LANCASHIRE Hospitals were plunged into chaos when the county's ambulancemen launched into emergencies-only action.
Patients had to be ferried home by taxi at the expense of the ambulance service.
And Blackburn-based brewers Matthew Brown announced a 3p a pint increase on all draught beers in their houses. The rise came only a week after Thwaites announced similar increases.
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