Rochdale

[roch-deyl]

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a borough of Greater Manchester, in N England: site of one of the earliest cooperative societies 1844.

Rochdale

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a town in NW England, in Rochdale unitary authority, Greater Manchester: former centre of the textile industry. Pop: 95 769 (2001)
a unitary authority in NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 206 600 (2003 est). Area: 159 sq km (61 sq miles)

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Former detective Maggie Oliver, who resigned from Greater Manchester Police over the way grooming cases were handled in Rochdale, said the Conservatives and Labour had both been "dragged kicking and screaming to this point".

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Arshad, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, was jailed for seven-and-a-half years at the Old Bailey.

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The seventh defendant Roheez Khan, 39, also featured in another previous Rochdale grooming trial in 2013.

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He also spent time on loan at Rochdale before moving to Ipswich, but failed to make a league appearance.

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Reeves was speaking in Rochdale as she confirmed plans to move away from the stringent rules in the Treasury's Green Book, which is used by officials to calculate the value for money of major projects.

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