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1. All geared up for elite race
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 30 June 2007ROCHDALE welcomes the return of elite road cycling, as the Rochdale Grand Prix - sponsored by Kingsway Business Park - takes over the town centre on Wednesday 4 July.
2. Benefit aiming to send Peter on his dream trip
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 30 June 2007A FAMILY holiday in Spain is the aim of organisers of a benefit night hoping to make a disabled teenager's wish come true.
3. Report slams 'blight' of windfarm proposal
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 30 June 2007BUILDING a windfarm near Littleborough would blight the landscape and harm leisure opportunities.
4. Sir Cyril on the mend in hospital
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 30 June 2007SIR Cyril Smith is recovering in hospital after being found ill at his home.
5. Holders scrape through in Wood Cup
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 30 June 2007CRICKET: FOR a few brief minutes on a cool but sunny evening at Crimble on Wednesday the 'Heywood clan' - the group of supporters who regularly occupy the elevated area between the pavilion and the mill-end sightscreen - were beginning to sweat.
6. Model pupils create their vision of home
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 30 June 2007CRAFT lessons may take a back seat to computer technology at a lot of schools these days, but it was a very different story half a century ago, as this week's look into the Observer's archives shows.
7. Warriors get set
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 30 June 2007ROCHDALE'S latest arrival on the open-age rugby league scene, Balderstone Warriors, is up and running thanks to generous support from sponsors.
8. Stub it out in pub - or face £50 fine
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 30 June 2007TODAY is the last day smokers will be able to light up in public places before the nationwide ban comes into force at midnight.
9. 'Pay as you go' could be price for Metrolink
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 30 June 2007MOTORISTS in Rochdale might have to pay £5 a day to travel in and out of Manchester if proposals for congestion charging are accepted.
10. You could see them coming - but there was no escape
Rochdale Observer, Saturday 30 June 2007LAST year TV licensing caught more than 440,000 people who had tried to evade paying for their colour TV licences.