THE fighter plane that carried the hopes of thousands of Lancashire jobs took to the skies. The second Eurofighter 2000 development aircraft made its maiden flight from British Aerospace to Warton.
Meanwhile, big spending businessmen headed by local man Mike Gardner were set to take over Burnley's multi-million pounds Ritzy nightclub, owned by Rank Leisure.
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