EAST Lancashire brewers were being urged to think about the distress of licensees.

Mr Turner, secretary of Blackburn and District Licensed Victuallers' Association, said: "This association, together with Darwen and Clitheroe associations, has been endeavouring to obtain an interview with the East Lancashire Brewers' Society to bring before them the distressed condition of the trade."

Meanwhile Blackburn Rovers beat Leicester City 3-0 at Ewood Park.