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1. Apartments plan for town’s former top nightclub
Accrington Observer, Thursday 31 May 2007A FORMER nightclub could soon be transformed into 40 apartments.
2. Happy ending for home row couple
Accrington Observer, Thursday 31 May 2007A WAR veteran who has waged a bitter battle against Lancashire County Council over the care of his wife said he is delighted she has now been moved to a new nursing home in Accrington.
3. Fund-raising event celebrates life of blaze victim Caneze
Accrington Observer, Thursday 31 May 2007AN EVENING of fund-raising was held to celebrate the life of Caneze Riaz who was killed in a fire at her family home in Accrington last year.
4. Life is so fragile says crash teen’s mum
Accrington Observer, Thursday 31 May 2007THE mum of a teenager who suffered severe head injuries while travelling in the boot of a car which smashed into a wall has spoken of her anguish for the first time.
5. Observer Opinion
Accrington Observer, Thursday 31 May 2007ABOUT time too. We have consistently argued that the borough should change its name from Hyndburn to Accrington and District, at one time stoutly resisting calls to change our own name to the Hyndburn Observer.
6. Customers shun pub after man bit head off chicken
Accrington Observer, Thursday 31 May 2007A PUB landlady says her takings are down 60 per cent since "sick squaddie" Craig Briercliffe bit the head off a live chicken at the back of the premises.
7. Public ban prompts smokers to give up
Accrington Observer, Thursday 31 May 2007MORE than 1,000 Hyndburn smokers have kicked the habit over the past year as the deadline day looms for restaurants and pubs to become smoke-free.
8. End of the road for Hyndburn
Accrington Observer, Thursday 31 May 2007EXCLUSIVE: HYNDBURN is set to be abolished to make way for a new and more familiar name to help rid the borough of its "veil of anonymity".
9. New housing scheme all set for showground site
Accrington Observer, Thursday 31 May 2007THE site of the Great Harwood Agricultural Show may be taken over for a new housing development.
10. The show must go on!
Accrington Observer, Tuesday 29 May 2007IT RAINED and it poured but the inclement weather didn't stop more than 4,000 people turning out to take part in the 140th annual Great Harwood Show. Story, results and picture gallery here ...