News items from around the borough from the last two
months. Older stories are available in our news archive.
If you’re looking for work then the borough’s annual jobs fair could be just what you need! A range of full-time, part-time and seasonal vacancies will be on offer at Rochdale Town Hall on Thursday 11 September 2008, 10am-4pm.
People over 50 have many reasons to celebrate throughout September when the Recycled Teenagers festival hits venues across Heywood, Littleborough, Milnrow and Rochdale.
Young people have achieved the best GCSE results ever in the borough - 58% gained five or more A* to Cs. This is up from 56% last year and 50% in 2006.
A borough-wide project aimed at helping people back in to work and off sickness-related benefits - through health support and access to counselling - has recently assisted its hundredth person into employment.
If you’re a Heywood resident and want to find out how you can best protect your home and family in the event of a flood, then we invite you to come along to the Heywood Flood Awareness Event at Heywood Civic Centre on Thursday 28 August from 2pm to 8pm.
Businesses across the borough are signing up to our newly launched Tidy Business Standards Charter – which is awarded to businesses in recognition of their efforts to control and manage the amount of waste and litter coming from their premises.
Our Trading Standards team has gone hi-tech in its fight against the sale of counterfeit tobacco.
We've begun knocking down a dangerous and dilapidated building on Milnrow Road, Rochdale this week - after the owner failed to repair it.
A European Procurement decision concerning a Greek Council’s development project, will affect our developer selection for the town centre.
If you’re looking to entertain the children this month, bring them along to your local library.