Local News Archive

Bury singer Elliot James Reay to support Benson Boone on US tour

Wednesday, 27 August 2025 00:14

Ex-council boss and teacher slammed for role in protest as parents lose trust in school

Tuesday, 26 August 2025 22:49

Drivers warned of delays on M60 over next two weekends

Tuesday, 26 August 2025 14:30

Heywood MP welcomes tram extension progress

Tuesday, 26 August 2025 14:27

Glaston-BURY pauses for emotional cheer as festival honours those who have died

Monday, 25 August 2025 17:32

Festival fun in Bolton as celebrity chefs wow crowds at 20th Food and Drink Festival

Monday, 25 August 2025 16:56

🟥 RECAP: Glaston-BURY live updates, photos, interviews and more

Monday, 25 August 2025 12:00

The group defending the moorland from wind turbines

Monday, 25 August 2025 08:18

Government pledges funding boost to expand cadet opportunities in Bury North

Sunday, 24 August 2025 12:10

Andy Burnham names dates when Heywood and Stockport Metrolink extensions should start construction

Saturday, 23 August 2025 09:10

House building plan costing £4.8m approved by town hall bosses

Friday, 22 August 2025 16:55

Uniforms for cabbies suggested in Rochdale

Friday, 22 August 2025 12:20

Ann Summers to close Bury store two years after opening

Thursday, 21 August 2025 17:58

Top GCSE results and standout pupils shine at Oulder Hill Leadership Academy

Thursday, 21 August 2025 17:48

Students celebrate stellar GCSE success at The Derby and Elton High Schools

Thursday, 21 August 2025 13:45

GCSE joy across Rochdale as students celebrate results after pandemic disruption

Thursday, 21 August 2025 13:20

Students at Whitworth Community High School celebrate best-ever GCSE results

Thursday, 21 August 2025 12:52

Children’s mental health support services move into Croft Shifa Health Centre

Thursday, 21 August 2025 12:48

Lager Cricket Festival to support local family battling motor neurone disease

Thursday, 21 August 2025 10:43

Award-winning English project seeks new volunteers to support Rochdale’s learners

Thursday, 21 August 2025 10:15

Portrait tribute captures spirit of band club regulars

Wednesday, 20 August 2025 20:54

Elsie Blundell challenges ‘unacceptable’ asylum housing site across from Heywood nursery

Wednesday, 20 August 2025 15:05

Middleton Storage World fire leaves gym owner facing uncertain future

Wednesday, 20 August 2025 08:56

Bury Tories announce candidates for seven more Bury wards ahead of 2026 local elections

Tuesday, 19 August 2025 20:59

Poet Laureate calls on Rochdale residents to share their favourite places for new community poem

Tuesday, 19 August 2025 20:41

Wetherspoons plans Art Deco refurbishment of listed cinema building to highlight its ‘silver screen’ past

Tuesday, 19 August 2025 19:10

Restaurant booze licence objections claim Bury’s The Rock is now ‘a residential street’

Tuesday, 19 August 2025 18:01

Heywood pull off last-over miracle to beat Milnrow in two-run cup final classic

Tuesday, 19 August 2025 17:37

Rochdale teenager Gabriel Cullen wins gold at world’s top grappling event

Tuesday, 19 August 2025 17:29

Middleton gymnastics club flips into future with £900,000 council revamp

Tuesday, 19 August 2025 17:26

Bury North MP among 96 urging UK to bring Gaza’s sick and injured children for NHS care and treatment

Tuesday, 19 August 2025 12:53

Jeremy Corbyn coming to Oldham to launch new party

Tuesday, 19 August 2025 12:42

Building twice rejected as a HMO for more than 25 people could now be converted into flats

Monday, 18 August 2025 16:01

Heywood church closed after break-in causes major damage

Monday, 18 August 2025 13:31

RBH send in bulldozers to demolish six empty Heywood homes after safety concerns and fly-tipping issues

Monday, 18 August 2025 13:18

Shining bright as Rochdale opens first of four jewel-named children’s homes

Monday, 18 August 2025 13:10

A56 closed after lorry overturns causing chaos for drivers in Rossendale

Monday, 18 August 2025 07:52

Hollingworth Lake and Watergrove running low as United Utilities urges Rochdale to save water

Sunday, 17 August 2025 19:52

Apples, pies and big community spirit at Falinge Park’s first Vintage Apple Fair

Sunday, 17 August 2025 17:48

Rochdale to London bike ride raises over £36,000 for Gaza relief

Sunday, 17 August 2025 17:04

Bury marks 80th VJ Day anniversary with remembrance service at Parish Church

Friday, 15 August 2025 23:02

Memorial tree planted at Bury Cemetery to mark 80 years since VJ Day

Friday, 15 August 2025 23:00

Fusilier Museum lit up to remember the ‘Forgotten Army’ on 80th anniversary of VJ Day

Friday, 15 August 2025 22:49

Roof restoration approved for historic Rochdale Touchstones building

Friday, 15 August 2025 18:30

Life at the last stop of the M62 before Yorkshire

Friday, 15 August 2025 16:21

What people want to see in town’s new market hall

Friday, 15 August 2025 16:15

Rochdale and Middleton college students land university places after T-Level and BTEC success

Friday, 15 August 2025 15:08

Rochdale Sixth Form College hails 99.2% A Level pass rate and Oxbridge success

Thursday, 14 August 2025 15:39

Local students shine as Rochdale Sixth Form celebrates standout A Level results

Thursday, 14 August 2025 13:56

Proud moment for Middleton students as Cardinal Langley posts standout A-level results

Thursday, 14 August 2025 13:41

How the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War will be celebrated in Bury

Thursday, 14 August 2025 13:30

Pakistan Independence Day marked with flag raising and community celebration in Bury

Thursday, 14 August 2025 13:18

Rochdale Council to spend £25 million on urgent housebuilding as housing crisis deepens

Thursday, 14 August 2025 12:11

Nursery makes changes to get out of special measures

Wednesday, 13 August 2025 16:22

New social, emotional and mental health primary school planned for Rochdale

Wednesday, 13 August 2025 16:20

Greater Manchester Police to deploy facial recognition vans in crackdown on high-harm offenders

Wednesday, 13 August 2025 04:39

Convicted Bury child sex predator vanishes mid-trial as police launch urgent international manhunt

Tuesday, 12 August 2025 16:42

Mill Gate’s safari trail brings the wild to Bury this August

Monday, 11 August 2025 17:30

MP urges calm after Heywood protest as government ramps up immigration action

Monday, 11 August 2025 17:01

MegaRetailer opens in Rochdale with big-brand bargains for shoppers

Monday, 11 August 2025 14:14

Surface dressing works to close key Rochdale roads this week

Monday, 11 August 2025 13:42

Caribbean Carnival delights thousands in weekend celebration

Monday, 11 August 2025 11:06

New campaign to help Rochdale residents cope with rising heat and extreme weather

Monday, 11 August 2025 10:49

Sunshine, live music and community spirit as Rotary Middleton’s Proms in the Park delights crowds

Sunday, 10 August 2025 15:15

IN PHOTOS: 'Stop the boats' as Hundreds join Heywood protest against illegal immigration

Saturday, 9 August 2025 18:08

Council urged to ‘keep the magic’ as Bury market modernised

Saturday, 9 August 2025 12:13

Serial predator posed as trusted tutor to sexually abuse girls as young as eight

Friday, 8 August 2025 20:48

Man admits bringing knives and weapons onto school grounds in Middleton arrest

Friday, 8 August 2025 19:48

What's really happening at Rochdale's asbestos-riddled 'Chernobyl' site?

Friday, 8 August 2025 17:40

Scout Moor II, the story so far

Friday, 8 August 2025 17:36

‘Fishy empire’ spoof sparks laughs but real Middleton chippy says the threat is no joke

Friday, 8 August 2025 17:14

Huge fire erupts at Rochdale garage as black smoke seen for miles

Thursday, 7 August 2025 21:03

Minister joins GMP patrol as summer crime blitz hits Bury town centre

Thursday, 7 August 2025 15:17

Huge shake up of major roads in Rochdale planned

Thursday, 7 August 2025 15:10

Club president Colin Robinson honoured for 70 years of dedication to Rochdale Harriers

Thursday, 7 August 2025 15:08

83kg of cocaine, a machete, and secret trips across the UK father and son drug ring exposed

Thursday, 7 August 2025 14:59

Volunteers sought to operate mobile speed cameras on three Greater Manchester roads

Thursday, 7 August 2025 13:54

Queens Park junior parkrun returns to Rochdale this Sunday

Thursday, 7 August 2025 13:42

Freehold woman evicted after home became hub for drug dealing and assaults

Thursday, 7 August 2025 10:04

Rochdale SEND school transport costs explode to £5.4m amid rising taxi bills

Wednesday, 6 August 2025 11:29

Feel Good Family Picnic attracts record-breaking crowds across Rochdale borough

Wednesday, 6 August 2025 11:24

Grappling with violence as police and youth connect through sport in Bury initiative

Wednesday, 6 August 2025 10:01

Two more men charged with murder after death of Mohammed Afzal in Bury

Wednesday, 6 August 2025 09:17

Top comedians booked for first ever Rochdale Comedy Festival this autumn

Tuesday, 5 August 2025 16:03

Bury FC opens its doors to Morecambe fans facing off-field uncertainty

Tuesday, 5 August 2025 13:10

Work starts on huge adventure playground in Littleborough

Tuesday, 5 August 2025 13:04

GMP officer to face court after pedestrian seriously injured during Rochdale police pursuit

Tuesday, 5 August 2025 11:29

Rochdale families urged to check eligibility for 30 hours free childcare before 31 August deadline

Tuesday, 5 August 2025 11:18

Teenager, 19, charged with murder after deadly stabbing in Bury car park

Tuesday, 5 August 2025 10:41

Body found in Heaton Park during search for missing Bury man Craig Foy

Monday, 4 August 2025 20:44

New homes could be built in shadow of electricity pylon on ‘equestrian land’

Monday, 4 August 2025 16:37

Closure order shuts down Prestwich shop after drugs bust during Oasis concert

Monday, 4 August 2025 15:01

Teenager who died in Bury named as Mohammed Afzal

Monday, 4 August 2025 14:38

Charities in Rochdale urged to apply for £5,000 Vernon grants before August deadline

Monday, 4 August 2025 12:54

Council leader’s column: Middleton regeneration and Rochdale pride on show this summer

Monday, 4 August 2025 11:40

Labour pledges crackdown on unfair private parking charges in new consultation

Sunday, 3 August 2025 22:56

Detectives intensify search for missing Bury man Craig Foy after possible Heaton Park sighting

Saturday, 2 August 2025 22:02

Teenager stabbed to death in Bury Powerleague car park in what police call a ‘targeted attack’

Saturday, 2 August 2025 12:33

M60 closed after serious crash involving motorbike near Simister Island

Friday, 1 August 2025 21:45

Local resident wins battle with telecoms company over huge mast

Friday, 1 August 2025 16:33

Storage World fire Unit holders challenge claims that salvage is ‘impossible’

Friday, 1 August 2025 13:32

Rochdale sign ex-Manchester United keeper Tom Myles on one-year deal

Friday, 1 August 2025 12:53

New 158-home affordable development will be built in Castleton after council approval

Friday, 1 August 2025 11:13