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Accrington Observer, 17 Jul 2026

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ArticleThug put secret track­ing device on woman’s car

A“CONTROLLING” thug who secretly tracked a woman’s move­ments, invaded her pri­vacy and sub­jec­ted her to a viol­ent assault has been jailed. Mark Ill­s­ley installed a secret tracker device in his vic­tim’s car to mon­itor where she went, link­ing...

Thug put secret track­ing device on woman’s car

ArticleHotel’s char­ity boost

THE staff team at the Mer­cure Black­burn Dunken­halgh Hotel & Spa are fun­drais­ing for Maundy Relief to provide bed­ding and mat­tresses for those in need in Hyndburn, and are halfway to hit­ting their £1,000 tar­get. Their fun­drais­ing got off to...

Hotel’s char­ity boost

ArticleRBL garden van­dal­ised

A ROYAL Brit­ish Legion memorial garden in Accring­ton has been van­dal­ised. Officers are appeal­ing for inform­a­tion after a tree was dam­aged and crosses com­mem­or­at­ing fallen sol­diers were stamped on at the memorial garden on Can­non Street.

RBL garden van­dal­ised

ArticleThey’re just the ticket to ride

TWO his­toric buses are edging closer to return­ing to the road thanks to the ded­ic­a­tion of volun­teers at the Town & Dis­trict Trans­port Trust, and the char­ity is now call­ing on more people to get involved and help pre­serve Lan­cashire’s...

They’re just the ticket to ride

ArticleDelight as all 11 of our Green Flag parks retain the accol­ade

HYNDBURN Bor­ough Coun­cil is cel­eb­rat­ing after retain­ing all 11 of its Green Flag awar­ded parks and green spaces for a fur­ther year. These parks, spread throughout the bor­ough, have proved once again to be pub­lic green spaces the res­id­ents...

Delight as all 11 of our Green Flag parks retain the accol­ade

ArticleDAVID ROBIN PARKER

DAVID Robin Parker passed away peace­fully at home on Monday, July 6 after an ill­ness bravely borne with his beloved wife and daugh­ters by his side, aged 81 years. Hus­band of his beau­ti­ful wife Brenda, much loved dad of Angela and Wendy,...

DAVID ROBIN PARKER