Peoples Design Award – last chance to vote for your favourite

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Created on Monday, 07 January 2013

Peoples Design Award – last chance to vote for your favourite

Voting closes at 5pm on Monday for the Rochdale Borough Design Awards, so you have one last chance to vote for your favourite.

Local buildings and regeneration projects have been put forward by local people for the 'People's Design Award'.

So far, it's a very close battle between The Old Simpson House in Heywood and Springfield Park, with Rochdale Leisure Centre in third place, but it could still change and there can only be one winner!

To view the nominated developments and vote, visit www.rochdale.gov.uk/designawards

The awards are sponsored by UK construction and civil engineering company Sir Robert McAlpine.

We've got recycling all sewn up!

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Created on Friday, 09 November 2012

Recycling will be taking on a whole new twist at Touchstones Rochdale next week as clothes are altered, tweaked and revamped in the name of sustainable fashion.

The free sewing masterclass, taking place on Thursday 15 November, has been organised by Recycle for Greater Manchester, Viridor and Rochdale Borough Council as part of Watch Your Waste, a scheme to encourage people to reuse and recycle.

The class, which runs from 6pm-8pm, will give residents the chance to update and reinvent clothes which they bring with them on the night.

No previous sewing experience is required. The only thing people need to bring along is a piece of tired clothing which would benefit from being turned into something completely new.

Councillor Martin Burke, Cabinet Member for Environmental Services at Rochdale Borough Council, said: "Recycling old clothes is not only a great way of looking after the environment, it's also a cost effective way of getting a new winter wardrobe. This is a great opportunity and I'd encourage as many residents as possible to sign up."

To book a free place on the sewing class, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call or text 07964 072 879.

One year and counting! - Rugby League World Cup 2013 celebrates as tickets go on sale

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Created on Friday, 26 October 2012

Counting down 'one year to go' to the opening of the Rugby League World Cup 2013, tickets have gone on sale for the match between Fiji and Ireland hosted at Spotland Stadium.

The Group A, Monday evening match in Rochdale is scheduled to take place at Spotland Stadium on 28 October 2013. In a group that contains hot favourites England and Australia, the match is already being billed as a key decider for which of the two competing teams will go through to the next round.

Players from all fourteen competing nations took part in a truly international press conference at MediaCityUK, base of tournament organisers RLWC2013, on Friday 26 October to mark twelve months to the day to the Opening Ceremony in Cardiff.

Rochdale borough's stunning heritage proves a winner

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Created on Thursday, 27 September 2012

Rochdale borough's beautiful buildings have been given the seal of approval, drawing a record number of visitors over the Heritage Open Weekend earlier this month.

Thirty eight local buildings opened their doors as part of the event, which celebrates England's art and architecture.

And the 2020 visits which were made this year, 622 more than last year's total of 1,398, proved that the borough's heritage is still a winner.

Big draws this year included the Yelloways Motor Coach museum, an original 1970s Yelloways coach packed full of memorabilia from the coaching holiday era, which attracted television and radio coverage, as well as 260 visitors, when it rolled onto The Butts in Rochdale town centre.

Celebrate National Poetry Day and create your own masterpiece!

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Created on Tuesday, 25 September 2012

People from across the borough are invited to celebrate National Poetry Day with a reading from acclaimed poet Maya Chowdhry and a free workshop to inspire their own poetry.

Published poet Maya Chowdhry has won many accolades for her work and has recently, along with other poets, written a poem on the north-west region, contrasting her home area of Hulme with the sights and smells of Delhi. The poem is part of a new 12-part set of poems which will be displayed throughout the borough – see how many you can spot!

The event will take place on National Poetry Day, Thursday 4 October, 11.30am-1pm, at Rochdale Central Library in the Wheatsheaf Centre.

In the afternoon, local poet Norman Warwick will be hosting a workshop to inspire budding poets to write their own verse. Themed 'journey to the stars', the workshop will take place from 2.30pm-4.30pm at Rochdale Central Library.