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Who gets your vote? The key policies and pledges from all the parties and independents standing in the Rochdale Council local elections Date published: 05 May 2021
Voters in the borough will go to the polls on 6 May
Voters in Rochdale will go to the polls tomorrow (6 May) to choose which candidates will represent them on Rochdale Council.
The council is currently dominated by Labour which holds 44 of its 60 seats. A remarkable result would be needed to loosen the group’s grip and put the council into no overall control.
10 employees at Rochdale Council earn more than £100,000 per year Date published: 30 April 2021
Number One Riverside
Ten members of staff at Rochdale Borough Council are being paid more than £100,000 per year – the third highest in Greater Manchester.
Campaigners The Tax Payers’ Alliance, who are pushing for a low-tax society, has released its annual ‘Town Hall Rich List’ for the 2019-20 financial year – although councils more often than not also list their staff’s pay on their websites.
In the list, all of the staff within Greater Manchester’s 10 borough councils who are paid a substantial wage from public money are listed.
MP holds urgent meeting with Home Secretary Priti Patel about Rochdale groomers Date published: 30 April 2021
Chris Clarkson MP
Heywood and Middleton MP, Chris Clarkson, has held a meeting with the Home Secretary Priti Patel, following reports that members of the Rochdale grooming gang have been repeatedly seen in the community.
Last week, the MP met with the Home Secretary following reports that Adil Khan, 51 and Qari Abdul Rauf, 52 - who were jailed in 2012 for abusing girls as young as 13 - were launching an appeal to remain in the UK and had been spotted repeatedly across Rochdale.
Following his meeting with the Home Secretary, Mr Clarkson wrote to Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham questioning him on why Sexual Harm Prevention Orders, which can ban individuals from an area to stop them running into their victims, had not been issued to the two men.
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Family of local girl, 12, who died at Royal Manchester Children s Hospital launch fundraiser for legal representation after inquest delays Date published: 29 April 2021
Victoria Olabode
The family of a 12-year-old girl who died following ‘failings’ at hospital are raising money for legal representation after delays to her inquest.
Victoria Olabode, who had sickle cell disease, was just 12 when she died at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital on 15 July 2019. She had been admitted to the hospital with chest pain and breathing difficulties.
Man airlifted to hospital after falling down embankment in Heywood Date published: 27 April 2021
A man has been airlifted to hospital (stock image)
A man was airlifted to hospital after falling down an embankment in Heywood on Monday afternoon (26 April).
The man, of unknown age, had fallen in an area close to Higher Lomax Lane.
It is unknown what – if any – injuries have been sustained.
A spokesperson for the North West Ambulance Service said: “We received a call at 2.22pm. We mobilised the Hazardous Area Response Team, an air ambulance, emergency ambulance, advanced paramedic and a rapid response vehicle.
“We airlifted a patient to hospital.”