Local News from Wednesday, April 16th, 2025

Detective Sergeant Dismissed and Banned from Policing following Sexual Assault Conviction

A Greater Manchester Police detective has been formally dismissed from the force and barred from ever returning to policing after being convicted of two counts of sexual assault.
Each candidate hoping to win the Balderstone and Kirkholt by-election

Seven candidates will battle it out at next month’s by-election to become Rochdale’s newest councillor.
Thousands enjoy spectacular town centre parade

More than 2,500 flocked to Rochdale Town Hall Square as the ‘Flight of Fancy’ parade came to town last week.
GMP and partners made more than 130 visits to business premises as part of a national intensification crackdown in March

The three-week-long action, called Operation Machinize, began with three warrants on 3 March, which resulted in the recovery of 150 cannabis plants, the arrest of three individuals, and the detention of two individuals by Immigration Enforcement.

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