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GCSE results - The news from the schools

Siddal Moor pupils Michael Kozla, Jonathen Dermoldy, Daniel Forster and Robert Leyden are pleased with their results

After Rochdale achieved its best ever set of GCSE results, Rochdale Online can reveal how each school performed and bring you some of the many success stories from across the town.
Nerves were running high as the pupils collected their results but there were many cries of excitement once the envelopes were open and Rochdale Online's photographers were on hand to capture the emotion.

Date published: 21/08/2008

Cardinal Langley student celebrates Silver

Silver medalist Keri-Anne Payne.

Former Cardinal Langley pupil Keri-Anne Payne is one of the latest Britons to earn a medal in the Beijing Olympics.
The 20-year old Heywood resident won Silver in the 10Km open water...

Date published: 21/08/2008

Castleton's own Albert Einstein

The boy done good: 10-year old Jaime Van Hunskerken earned a B in GCSE Science

Rochdale's answer to Albert Einstein was unearthed today when 10-year old Jaime Van Hunskerken collected the result of his GCSE science course....

Date published: 21/08/2008

Record GCSE results in Rochdale

Pleased with the results: Councillor Irene Davidson

Year 11 students have achieved the best GCSE results ever recorded in Rochdale. This year, 58% of students gained five or more higher-grade GCSEs. This is up from 56% last year and 50% in...

Date published: 21/08/2008

Council gets tough on run-down buildings

RUN-DOWN = KNOCK-DOWN: The burnt out building at 26-28 Milnrow Road which is being demolished by the council.

Rochdale Borough Council has this week begun knocking down a dangerous and dilapidated building on Milnrow Road, Rochdale. It follows the owner’s failure to repair or restore the building,...

Date published: 21/08/2008

Town Centre regeneration developer selection to be re-run

Artists impression of the Ask Developments and Sultan Properties proposal

Rochdale Borough Council is to re-run developer selection for the £250 million town centre redevelopment - a European procurement decision concerning a Greek Council’s development project...

Date published: 19/08/2008

Council should have listened to warnings, argues Danczuk

Rochdale Labour Parliamentary Candidate, Simon Danczuk

Rochdale’s Labour Parliamentary Candidate, Simon Danczuk, has dismissed the Council’s explanation for their costly decision to re-run the town centre regeneration developer selection...

Date published: 19/08/2008

Letter from Parliament - Paul Rowen MP

Paul Rowen MP

One of Rochdale's great strengths is the third sector, better known as the voluntary sector. Throughout our town hundreds of people give up their time to organise events for young or old,...

Date published: 20/08/2008

Investment in Staff Sends RBH Flying High

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing Logo

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) is soaring high with the excellent news that it has once again achieved Investors in People status after passing with 'flying colours'. Retaining the...

Date published: 20/08/2008

Parliament's Collapse Creates Chance for Change, Says MEP

The roof has fallen in at the European Parliament, literally, and the catastrophe has prompted calls from Euro-MP Chris Davies for a major reform in the working of the institution. The Parliament's Secretary-General has informed MEPs that 10% of the ceiling of the vast debating chamber in Strasbourg collapsed. "Serious damage" was caused to the room, which was opened in 1999...

Date published: 20/08/2008

Oakenrod footbridge refurbished

Oakenrod Footbridge after the work

The recent work to refurbish the footbridge over the River Roch at Oakenrod to connect Bridgefield Street to Bury Road was recently completed on time, and the bridge is now open to the...

Date published: 20/08/2008

Hi-tech solution to tackle counterfeit tobacco

SMOKE AND MIRRORS: The hand-held device that can spot whether cigarettes and tobacco are fake or genuine.

Rochdale Borough Council’s Trading Standards team has gone hi-tech in its fight against the sale of counterfeit tobacco. The team is one of the first in the country to use a new ‘tobacco...

Date published: 20/08/2008

82-year-old woman attacked and robbed for her pension book

82-year-old woman who was attacked and robbed for her pension book

An 82-year-old Rochdale woman was left with serious head injuries after a robber assaulted her for her pension. The victim was returning home from the post office shortly before midday on...

Date published: 20/08/2008

Collision involving a police van

Two people have suffered broken bones after a collision involving a police van. At about 11.00pm on Tuesday 19 August 2008, a police officer was driving on New Road (A58) responding to a call of a serious assault in Littleborough. ...

Date published: 20/08/2008

Is regeneration delay damaging retail confidence?

Councillor Ibrar Khan

The Labour Councillor for Central Rochdale has expressed dismay at news that Rochdale is back to square one where plans are concerned to regenerate the town centre, describing the Council’s...

Date published: 19/08/2008

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