Off with a bang: Your guide to bonfire and firework events across Greater Manchester
A list of the best places to go for a bonfire this year.
Pensioner, 87, arrested on suspicion of masturbating in Ramsbottom park
An 87-year-old man has been charged with outraging public decency in Bury – after allegedly masturbating in a park.
Unemployment plummets across Greater Manchester – but Rochdale not up to job
Nine out of ten areas across the region saw a decline in unemployment between June 2012/13 and June 2013/14, but the borough of Rochdale recorded an increase of 0.5%, according to the report
Sound of music: Rochdale to break 14-year silence with brass band bonanza
Rochdale have put putting their ambitions together with the 60-year-old North West Amateur Brass Band Association.
Manchester children’s chief quits after Ofsted brand service ‘inadequate’
The Director of Children’s Services at Manchester City Council has quit – months after a damning report from Ofsted labelled the child protection unit ‘inadequate’.
Child Z: Top playwright brings Rochdale grooming scandal production to Manchester
An award-winning playwright is crowdfunding to bring a production loosely based on the Rochdale child grooming scandal to Manchester.
White drivers on demand? Rochdale taxi boss compares race to ‘picking brand of Cola’
Steve Campbell, who runs Car 2000 boss Stephen Campbell in Heywood, said his firm meets requests from the public to provide ‘local’ or Asian drivers
Caught on camera: Bumbling robber drops loot stumbling out of Heywood Tesco
A bumbling robber short changed himself on Sunday when he dropped handfuls of cash on a car park floor, after holding up the Tesco in Heywood at gun point.
Read all about it: Willy Russell among writers to ‘dazzle’ at Rochdale Literature Festival
Leader of Rochdale Council Richard Farnell has said this year’s Rochdale Literature and Ideas festival will dazzle and entertain both the young and old.
Bury’s Flitcroft fascinated by League Two promotion race
Bury’s league form has been indifferent of late after two losses in their last three, but David Flitcroft’s promotion candidates still sit third in the table
Rochdale abuse ‘cover-up’: Detective investigating GMP calls for fresh information
The senior detective in charge of investigating allegations that GMP had a ‘lack of desire’ to prosecute child abusers is appealing for fresh information from the public.