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MP backing solicitor’s fight to halt windfarm

2007-08-13T19:08:15

A LEGAL challenge is being made to block the planned £50M windfarm on the hills above Rochdale.

Windfarm closer after land swap

2007-08-13T18:28:57

NEW battle lines are being drawn in a bid to save the moors above Rochdale from being 'blighted' by a massive windfarm.

Robyn's ball raises grand charity total

2007-08-13T18:43:33

ROBYN Brooks Appeal manager Brian Brooks was cut off in his prime while making a speech at the annual ball.

Kitten Jenny’s ideal date is huge boost for Robyn fund

2007-08-13T18:52:58

FANCY an evening in the company of Jenny Frost of Atomic Kitten fame? This dream date is available to the highest bidder to raise money for the Robyn Brooks Appeal.

Windfarm green light devastates protesters

2007-08-13T17:55:50

A 26-TURBINE windfarm will be whirring away on Scout Moor in less than two years.

Green light for windfarm plan

2007-08-13T17:55:42

PLANS to build a massive windfarm on the moors above Rochdale were given the go-ahead today (Wednesday).

Cancer test blunder brings new anguish

2007-08-13T18:25:26

ROBYN Brooks' father Garry is fuming at Rochdale Infirmary staff after a mix up over urine tests for his baby daughter Sasha.

Moor the merrier for campaigner's birthday

2007-08-13T18:25:05

IT WAS Councillor Ann Metcalfe's 60th birthday on Wednesday. Yet, at the end of a very long day, the veteran anti-windfarm campaigner might have found it difficult to summon enough breath to blow out the candles on her birthday cake.

Robyn's memory lives on by helping so many

2007-08-13T18:24:52

WHEN eight-year-old Robyn Brooks died of cancer on 17 March last year her father Garry said it was almost too much to take.

Power giants pull out of windfarm bid

2007-08-13T18:24:34

UNITED Utilities has decided to pull out of the controversial £50M Scout and Knowl Moor windfarm project in a move that has surprised anti-windfarm campaigners.

Rugby ace Healey touches down for appeal

2007-08-13T18:24:24

ENGLAND RU star Austin Healey has given part of his international kit to help support a Rochdale charity fighting childhood cancer.

Report could blow windfarm off course

2007-08-13T18:24:21

ON the eve of the re-opening of the Scout and Knowl Moor windfarm inquiry, opponents of the plan have been boosted by a report which claims turbines are an expensive and inefficient way of generating sustainable energy.

Players dare to bare

2007-08-13T19:30:59

BETTER late than never, as the saying goes, the Robyn Brooks 2005 Calendar is now available.

Opening salvos in windfarm public inquiry

2007-08-13T19:30:12

THE public inquiry into the £50M Scout Moor windfarm began this week with all sides trying to score some early points in what looks like being a long, drawn-out battle.

Protestors line up to have a say

2007-08-13T19:30:13

WORKING folk will get the chance to have their say after all at the wind farm inquiry - without having to take time off.