THOUSANDS of gallons of water a minute flooded into St James' churchyard, Blackamoor, Lower Darwen, when Newfield Brook overflowed, causing £2,000 of damage.
Meanwhile, Blackburn police were frantically trying to trace a small metal container which went missing from a Mill Hill chemist's shop. It contained 250 poisonous tablets.
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