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51. Patrol catches truants
Accrington Observer, Friday 30 November 2007OBSERVER news editor STEPHANIE TURNER was invited to join police and education welfare officers as they roamed Accrington town centre on the lookout for kids playing truant from school. Here is her shock report …
52. Club stages event to set our fund racing ahead
Accrington Observer, Friday 30 November 2007AN ACCRINGTON working men’s club is holding a special fund-raising event.
53. Cash still pouring in for the Pals
Accrington Observer, Friday 30 November 2007CASH continues to flood in for our appeal to save the Accrington Pals Memorial Chapel located in the historic St John’s Church.
54. Ex-head backs us
Accrington Observer, Friday 30 November 2007A FORMER headteacher of St John’s Primary School has pledged his support to the appeal.
55. £500 from Cath's coffee morning
Accrington Observer, Friday 30 November 2007THE Pals appeal received a major boost following a hugely successful coffee morning which raised £506 in aid of the memorial chapel.
56. Historic hall plan sparks anger among neighbours
Accrington Observer, Friday 30 November 2007A FURIOUS row has erupted over plans to develop an historic Victorian manor house just one month after it was gutted in a blaze believed to have been started by arsonists.
57. Police use stun gun on man wielding knife
Accrington Observer, Friday 30 November 2007POLICE battered down a man’s door and subdued him with a stun gun after he had threatened to harm himself and others with a knife.
58. Police end armed siege
Accrington Observer, Wednesday 28 November 2007POLICE battered down a man’s door and subdued him with a stun gun after he had threatened to harm himself and others with a knife.
59. MP in climate change debate
Accrington Observer, Wednesday 28 November 2007GLOBAL warming was a hot topic of debate when Hyndburn’s MP Greg Pope helped organise a meeting on climate change.
60. It's a dog's life for rescuers
Accrington Observer, Wednesday 28 November 2007IT WAS a tail with a happy ending when a Jack Russell was rescued from a sewer by firefighters after a passer-by heard its faint barking.