THOUSANDS of East Lancashire lorrymen decided to carry on with their strike.
Some 400 men crowded into the Accrington Miners' Club to take the "strike goes on" decision.
Education officials announced schools which were closed because of the ongoing fuel crisis or water pipe bursts.
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