Accrington Observer

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ACCRINGTON charity Lancashire Women celebratin­g £300,000 grant (July 19)

Michelle Moore: Fantastic news and so well deserved. You offer a brilliant service and so many more women will benefit from the expertise and support that you offer. Delighted for you and for them. Lyndsey Simpson: Great news well deserved and much needed. Jane Sanders: Great stuff x Maria McGilveray: Well done xx Shirley Anne Howard: Congratula­tions!

DOG owners warned after man finds sausage with nails in (July 26)

Karen Greenwood Jack: Many people have bad experience­s with dogs! Absurd! It’s premeditat­ed and vile FULL STOP. Janet Flynn: Doesn’t matter if they’ve had a bad experience or not. This is cruel. Lee Anthony Boobier: Omg, sick people out there that could do this. Vera Walker: How dispicable. Jackie Rawstron: Some sick folk about. Plain cruel doing this, end of. No need for it all.

DOG put to sleep after being found ‘riddled with tumours’ (July 26)

Lynne Raszler: How awful, in pain and just abandoned. What a terrible last few hours this lovely dog had. Mandie Arbuthnot: RIP beautiful girl. Humans disgust me more everyday. Enid Cartlidge: Oh poor dog. At peace now. Someone must know her owner. Nicky Baxendale: Too many sick people about nowadays. A stricter punishment must come in. Dawn Roberts: Heartless.

POSTHUMOUS honour for organ donor Pippa Astbury who helped save three lives (July 26)

Keith John Astbury: Pippa has left a huge hole in our lives. Love and miss you all the time but also very proud of the person you have become. Dad & Vivien. Gillian Cook: What a legacy to help people in life and after you have passed. Such a lovely lass who was a ray of sunshine at Waterside. Well loved by the learners and staff. Matt Green: [There are] Not many people like Pippa Astbury. I’d known her years and she truly was one of the most gentle, kind, caring people I’d ever had the pleasure of knowing. R.I.P XxX Denise Marie Wood: She was the most caring and loveliest woman I ever had the pleasure of knowing. R.I.P Pippa.

BRAVE teenager Chardonnay RawcliffeR­oberts discovered she had rare cancer after breaking her leg on holiday (July 26)

Mo Spires: I wish you a very quick recovery. All the best for a positive future. Kevin Clark: I’m sorry to hear that. Hope she makes a good recovery. God bless you all.

SPORT sessions aim to reduce anti-social behaviour (July 26)

Martin Hanratty: Fantastic. Something for the youths. What about some detached outreach work on the streets at night between 6pm-10pm to engage the young people offering alternativ­es to anti-social behaviour or reopen youth centres across Hyndburn? Alison Smith: Martin Hanratty I agree. In Burnley we have Active Streets which is a great set up. Fran French: I would come back and help

‘SEVEN star’ care home opened in Oswaldtwis­tle by ex-Emmerdale star John Middleton (July 26)

Maggie Hughes: Absolutely stunningly beautiful home. Your hard work dedication and commitment paid off Ahtar!! I know you’ll be a success.

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