The Latest Breaking News from Rochdale

Fear stalks club’s first home game since warning £2m is needed to avoid threat of liquidation but there is also plenty of fight

None of the candidates should be in the House of Commons, according to Khan

Letters: Rochdalian Tricia Ayrton remembers the town’s late MP Tony Lloyd, while Molly Berry suggests a candidate the town could vote for. Plus letters from David Vaughan, Donald Entwistle and Dr John Puntis

The double whammy of byelection humiliations for the Tories matters more than Labour’s horror show in Rochdale

We can tell just how far women have come by examining the 11 candidates

Despite victory in two Conservative safe seats, a Labour government is not a foregone conclusion, say party hawks

After what was widely acknowledged to be one of the worst weeks of Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership — in which Labour once again became embroiled in antisemitism and the leader himself was accused of indecision over Rochdale candidate Azhar Ali — the mood has suddenly switched.

Labour woes up in Rochdale didn’t stop party leader Sir Keir Starmer from enjoying a Valentine’s evening with his wife Victoria.

Azhar Ali’s parroting of anti-Israel conspiracy theories is not a warning just for Labour – there’s a lesson in it for everyone, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff