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1. Bottom marks are ‘just a blip’
Rochdale Observer, Friday 5 December 2003PRIMARY education in Rochdale is among the worst in the country, according to new government figures.
2. Disabled shopper's gunpoint terror
Rochdale Observer, Tuesday 2 December 2003POLICE are appealing for witnesses after two hooded thugs robbed a disabled man at gunpoint.
3. Talking the language of success
Rochdale Observer, Friday 5 December 2003CHILDREN and staff from Heybrook Primary have been celebrating this week after being named one of the most improved schools in the country.
4. Beware the fire still raging down below
Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 5 March 2003HUNDREDS of tyres are still burning 12 ft below rubble at a depot wrecked three months ago in a spectacular blaze.
5. Cool and the Slang
Rochdale Observer, Tuesday 14 January 2003A MUSICAL duo is hoping to heed the wise word from rap star Eminem's current hit by taking every chance they get in their bid for stardom.
6. Windmill keeps on turning for Sylvia
Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 26 February 2003THE show must go on - even after a catastrophic blaze.
7. Technology trip to Oz
Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 15 January 2003TWO teachers are set to make a 22,000-mile round trip to see how technology used at a world-renowned college can benefit education in Rochdale.
8. Sorry, dad, I know best
Rochdale Observer, Thursday 2 January 2003A FATHER and son from Rochdale went head-to-head live on national television to find out if kids are clever clogs or if parents know better.
9. Thieves' cards are marked
Rochdale Observer, Tuesday 25 March 2003CRIMINALS are set to be caught wet handed, thanks to a clever crime detection device that could be introduced in Rochdale next month.
10. Feeling down in the mouth
Rochdale Observer, Friday 11 July 2003THE town's NHS dentist service is close to breaking point with closure and privatisation putting it under 'horrendous' amounts of pressure.