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1. Musical gap filled by pair of new shops
Accrington Observer, Thursday 29 April 2004AFTER months without a specialist music shop, Accrington is now set to get two new stores.
2. ‘Scroungers’ jibe over cancer baby
Accrington Observer, Thursday 29 April 2004THE parents of a baby boy battling against leukaemia have spoken of their heartache at being branded "scroungers" by unfeeling folk suspicious of their fund-raising.
3. Forgive my son, begs stunned dad
Accrington Observer, Friday 23 April 2004THE family of a brain-damaged man who concocted a story about being mugged at knifepoint have issued a passionate plea for people to forgive him.
4. Church support centre finally set to get under way
Accrington Observer, Friday 23 April 2004WORK to transform part of an Accrington church into a family support centre is finally set to get underway in the next few months.
5. Terrific Toni beats wedding woe
Accrington Observer, Friday 23 April 2004A HYNDBURN bride has been voted Britain's most optimistic person after overcoming an astonishing saga of wedding day woe.
6. On-the-spot fines crackdown on street yobs
Accrington Observer, Thursday 15 April 2004STREET yobs are about to be hit where it hurts in a pioneering new police scheme.
7. Daylight mugging at knifepoint
Accrington Observer, Thursday 15 April 2004A FAMILY were left reeling after their brain-damaged son was mugged at knifepoint in broad daylight.
8. Watchdog downgrades council status
Accrington Observer, Thursday 15 April 2004A GOVERNMENT watchdog has downgraded Hyndburn Council following the chaos of its £1.8M cash crisis.
9. ‘Ageist’ claim as three jobs axed
Accrington Observer, Thursday 8 April 2004FEARS have been raised that elderly council employees are being discriminated against after three workers were made redundant.
10. Town’s Catholics to get brand-new church
Accrington Observer, Thursday 1 April 2004CATHOLICS in Accrington are set to get a brand-new church after it was confirmed that St Anne's will be demolished.