STRIKE-weary East Lancashire was hit again when thousands of public service workers added to mounting industrial chaos.
The one-day national pay strike closed hundreds of schools throughout the region.
Accrington's 'Mr Snooker' -- Elite Club owner Mr Ben Clarkson, 64, left the town for his retirement home in Eastbourne.
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