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High speed rail link to serve Rochdale?
A 225 mph high speed rail link must be built to connect Rochdale with the Channel tunnel if the North West is to avoid becoming a transport backwater, says one of the region's MEPs.
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Iron railings replaced after more than 60 years
Iron railings were cut down in Rochdale to help the war effort have been replaced after more than 60 years. In 1940 all non-essential railings were melted down for iron and steel. All that remained…
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People's Champion and the new council complaints procedure explained
Councillor Keith Swift gives us an update on the 'People's Champion' and the new council complaints procedure.
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Rochdale Council to end battery egg use
Rochdale Council Leader Alan Taylor has announced that Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council will no longer use battery eggs.
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Wera Hobhouse wears 'rubbish' dress at council meeting!
Rochdale Council's Environment Cabinet Member, Councillor Wera Hobhouse, lightened the atmosphere of a sometimes tense and at times tedious council meeting in a debate on recycling and alternate…
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Environment boss calls for end to scaremongering
Rochdale Council Environment Cabinet Member Councillor Wera Hobhouse has called for an end to scaremongering over alternate weekly collection. Councillor Hobhouse said: "I am sick of certain council…
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Rochdale MEP welcomes progress against tiger slaughter
Rochdale MEP Chris Davies says that conservationists seeking to prevent the extinction of tigers in the wild have been given a smaller glimmer of hope.
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Homes given a new lease of life
Victorian terrace properties around Rochdale are being given a new lease of life with improvement work being carried out to more than 80 homes in Milkstone, Deeplish, Wardleworth and Hamer.
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Oh I'm going to Barbados!
Lib Dem councillor Elwyn Watkins has described as shokcing the revelation that housing a prisoner in a police cell costs taxpayers £459 per night - the same amount as it would cost of a seven-night…
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Rowen appointed Community Advisor
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen has been appointed as Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg MPs Parliamentary Advisor on Communities. The new role is part of Nick Clegg's campaign to 'reach out across Britain.'