Rochdale, England News

The north-west of England has the highest number of empty shop units in the UK, and as big retailers leave our town centres, the kind of businesses that thrive in hard times are moving in.

Camfil Air Pollution Control , a manufacturer of dust and fume collection equipment, officially opened its new 40,000-square-foot facility in the United Kingdom to serve industrial customers throughout the UK and Europe.

TWENTY people have been arrested during raids on scrap dealers across Greater Manchester in a crackdown on metal thefts.

Former Manchester United and England defender Brian Greenhoff has died at the age of 60, according to reports in the British media on Wednesday.

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne delivers his keynote speech on the second day of the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, northern England October 3, 2011.

Barely a day seems to go by when Britain is not confronted with a new horror involving the sexual exploitation of children.

More than 470 plants, worth around A 190,000, in various stages of growth were seized during a raid by police.

In case Michael Gove was watching, someone should explain to him that Waterloo Road is not like many schools in the country.

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