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1. Environmentalists count cost of big sewage leak
Rochdale Observer, Tuesday 9 August 2005CALLS are mounting for the River Beal to be restocked with fish after last week's ecological disaster when raw sewage killed up to 700 mature brown trout.
2. Leak turns Beal into dead river
Rochdale Observer, Tuesday 2 August 2005RAW sewage has poured into the River Beal, killing thousands of fish and raising health fears among residents in the area.
3. VJ Day: Missing Cyril was back from the dead
Rochdale Observer, Monday 15 August 2005THE dreaded telegram from the War Office saying 'reported missing, presumed dead' devastated the Ashton family of Norden.
4. Daring Chris on way to Pole
Rochdale Observer, Tuesday 26 July 2005ROYAL Marine cadet Chris Cook will be the youngest in a team chosen for a daring expedition to the North Pole.
5. Phone home gnome appeal to kidnappers
Rochdale Observer, Tuesday 2 August 2005A GARDEN gnome named Herman the German has been on its travels since vanishing from a Milnrow garden a few weeks ago.
6. Horses to pull shire showman to funeral
Rochdale Observer, Tuesday 13 January 2004ONE of the region's top shire horse enthusiasts, Fred Bowmer, has died at the age of 74.
7. Snow men all ready for winter onslaught
Rochdale Observer, Friday 23 January 2004WITH snow and biting cold winds forecast by the Met Office early next week, Rochdale Council's winter weather busters are sticking to their motto 'When in doubt, turn out'.
8. Religions to unite for faith school
Rochdale Observer, Tuesday 27 January 2004TALKS about creating a joint Roman Catholic and Church of England high school for Rochdale have begun.
9. Asylum seeker dying of fear
Rochdale Observer, Tuesday 27 January 2004A DESPERATE Iranian asylum seeker has been starving herself to death after the Home Office turned down her application to live in this country.
10. Work for 7,000 more is vision of future
Rochdale Observer, Friday 12 March 2004EIGHT hundred 'quality' new firms, 7,000 extra jobs and 10,000 people with better skills.