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• True crime stage show with live psychopath test coming to Rochdale this November

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• Fake 999 calls put lives at risk, police warn after surge in hoax and abusive contacts

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• Row erupts over Diversity Awards as Workers Party councillor criticises event he did not attend

  A political row has broken out over the Rochdale Diversity Awards after a councillor from the Workers Party of Britain accused organisers and speakers of politicising the event, prompting rebuttals from local Labour representatives.

• £5.7m travel upgrade to reshape Fishpool and Pimhole starts this November

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• Remembrance events to honour our fallen across Bury

  Services, wreath layings and parades to mark Armistice and Remembrance Sunday in Bury and surrounding areas.

• Heart attack survivor urges Rochdale smokers to quit after 40 years of lighting up

  A Kingsway man says free local support helped him finally quit smoking after major surgery, and now he wants others to follow his lead.

• Shop’s licence to be reviewed after 14-year-old girl’s parents alleged she was found ‘inebriated’ after buying litre of vodka

  A Bury town centre shop’s licence is to be reviewed after a 14-year-old girl’s parents alleged she was found ‘inebriated’ after buying a litre bottle of vodka there.

• Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Littleborough as youth theatre brings magic to the stage

  Families across Rochdale are invited to take a journey to Oz this half-term, as the Holy Trinity Youth Theatre Workshop prepares to stage its own version of The Wizard of Oz in Littleborough.

• Roch Valley Radio gains official recognition as regulated news publisher

  Roch Valley Radio has secured formal recognition as a regulated news publisher, joining the ranks of bona fide UK media outlets under the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO).

• Council to invest £569,000 after admitting they are not equipped to meet ‘Awaab’s Law’ response times for damp and mould inspections

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