Local News from Thursday, January 30th, 2025

The beautiful Rochdale Town Hall will be the location for top notch family fun this February half term, with a series of activities set to keep the young ones entertained.

Middleton Town Centre has been selected as one of the best in the North West and is now competing to win the 2025 Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) Britain in Bloom UK title.

- Rian Hitchman (25/08/2004) of no fixed abode was sentenced to two years and Owen Parkes (28/06/2002) of Hanson Street, Bury was jailed for three years and six months at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court on Friday 24 January 2025 after pleading guilty to robbery at a previous hearing.

Jane Tomlinson’s Run For All, in partnership with Bury Council and Bury BID, are excited to announce the highly anticipated Bury Running Festival is back for 2025.

Bury North’s James Frith MP has called on the government to tackle rogue residential management companies.

Rochdale Wedding Show returns to Rochdale Town Hall on Sunday 2 March and preparation is well under way.

Free summer fun will be returning to the borough this year, with Rochdale Borough Council confirming Feel Good Family Picnic events will be staged again in 2025.

Rochdale Borough Council is consulting residents on a round of savings proposals to help balance the authority’s budget.

Councillors at Rochdale Borough Council have voted to appoint James Binks as the new chief executive of the organisation.

Mill Gate Shopping Centre is proud to announce that it has won the Platinum Loo of the Year Award for the third year in a row.

Up until 2017, the six towns of Bury held regular public meetings called Township Forums. A Council vote was held on 15th January 2025 which proposed a return to these public forums. Labour voted to reject the idea.

Currently the burial charge in Bury for an Adult resident is £3,698, with additional charges of £343.13 if the burial takes place after 1pm on a Friday or £914.46 if the burial is to be scheduled on a weekend. The financial burden disproportionally affects families within the Muslim community where burial typically occurs as soon as possible and usually within 24 hours of death.

Set up in 2019, PIP Professional CIC was originally based in Rochdale. The organisation offers legal support, online advice and assistance to claimants of PIP, ESA, UC and AA

LSH Auto has launched BYD Bury, a new store at Mill Gate Shopping Centre in the heart of the town centre.

MP backs landmark education legislation to save families in Bury North £500 a year

Prestwich Library is hosting a talk on tinnitus on Tuesday 4 February from 10.30am to 11.30am.

Nearly 1,200 coaches visited Bury Market last year bringing shoppers from as far afield as Truro and Aberdeen.