"THE best bargains since before the war" was the verdict of East Lancashire shoppers as the sales season got into full swing.
Retailers reported very good figures and said that shoppers had not lost their ability to spot a "snip".
And Dr T J Burke strongly criticised the Minister of Health for closing Springfield Maternity Hospital in Blackburn.
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