THE dustmen of the Ribble Valley simply refuse-d to be beaten!

And as a result, they were celebrating victory in the battle for the refuse collection contract to secure their jobs, and save taxpayers more than £100,000 a year.

The men at the Kirkmoor Road depot in Clitheroe, had to fight off competition from other companies to win the contract.

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