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1. MP backing solicitor’s fight to halt windfarm
Rochdale Observer, Friday 7 July 2006A LEGAL challenge is being made to block the planned £50M windfarm on the hills above Rochdale.
2. Windfarm closer after land swap
Rochdale Observer, Friday 12 May 2006NEW battle lines are being drawn in a bid to save the moors above Rochdale from being 'blighted' by a massive windfarm.
3. Robyn's ball raises grand charity total
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 8 October 2005ROBYN Brooks Appeal manager Brian Brooks was cut off in his prime while making a speech at the annual ball.
4. Kitten Jenny’s ideal date is huge boost for Robyn fund
Rochdale Observer, Tuesday 27 September 2005FANCY 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.
5. Windfarm green light devastates protesters
Rochdale Observer, Friday 27 May 2005A 26-TURBINE windfarm will be whirring away on Scout Moor in less than two years.
6. Green light for windfarm plan
Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 25 May 2005PLANS to build a massive windfarm on the moors above Rochdale were given the go-ahead today (Wednesday).
7. Cancer test blunder brings new anguish
Rochdale Observer, Friday 18 March 2005ROBYN Brooks' father Garry is fuming at Rochdale Infirmary staff after a mix up over urine tests for his baby daughter Sasha.
8. Moor the merrier for campaigner's birthday
Rochdale Observer, Friday 11 March 2005IT 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.
9. Robyn's memory lives on by helping so many
Rochdale Observer, Tuesday 8 March 2005WHEN eight-year-old Robyn Brooks died of cancer on 17 March last year her father Garry said it was almost too much to take.
10. Power giants pull out of windfarm bid
Rochdale Observer, Monday 7 March 2005UNITED 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.