In Rochdale, lights on Drake ... The borough’s Christmas tree, stripped of decorations, cuts a forlorn figure outside the town hall. A number of decorations still remain above the streets ...

Father Christmas and special guests including the Mayor of Rochdale Councillor Mike Holly will switch-on the lights at 5.30pm on Sunday, November 26 in front of the town hall after the traditional ...

Rochdale Town ... can be held at the town hall once more. The town hall is going to take centre stage for festivals and events in the area once it reopens. The Christmas lights switch on and ...

The festival will take place opposite Rochdale Town Hall from Saturday 25 November to 26 November. The Christmas lights will be switched on after a traditional countdown at 17:30 GMT on the Sunday.

Rochdale's will be the only bells - other than Big Ben - used over the festive period The traditional Big Ben bongs on BBC Radio 4 will be replaced by bells from Rochdale town hall on Christmas Eve.

The chimes that mark Radio 4's 6pm news this Christmas Eve could sound a little ... This year the bells of Rochdale Town Hall will ring instead of the in Parliament's Elizabeth Tower, The Sunday ...

The building has been re-serviced, the roofs and external masonry repaired, the interior decoration conserved and the stained glass cleaned. Indeed, the Town Hall now houses a stained-glass studio as ...

The bells of Rochdale Town Hall will replace the usual chimes of Big Ben on BBC Radio 4 this Christmas Eve. A recording of the 13.7 tonne bell, which hangs in the Elizabeth Tower in Westminster ...