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16:14, 16 OCT 2014
Plans approved for controversial Accrington bus station scheme
Accrington
Work on the £6.4m scheme to create a new bus station in Crawshaw Street is due to begin next year after the Secretary of State approved plans following a public enquiry.
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Bus station site ‘will leave us in the cold’ claims
Accrington
The fury has been prompted by a town centre map which was produced for a public inquiry held last month into whether a new bus station at Crawshaw Street should be given planning permission.
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Traders vent fury over bus station
Accrington
Members of the public and business owners told a two-day public inquiry that the scheme to create a new bus station in Crawshaw Street will suck trade away from Peel Street, Warner Street and the east of the town centre.
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Student hopes to be a carnival queen
Great Harwood
16-year-old Rachael Collinson from Great Harwood is the first entrant in Carnival Queen competition
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Accrington pub to re-open after £250k makeover
Accrington
The Warners Arms will re-open on Thursday, April 3.
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Accrington pub to undergo £250,000 transformation
Clare Pritchard
A TOWN centre pub is set to undergo a £250,000 transformation creating up to 15 new jobs.
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Millionaire investor plans property portfolio in town
Accrington
Internet tycoon Graham Easton, 44, has already begun investing in the town, and says he could eventually buy up to 30 properties.
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Accrington club owner’s fears over town centre violence
Accrington
Nightclub owner Leon Kelly has hit out following two violent attacks just outside the town centre last week.
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Call to take away fake shop front
Accrington
The image of the inside of a kebab shop has been put on the front of an empty shop unit which used to house Rexy’s takeaway, on Church Street.
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Search is on for a new Accrington carnival queen
Accrington and Rossendale College
The lucky girl chosen will have the honour of leading the parade in front of thousands of onlookers at this year’s Accrington Carnival.
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Promising signs for Accrington's Victorian Arcade
Local News
Accrington's Victorian Arcade looks to have turned a corner following an increase in traders opening for business.
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Customers lap up controversial bar
iCandy
More than 3,500 people have visited the borough’s first lap dancing bar since it opened earlier this year.
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Pair have been cooking up tasty treats for 50 years
Local News
When it comes to serving up steak pie or trifle there is nobody more qualified than Joyce Wright and her daughter Carole Stamp.
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Businesses hail the Observer’s Shop Local initiative
Shop Local
Traders have hailed our Shop Local campaign a ‘fantastic success’ after thousands of shoppers took advantage of offers from our town centre shops.
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Supporting all our local shops
Christmas
Today your Accrington Observer launches a campaign to make this a happy Christmas for our town-centre traders.
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Sheridan's a cut above with her world record bid
Local News
A hair-raising challenge saw a snipper bid to break the world record for the most styles done in a day.
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Last orders: The bell tolls for local pubs
Hyndburn
Pubs in Hyndburn are closing at a rate of more than one a month. A total of 24 pubs and three nightclubs have closed in the borough over the past two years, the Accrington Observer can reveal.
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Two-way town centre traffic plan on the table
Hyndburn Council
Accrington town centre could be reopened to two-way traffic under plans being considered by the council.
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Carnival gains new sponsor
Accrington and Rossendale College
Accrington Carnival organisers have promised to make the event bigger and better than ever after a new sponsor was found.
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Snapper puts street in the frame
Local News
Shopkeepers have become the stars of an exhibition celebrating life on an Accrington street.
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Hyndburn folk say ‘I do’ to Royal wedding street party
Local News
Royal wedding fever is set to hit Hyndburn with more than a dozen street parties planned so far.
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Action cry to restore town’s ‘crown jewel’
Peter Britcliffe
Traders in Accrington are calling for action to restore one of the town’s crowning jewels.
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Man fears for sight after pub glassing
Local News
A man has undergone an emergency eye operation after he was glassed in the face on a night out in Accrington.
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Shopping centre evacuated after fire
Local News
Shoppers had to be evacuated from a shopping centre in Accrington following a blaze.
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