BUS drivers declared no-go areas on two trouble-plagued council estates amid fears that vandals could kill someone.
The drivers refused to work some routes through the Highercroft and Roman Road estates in Blackburn because of stone throwing.
British Transport Police feared a train could be derailed because of rubble deliberately put on the line near the Manxman pub.
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