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1. Launch of pioneering police unit
Accrington Observer, Monday 29 December 2003LANCASHIRE'S first Public Protection Unit has been officially opened at Accrington Police Station.
2. Our hopes and wishes for the New Year
Accrington Observer, Monday 29 December 2003THE year 2004 is nearly upon us … and who knows what could be in store.
3. Benefit fraud mum failed to declare savings
Accrington Observer, Monday 29 December 2003A SINGLE mum has been given a 12-month conditional discharge by magistrates after admitting four counts of benefit fraud.
4. Pervert who targeted sisters is named by Accrington judge
Accrington Observer, Friday 24 October 2003A PERVERT who sexually abused two sisters has been named as Accrington teacher Fahim Ali Beg Mirza.
5. Boy, 11, stabbed in racist attack
Accrington Observer, Thursday 20 March 2003AN ELEVEN-year-old boy needed hospital treatment after he was stabbed and racially abused as he walked home from school in broad daylight.
6. Bulldozers clear old Observer site
Accrington Observer, Tuesday 11 March 2003THE demolition of one of Accrington's best-known landmarks is almost complete.
7. High hopes of saving cinema
Accrington Observer, Thursday 25 September 2003THE show will go on for Accrington's cinema, Hyndburn Council leader Peter Britcliffe insisted this week.
8. Vodafone rings off but town's future is bright
Accrington Observer, Friday 31 January 2003ACCRINGTON'S town centre traders have expressed surprise at the news that an international mobile phone company is to pull out of town.
9. Motorists in fury over speed change
Accrington Observer, Friday 10 January 2003A DECISION to change the speed limit on part of Whalley Road in Great Harwood is having national repercussions, with motoring organisations attacking the blitz on speeding.
10. Family grave anger
Accrington Observer, Friday 24 January 2003THE family of an Accrington grandfather who died last year have been left heartbroken after a council works vehicle was driven over his grave.