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1. School plans for old fire station
Accrington Observer, Thursday 31 March 2005THE old Accrington Fire Station could be turned into a school for "struggling" children if planning bosses give the go-ahead.
2. Firm swallows bitter pill over sweets offer
Accrington Observer, Thursday 31 March 2005HYNDBURN firm Express Gifts has come under fire from an advertising watchdog after a sweets offer left a bitter taste in customers' mouths.
3. Traders at loggerheads
Accrington Observer, Thursday 31 March 2005A BITTER feud has erupted between neighbouring shopkeepers in a quiet area of Accrington town centre.
4. Shock axing of election candidate
Accrington Observer, Thursday 31 March 2005MICHAEL Hindley, the Lancashire county councillor for Clayton-le-Moors, Altham and Rishton, has been axed from the Labour Party's list of candidates for the forthcoming county elections.
5. Young mum’s council tax nightmare
Accrington Observer, Thursday 31 March 2005EXCLUSIVE A YOUNG mum claims a series of council blunders have forced her to become a prisoner in her own home, living in fear of bailiffs knocking on her door.
6. Return to radio for Bullseye host
Accrington Observer, Thursday 31 March 2005POPULAR funnyman Jim Bowen made his return to BBC Radio Lancashire with a one-off show on Sunday - more than two years after resigning over an alleged racist remark.
7. Arrests follow death in hotel
Accrington Observer, Thursday 31 March 2005FOUR men were arrested on suspicion of possessing drugs after a 34-year-old man was found dead in the Stonebridge Hotel, Oswaldtwistle.
8. Pope slams TU bosses over PM letter
Accrington Observer, Thursday 31 March 2005HYNDBURN'S MP Greg Pope has rebuked trade union bosses for writing to Tony Blair in protest against budget plans drawn up by Labour councillors.
9. Broadway revamp set to get underway
Accrington Observer, Thursday 24 March 2005WORK on transforming Accrington's Broadway is set to get underway after council chiefs chose the final designs.
10. Claire snatches historic victory in by-election
Accrington Observer, Thursday 24 March 2005HYNDBURN Council has an extra-special new member ... the youngest councillor in the country.