Back to Front: What was making the Chron front page this week in 2004

Back in 2004 your Chron was on the newsstands twice a day, six days a week.

For a little nostalgia, here's what Brian the news vendor would've been yelling in Abington Street in the third week of January, 15 years ago (some sensitive stories may be pixelated).

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BUNGLING Government civil servants wrongly added more than 20 years of criminal convictions to a Northampton mans unblemished record.placeholder image
BUNGLING Government civil servants wrongly added more than 20 years of criminal convictions to a Northampton mans unblemished record.
THE owner of a mobile phone shop was arrested for displaying a cheeky 20-foot banner above his shop about new phoning and driving laws - urging people not to be a "Tango Whisky Alpha Tango".placeholder image
THE owner of a mobile phone shop was arrested for displaying a cheeky 20-foot banner above his shop about new phoning and driving laws - urging people not to be a "Tango Whisky Alpha Tango".
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