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• EXCLUSIVE: Labour lays out their strategy for By-election, as Candidate supports Free Breakfast Clubs

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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.

• Rochdale voices add momentum to growing call for fairer National League promotion

  Calls from Rochdale and across Parliament to reform promotion from the National League have gathered pace after the English Football League chair said the current system is indefensible.

• Love Notes and Positivity Wall bring Valentine’s cheer to Mill Gate

  Mill Gate Shopping Centre in Bury is marking Valentine’s with a community-driven celebration, highlighting everyday connections and messages of love rather than traditional grand gestures.

• Bury Council faces £14 million gap as budget pressures mount

  Leaders at Bury Council say they are taking “responsible steps” to close a growing funding shortfall, warning that soaring demand for social care and inflationary pressures have left a £14 million hole in next year’s budget.

• Cross pavement chargers could spark electric car revolution in Rochdale

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

• New Islamic girls’ school planned for Bury

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

• Bury Council to use AI to ‘automate mundane administrative tasks’ and ‘gradually reduce workforce’

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

• Bury’s new food market to be named after first shop to sell black pudding

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

• Laura Beal named new Centre Manager at The Rock in Bury

  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.

• United Infrastructure acquires Rochdale-based engineering firm Simkiss Group

  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.

• Plans submitted to turn former Rochdale probation centre into 14 flats

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

• Two dead after light aircraft crash near Littleborough

  Two men have died after a light aircraft crashed into farmland near Littleborough at around 11am on Tuesday 3 February.