraft crash in Rochdale has been named as Arian Abbasi, 36, from Harrow in Greater London. His family have described him as a “deeply loving father and a devoted husband”.

Bury has some of the ‘lowest levels of funding per person’ in Greater Manchester as its council faces a £14m budget gap, bosses say.

A new vision will effectively create a new town on the border of Rochdale and Bury, after planning bosses signed off 1,550 houses, shops, transport links and a school.

Campaigners have hit out at green activists for backing the wind farm scheme planned for Scout Moor.

Police are appealing for information after a 79-year-old woman died in a collision with a car on Bury New Road in Prestwich.

Rochdale Borough Council is developing a new council tax discount scheme for 2026/27, which would see thousands of households receive a two per cent reduction on their bills.