Date published: 25 March 2024 The Engine Room inside R-Kix Performance Centre R-Kix Performance Centre is opening its doors to the public in Rochdale town centre at the end of March. But this is not just a gym, it is a sporting concept that connects community and sport under one roof. Based at the former … Read more
Date published: 28 November 2023 Pupils from Healey Primary School have been working hard to protect the planet with Rochdale AFC Community Trust Youngsters from Rochdale AFC Community Trust joined more than 120 young people representing clubs from across the Premier League and English Football League at a special Protect the Planet event on Tuesday … Read more
Date published: 26 November 2023 Tim Kennedy and Joseph Buckmaster Few things command the attention as much as a full-throated tenor voice, be it on the opera stage, football world cup anthem, or adverts for internet comparison sites. It immediately conveys passionate emotions writ large. Following the tradition of household names Mario Lanza and Pavarotti, … Read more
Date published: 25 November 2023 Artist impression of the new civic dining room at Touchstones from the Design and Access Statement Touchstones Rochdale has received a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant of just under £250,000 for its heritage project being developed as part of the museum and gallery’s major redevelopment. The Dining Room (working title) is a … Read more
Date published: 25 November 2023 Mia Linnik-Holden and Andrei Toader at the 2021 Blackpool Dance Festival Middleton’s world dance champions Mia Linnik-Holden and Andrei Toader have been crowned the North of England champions for the third consecutive year. The duo won the prestigious title at the British National Championships in Blackpool, which displays the best … Read more
Hamer Amateur Boxing Club has donated excess funds to local good causes after thousands of pounds were raised towards a community memorial plaque at Rochdale AFC for community fundraiser Stephen ‘Moggy’ Murray. Moggy, 68, was known around Rochdale for his fundraising efforts, including his famous ‘ladder walks’ across the country to support the town’s football … Read more
Date published: 16 November 2023 Hope Football The New Pioneers Project – a Rochdale Borough Council and Rochdale Boroughwide Housing fund community project committed to fostering inclusion and providing support for vulnerable residents – is collaborating with the Rochdale AFC Community Trust on their Hope Football sessions to serve hot, nutritious meals to the participants. … Read more
Date published: 15 November 2023 Councillor Massey with staff and gifts at Highfield Hospital last year, the hospital is supporting the appeal again this year Rochdale Borough Council is now collecting donations to this year’s Christmas Toy Appeal, which helps make sure local children who are less fortunate have presents to open on 25 December. … Read more
Date published: 06 October 2023 JD Sports Distribution Centre, Kingsway Employees at the JD Sports Distribution Centre in Rochdale have been told they need to use their holiday leave over the Christmas and New Year period, or have it marked as an unauthorised absence – despite the warehouse being shut, it has been claimed. Rochdale … Read more
Date published: 27 September 2023 Roch Valley litter pickers and Rochdale Borough Council United Utilities joined forces with volunteers from the Roch Valley litter pickers and Rochdale Borough Council to hold a clean-up event last weekend to celebrate World Rivers Day. 20 people took part in the clean-up along the banks of the River Roch … Read more