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1. Charity's message of Christmas cheer

Accrington Observer, Friday 29 December 2006
CHRISTMAS should be a time for families, of loving and giving. And over the festive period, most of us will have also tucked into enough food and drink to sink a battleship. But for many, like the homeless and needy, the reality of Christmas was a time of loneliness and despair.

2. Court backs residents in drainpipe row

Accrington Observer, Friday 29 December 2006
A 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.

3. Probation officer is fired over relationship

Accrington Observer, Friday 29 December 2006
A PROBATION worker was sacked after starting up a relationship with a convicted criminal while she was working on his case.

4. Extra-special Christmas presents for three proud sets of parents

Accrington Observer, Friday 29 December 2006
CHRISTMAS Day saw a mini-baby boom in Hyndburn with three families celebrating new arrivals.

5. Primary schools' huge boost

Accrington Observer, Friday 29 December 2006
AT LEAST half of Hyndburn's run-down primary schools are to be rebuilt, refurbished or remodelled.

6. Thrown out to die

Accrington Observer, Friday 29 December 2006
A FRIENDLY dog which was abandoned in Accrington had been subjected to "prolonged abuse and starvation".

7. Safer park is result of offenders' sentences

Accrington Observer, Friday 29 December 2006
OFFENDERS have been paying their debt to society by sprucing up a park to make it safer.

8. Stab mum has no home

Accrington Observer, Friday 29 December 2006
A MOTHER who stabbed and nearly killed her son following a drunken row has been reunited with him despite being made homeless days before Christmas.