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1. 1. Family barricades itself in bedroom as knife raiders strike at their home

   Rochdale Observer, Friday 27 January 2012 Masked raiders wielding a knife broke into the house on Industry Road, Falinge, shortly after midnight yesterday.

2. 2. J Edgar: Film Preview

   CityLife, Friday 20 January 2012 During a turbulent and contentious term in power spanning almost 50 years, J Edgar Hoover was instrumental in the fight against mounting criminality on the streets of America.

3. 3. Workers’ fag breaks cost Rochdale £14m a year

   Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 11 January 2012 Figures released by charity Action Against Smoking also suggest nearly £14m annually is being lost due to workers taking fag breaks. And it is estimated a further £12m is being wasted through sick days as a result of ill health caused smoking.

4. 4. Man glassed in the face at works party

   Rochdale Observer, Saturday 31 December 2011 A man at his works Christmas party was glassed in the face at a Wardle pub on 'Mad Friday'.

5. 5. Unable to cope? Help from the Samaritans is just a phone call away

   Rochdale Observer, Saturday 24 December 2011 One charity works around the clock to ensure someone is always there for those who need a listening ear. Reporter Lisa Gray spent a morning with the Samaritans, who promise to never be more than a phone call away.

6. 6. Giloga’s netbuster is in vain for Town

   Rochdale Observer, Wednesday 14 December 2011 Rochdale Town suffered their first loss in three with a surprising defeat at the hands of bottom-of-the-table Ashton Town.

7. 7. Police uncover £100,000 cannabis farm

   Rochdale Observer, Friday 09 December 2011 Cannabis worth £100,000 was found in a house in Balderstone. Police have described the haul as the biggest in the south Rochdale area for several years.

8. 8. Park land is ‘best option’ for extra burial space

   Rochdale Observer, Saturday 12 November 2011 Council bosses want to turn the southern part of Denehurst Park in Spotland into a new cemetery for the town. It would replace the current cemetery on Bury Road when it runs out of burial plots, expected to be next year.

9. 9. Recruitment drive well under way for Hornets

   Rochdale Observer, Saturday 12 November 2011 With Hornets training due to resume on 23 November, head coach John Stankevitch is casting the net far and wide in his search for new players.

10. 10. Grab that mask and cloak and head out for a whole host of Halloween entertainment . . .

    CityLife, Friday 28 October 2011 If the very idea of inexplicable creaking floorboards and things that go bump in the night gives you shivers, the advent of Halloween must make you hide under the bed covers and never want to come out.

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