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1. 1. Death of 'The Black Panther': Donald Neilson, killer of Baxenden sub-postmaster, dies

   Accrington Observer, Monday 19 December 2011 Neilson gunned down popular sub-postmaster Derek Astin at Baxenden Post Office on Manchester Road on 6 September 1974.

2. 2. Oswaldtwistle man, 82, found dead after going missing from home

   Accrington Observer, Friday 21 October 2011 An 82-year-old man has been found dead in a wooded area of Oswaldtwistle near to a river. Wallace Harrison was found on Thursday afternoon by mountain rescuers.

3. 3. Search for BMW driver who failed to stop after collision

   Accrington Observer, Monday 10 October 2011 At around 8pm on Wednesday, September 21 a blue Vauxhall Corsa was damaged extensively after it was in a collision with a BMW convertible on Essex Road towards Burnley Road.

4. 4. Anger as Accrington Pals plaque is stolen from church

   Accrington Observer, Friday 07 October 2011 A precious bronze war memorial plaque bearing names of some of the Accrington Pals has been stolen from a church garden wall.

5. 5. Fell running legend is found dead in peat bog

   Accrington Observer, Friday 07 October 2011 Bill Smith, 75, a member of Clayton-le-Moors Harriers, had been walking across Saddle Fell near Chipping in the Trough of Bowland when he fell and became trapped in a peat bog.

6. 6. Search for magnificent 7

   Accrington Observer, Friday 26 August 2011 We're on the hunt for community heroes who help make Hyndburn a better place.

7. 7. How am I an Indian chief? Man's search for birth father reveals astonishing truth

   Accrington Observer, Friday 22 July 2011 A man who put his DNA profile in an internet search engine was stunned to discover he is a chief of an American Indian tribe.

8. 8. Police make £1000 drug haul in Oswaldtwistle

   Accrington Observer, Friday 15 July 2011 A cop discovered £1,000 of suspected amphetamine after stopping a car in Accrington. The officer asked the driver of a black Renault Clio on Abbey Street to pull over on the morning of Friday, July 8 and found four ounces of the drug.

9. 9. Mum’s plea to missing son: Please come home

   Accrington Observer, Friday 08 July 2011 A distraught mum is appealing to the Accrington community to help find her son who has been missing for four months.

10. 10. Swimming cow is rescued from Leeds-Liverpool Canal

    Accrington Observer, Monday 27 June 2011 The animal became stuck in a stretch of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal after straying from a field in Altham and going for a dip.

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