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1. Sports plan cash shocker

Accrington Observer, Thursday 31 July 2003
A PROJECT to create an athletics track at Accrington Moorhead High School will continue despite the withdrawal of £24,000 earmarked for the scheme.

2. Snakes in the grass

Accrington Observer, Thursday 24 July 2003
GOLFERS have been warned to watch out for snakes in the grass after two exotic visitors slithered onto a Hyndburn golf course.

3. Row over Harwood speed trap rages on

Accrington Observer, Thursday 24 July 2003
THE row over the controversial Great Harwood speed camera is raging on, with motorists who have had to pay speeding fines demanding their money back.

4. £250 reward to help catch telly slashers

Accrington Observer, Thursday 24 July 2003
A BUSINESSMAN has put up a £250 reward in a bid to catch vandals who slashed the aerial and satellite wires of at least 15 homes.

5. Park friends group slams council over tree disease uproar

Accrington Observer, Thursday 24 July 2003
A GROUP set up to safeguard the future of Great Harwood's Memorial Park has reported Hyndburn Council to the Local Government Ombudsman, accusing it of going back on its word.

6. Tears as crush man is buried

Accrington Observer, Friday 18 July 2003
CROWDS of people lined the streets outside Cannon Street Baptist Church, Accrington, to pay their last respects to Clive Moss, who was crushed to death by a bus in an horrific accident.

7. Freedom of the Borough honour for proud Doris

Accrington Observer, Friday 18 July 2003
A MOTHER-of-eight who has devoted the last 31 years of her life to the Royal British Legion was made an honorary Freeman of the Borough at a special ceremony at Accrington Town Hall.

8. Fury over braid ban

Accrington Observer, Friday 18 July 2003
THE furious parents of two schoolgirls have pulled their daughters out of classes after they were put in "isolation" for having their hair braided.

9. Workers call off pay claim strike

Accrington Observer, Friday 11 July 2003
WORKERS at a Great Harwood engineering company have called off strike action despite failing to come to an agreement with company bosses in a long-running dispute over pay.
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