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1. Area councils cash ‘snatch’
Accrington Observer, Tuesday 23 December 2003CASH-STRAPPED Hyndburn Council is clawing back thousands of pounds from area council coffers.
2. Head to head with Beckham
Accrington Observer, Thursday 4 December 2003CHILDREN from Mount Pleasant Primary School in Clayton-le-Moors are competing against David Beckham and Kylie this Christmas.
3. Bald move for sick pal
Accrington Observer, Thursday 4 December 2003SEVEN golden-hearted lads have had their heads shaved to support a pal diagnosed with leukaemia.
4. Football pitch plan under the spotlight
Accrington Observer, Thursday 4 December 2003IT COULD all soon be kicking off in Clayton-le-Moors and Altham after plans to provide a five-a-side football pitch at the Burnley Road recreation ground came under the spotlight.
5. Call for 150-per-cent allowance rise ruled out by council boss
Accrington Observer, Thursday 27 November 2003AN IDEA to base councillors' allowances on average weekly earnings in East Lancashire has been scrapped.
6. Mercer Park flasher targets lone woman
Accrington Observer, Thursday 20 November 2003PARK users in Clayton have been warned to be on their guard after a lone woman was flashed at by a young man.
7. Jury votes in favour of house stock move
Accrington Observer, Thursday 20 November 2003A CRUNCH residents' vote has paved the way for the borough's 3,600 council houses to be taken out of Hyndburn Council's control.
8. Steamy pics get granny in a tizzy
Accrington Observer, Thursday 13 November 2003A PENSIONER got more than she bargained for when she bought a budget digital camera and found it full of steamy pictures.
9. Cash row erupts over new resource centre
Accrington Observer, Thursday 13 November 2003A ROW has erupted over the allocation of cash for a new £900,000 community resource centre in Accrington.
10. Stanley in the national eye
Accrington Observer, Thursday 13 November 2003EVERYONE expected it and there it was, as familiar as Mark Lawrenson's whingeing tones. It took the BBC just a few moments of its coverage of Stanley's glorious first round FA Cup win over Huddersfield to remind us why the town is so famous.