A NEW department store taking shape in Blackburn's traffic free shopping centre was expected to create 250 new jobs.
And most of the staff at Debenhams would be recruited locally, store officials said.
Lancashire MPs in the European Parliament argued strongly for restraint in the EEC Budget.
And unemployment in Blackburn and Darwen continued to drop.
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