Members raise £37k to save club
A historic Rochdale working men's club is saved from closure after members raise £37,000 in two days.
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How should de-icing grit be stored?
At a national summit on how to cope better in icy weather, grit reserves topped the agenda. With many local authorities criticised for laying in too little grit too late, how best to store it?
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Haiti single knocked off top spot
Everybody Hurts, recorded to help Haiti's earthquake victims, is knocked off the top of the charts by US R&B singer Jason Derulo.
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Twins go to hospital after fire
Seven-month-old twins are taken to hospital as precaution after a heater sparks a fire at a house in Rochdale.
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Woman jailed over stranger attack
A woman who admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent after a man was found with serious head injuries is jailed.
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Historic canopy saved for railway
An historic piece of a railway station in Greater Manchester, the canopy at Oldham Mumps, is saved.
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Police smash burglar's windscreen
Police smash the windscreen of a car as a burglar drives off from the scene of a crime in Derbyshire.
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Historic paper to leave city base
The Manchester Evening News is to move from its current city centre base, its new owners Trinity Mirror says.
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Man in court over missing father
A man charged with the murder and kidnap of a father-of-four appears before magistrates in Burnley.
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Murder charge over missing father
Police investigating the disappearance of a father from Greater Manchester charge a second man with murder.
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Charges after woman raped at home
Police charge a man with raping a 35-year-old woman who was attacked by an intruder in her Rochdale home.
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Missing sex offender is arrested
A convicted sex offender who absconded from a bail hostel is arrested after a two-week search.
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Gracie Fields music gets new life
Unreleased songs by the late music hall and cinema star Dame Gracie Fields are to get a new lease of life after saved from storage.
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Woman, 35, raped in her own home
A woman is raped in her Rochdale home by a man who got inside the property while she was sleeping.
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Trio jailed for photographed rape
Three men from Rochdale are jailed for raping a 16-year-old girl as the attack was photographed on a mobile phone.
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Man jailed for child sex offences
A man who incited a ten-year-old to commit a sex act after contacting her over the internet is jailed for two years.
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Man is sought over hammer attack
Police are looking to trace a man wanted in connection with an attack by an armed gang in Rochdale, where a man was hit with a hammer.
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Man jailed for stabbing teenager
A man who stabbed a 16-year-old boy in the neck and chest with a kitchen knife in Greater Manchester is jailed.
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Man charged with historic abuse
A 61-year-old man from Greater Manchester is charged with a number of counts of historic abuse against children.
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'High risk' sex offender missing
A convicted sex offender described as a "high risk to the elderly" is missing from a bail hostel in Stockport, prompting a police search.
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