1. Youth drug scourge fuels Hyde crime

Asian News, Friday 19 December 2003
ASIAN residents in Hyde are warning the local communities to be on guard for burglars after more than ten homes have been broken into.

2. Deaf sisters beg - please let us stay

Asian News, Thursday 11 December 2003
TWO deaf Pakistani sisters seeking asylum in the UK are now waiting to hear from immigration officials to rule on their futures.

3. Councillor beats punch charge

Asian News, Thursday 11 December 2003
AN OLDHAM Councillor has been cleared of assaulting a party colleague after magistrates decided it had been a "relatively minor scuffle" between two fellow Liberal Democrats.

4. Parties divide over prospect of first Euro BNP member

Asian News, Thursday 11 December 2003
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5. Hero Tom put axemen to flight

Asian News, Thursday 11 December 2003
Student came to aid of terrified mum-to-be

6. Schoolgirl's heroin death - man, aged 50, charged

Asian News, Thursday 11 December 2003
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7. Jury clear youth of Hopley murder

Asian News, Friday 19 December 2003
AN Oldham man has been cleared of murdering a teenager after persuading the jury that he was working in an Asian takeaway on the night of the attack.

8. Hot pickle has banned addidtive

Asian News, Thursday 11 December 2003
AN extra hot chilli pickle popular within the Asian community is contaminated with harmful colouring say trading standard officers in Oldham.

9. Her heart's in art

Asian News, Thursday 11 December 2003
MOST artists like an audience and 12-year-old Aisha Begum is delighted thousands will see her prize winning creation.

10. Probe into Lahore housing scheme

Asian News, Friday 19 December 2003
CLAIMS by a Greater Manchester woman that she has lost of over £13,000 in a housing development are being investigated by the Pakistani High Commission.