Rochdale MP Paul Rowen is backing a campaign run by a coalition of twenty organisations, including the British Heart Foundation and the Stroke Association, to scrap prescription charges for all people with long-term conditions.
TV Show 'Dragon's Den' could influence Rochdale's proposed Affleck's style market in Rochdale Town Centre. Cabinet Member for Finance Councillor Greg Couzens has proposed a panel of local entrepreneurs to interview potential traders for the new venture aimed at supporting new and emerging, creative retail businesses.
Controversial Tory MEP Daniel Hannan is at the centre of a racist storm.
Liberal Democrat run Hinckley and Bosworth council and Bus Station development partners, The Tin Hat Regeneration Partnership have signed a Development Agreement which sees both parties legally committed to work together to redevelop Hinckley's town centre bus station site.
The town's Lib Dem leader, Cllr David Kendall, has questioned the Conservative Leader's move to take only Conservative councillors around the borough on a series of road shows, effectively freezing out opposition members.
Three million students have missed out on five GCSEs since 1997 The number of 16-year-olds who have left compulsory education...
