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Tributes to Sir Cyril Smith, a giant of politics
03-09-2010 17:53:24
Tributes have poured in for Sir Cyril Smith, the veteran Rochdale MP who has died aged 82. The political heavyweight and Liberal MP, who later served as a Liberal Democrat, had been fighting cancer for two years.
Neighbours' five-year parking dispute ended in golf club attack
03-09-2010 08:48:25
A man has told how his neighbour attacked him with a golf club in a row over car parking. Peter Shaw fractured Mike Hilton?s collarbone with an oversized putter as the five-year dispute ended in violence.
Town fourth in booze shame league
03-09-2010 16:30:54
Rochdale has been ranked among the top five in a national booze 'league of shame' for the second year running. The town came fourth in the table which calculates how booze affects each area by using figures on healthcare, alcohol-related benefit claims and drink-fuelled crime.
Japanese company to fund town centre first stage
03-09-2010 16:29:52
Rochdale's multi-million-pound town centre facelift is one step closer to fruition after funding was secured for the first stages of the project. Japanese investors have agreed to bankroll the £100-£150M town centre retail scheme up to the point of construction.
Elderly man died after falling into icy canal
03-09-2010 16:28:44
An elderly man died after plunging into the icy waters of Rochdale Canal on new year's day. Eighty-one-year-old John Law suffered a cardiac arrest after falling through the ice.