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1. Court backs residents in drainpipe row
Accrington Observer, Friday 29 December 2006A RETIRED father, who cares for his 22-year-old mentally-handicapped daughter, has won his appeal against Hyndburn Council which asked him to throw money down the drain.
2. Safer park is result of offenders' sentences
Accrington Observer, Friday 29 December 2006OFFENDERS have been paying their debt to society by sprucing up a park to make it safer.
3. Fury as town's fire engine gets axe
Accrington Observer, Friday 22 December 2006GREAT Harwood is to lose one of its two fire engines as part of a review of emergency cover in Lancashire.
4. Stanley deny Freedom of Borough snub
Accrington Observer, Thursday 14 December 2006ACCRINGTON Stanley have denied snubbing Hyndburn's highest honour after failing to accept the council's Freedom of the Borough on Monday.
5. Spex winner sets her sights on model career
Accrington Observer, Thursday 14 December 2006A YOUNG mum has stormed to victory in our great Face of Spex competition.
6. Gum bins help to clear sticky problem
Accrington Observer, Thursday 7 December 2006ACCRINGTON'S Arndale Centre has turned a sticky nuisance into a recycling dream with the installation of chewing gum bins.
7. Centre could be re-named after tragic blaze mum
Accrington Observer, Thursday 7 December 2006AN ACCRINGTON community centre could be renamed in memory of Caneze Riaz, the popular mother-of-five who died in a blaze at her family home last month.
8. Blaze dad’s body flown to Pakistan
Accrington Observer, Thursday 16 November 2006THE body of a man believed to have slaughtered his wife and four daughters by torching their house has been flown back to his native Pakistan.
9. School praised for improved results
Accrington Observer, Thursday 16 November 2006A SCHOOL has welcomed the abandonment of a Government plan to force faith schools to take in 25 per cent of pupils from others faiths or no faith.
10. One man and his dog spark police hunt
Accrington Observer, Thursday 26 October 2006ONE man and his dog sparked a huge police operation in Oswaldtwistle after fears the owner had gone missing.