YESTERDAY, 2 May, the Filipino journalist Maria Ressa was presented with the World Press Freedom Prize by UNESCO in recognition of her fi...

by John Wilkins AN article in The Guardian caught my eye this week because it dealt with the use of what it termed “controversial and di...

by Les May A T first sight it might seem that the most important political development in Rochdale in recent days is the decisio...

LABOUR have suffered a catastrophe in the local elections after losing control of all five Tees Valley councils and dozens of seats in th...

by Brian Bamford DESPITE a deal with lenders on the principles of a debt for an equity rescue at INTERSERVE, a major shareholder has now ...

by Les May RA HA F Mohammed al-Nun is an 18 years old woman who has renounced Islam , fled Saudi Arabia , claims that if she were re...

by Brian Bamford THERESA May has been recently attacked for being 'weak and wobbly' despite her claim to be a 'safe and sta...

THIS morning The Independent reported that Simon Danczuk MP for Rochdale, having been dumped by the Labour Party, 'is now thought to ...

CARL Faulkner (pictured) from up Rooley Moor Road in Rochdale, has a letter published in the Rochdale Observer today in which he challeng...

by Brian Bamford IT is now almost 50 years since Harold Garfinkel wrote his book 'Studies in Ethnomethodology' in 1967.   Gar...

Out of Step ‘SOME of Corbyn’s positions are flatly unpopular,’ Tom Crewe writes ( LRB , 11 August ).  ‘On Trident especially he is wa...

by Les May RECENTLY at a fund raising event John McDonnell, Labour Shadow Chancellor is reported to have denounced those seeking to get r...

by Les May   I have been critical of the book 'Smile for the Camera' by Simon Danczuk and Matthew Baker since it was published...