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href="/news-features/2/news-headlines/158881/roadworks-temporary-road-closures-and-restrictions">Information on current and forthcoming roadworks planned to take place across the borough.</a></p> <p class="dateonline w100">Date Published 24/02/2025</p> </div></div><div class='onecolumn'><div class='teaser'> <a href="/news-features/2/news-headlines/158870/how-much-bee-network-tickets-will-cost-from-23-march"> <noscript class="idle"> <img class="decorate thumb" src="/uploads/f1/news/img/thumb_2014928_214124.jpg" alt="New ‘tap and go’ payment system is to be introduced for trams and buses in Greater Manchester" border="0" /> </noscript> </a> <h3><a class="plain" href="/news-features/2/news-headlines/158870/how-much-bee-network-tickets-will-cost-from-23-march">How much Bee Network tickets will cost from 23 March</a></h3> <p><a class="teaser-link" href="/news-features/2/news-headlines/158870/how-much-bee-network-tickets-will-cost-from-23-march">Bee Network ticket prices have been confirmed as a new ‘tap and go’ payment system will be introduced in a month.</a></p> <p class="dateonline w100">Date Published 24/02/2025</p> </div></div><div class='onecolumn'><div class='teaser'> <a href="/news-features/2/news-headlines/158866/record-number-of-norovirus-patients-in-hospital"> <noscript class="idle"> <img class="decorate thumb" src="/uploads/f1/news/img/thumb_2022331_152255.jpg" alt="Northern Care Alliance hospitals, Rochdale Infirmary, Fairfield General Hospital, the Royal Oldham Hospital, Salford Royal Hospital" border="0" /> </noscript> </a> <h3><a class="plain" href="/news-features/2/news-headlines/158866/record-number-of-norovirus-patients-in-hospital">Record number of norovirus patients in hospital</a></h3> <p><a class="teaser-link" href="/news-features/2/news-headlines/158866/record-number-of-norovirus-patients-in-hospital">Hospitals in the North West have been hit by a storm of norovirus infections recently as the number of beds taken up by patients with the virus across England reached a record...</a></p> <p class="dateonline w100">Date Published 23/02/2025</p> </div></div></div><div class='clear-both'></div><p class='tar more'><a href='/news-features/2/news'class='morelink alt'>More Main News <i class='icon-chevron-sign-right'></i></a></p> <div class="mpu1mobile"></div> <div class="mpu2mobile"></div> <h2 class='catheadline'>Sport News</h2> <div class="featurednews "> <h2><a href="/news-features/4/sport-news/158847/hornets-launch-“groundbreaking-strategic-plan”-to-improve-crowds">Hornets launch “ground-breaking strategic plan” to improve crowds</a></h2> <a href="/news-features/4/sport-news/158847/hornets-launch-“groundbreaking-strategic-plan”-to-improve-crowds"> <img class="fl block" src="/uploads/f1/news/img/202494_124026.jpg" alt="Rochdale Hornets are aiming to get more fans to their games in 2025" title="Rochdale Hornets are aiming to get more fans to their games in 2025" border="0" height="200" /> </a> <p>Rochdale Hornets has launched a new 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