HEALTH chiefs in East Lancashire were urged to carry out an investigation into the death rate in the area after it was revealed Oswaldtwistle and Baxenden were lung cancer blackspots.
Deaths from the disease were said to be up to 50 per cent higher than average in the two towns.
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