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1. Postmaster secures OAP festive payout
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 15 December 2007PROMPT action by a Rochdale postmaster has ensured that thousands of local pensioners will not go hungry over Christmas.
2. Full of Yuletide beer!
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 1 December 2007WITH so many beer outlets closing as a result of the smoking ban and the competition of supermarkets, raise a glass to a new Rochdale brewery which is bucking the trend.
3. Leader makes call for clear road to progress
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 17 November 2007COUNCIL leader Alan Taylor has asked highways officials to co-ordinate major roadworks better at the Sudden and John Street roundabouts (Townhead) to minimise the inconvenience to motorists.
4. Lib Dem ordered to leave meeting
Rochdale Observer, Friday 9 November 2007A SENIOR Liberal Democrat councillor is facing a severe dressing down by his party for his ‘embarrassing behaviour’ at an important meeting.
5. Butcher’s hefty fine after boy lost arm
Rochdale Observer, Tuesday 30 October 2007THE High Crompton butcher’s where a 15-year-old schoolboy lost his arm in a mincing machine has been hit by a heavy fine for what a court heard were serious breaches of health and safety legislation.
6. Drew site homes pass first hurdle
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 27 October 2007A MAJOR housing scheme planned for the site of the former Alexander Drew factory at Spotland Bridge cleared its first major hurdle this week.
7. Disease compensation claims ruled out
Rochdale Observer, Thursday 18 October 2007ROCHDALE workers suffering from an asbestos-related disease will not be able to claim compensation, the Law Lords have ruled.
8. End to traffic misery at last for motorists
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 6 October 2007THE end is in sight for major roadworks at two busy junctions in the town.
9. Eric brought taste of rural life to canal
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 1 September 2007IT’S more than five years ago that the Rochdale Canal was officially reopened to navigation after a £15M facelift, making the canal navigable for its entire 33-mile length from central Manchester to Sowerby Bridge.
10. MPs call time on teenage boozers
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 25 August 2007A REVIEW of the legal drinking age is necessary to combat the rise in booze-fuelled violence by young people, say two of Rochdale’s MPs.