As the cold continues to hit Rochdale more than one in ten households in the Borough could be missing out on savings of up to £250 a year on their energy bills because they are failing to claim free insulation grants to which they are entitled.
A popular local scheme to allow parents and carers to borrow children's toys has been extended to Woolsington.
Opinion seems divided on whether the Northumberland Wildlife Trust and St Nicholas Hospital should be asked to block up the hole in their perimeter wall.
The East Gosforth Focus Team has asked the city council's traffic engineers to investigate traffic problems on Moor Road North and Moor Road South.
World Cup football will be coming to Tyneside if England wins the right to host the 2018 tournament.
Vandals have damaged the newly-opened West Denton Park Shopping Centre.