UNEMPLOYMENT fell below two million nationwide for the first time in eight years, but East Lancashire's figures went against the trend with a slight increase. In Blackburn and Darwen, 5,831 people, around nine per cent, were unemployed, while 6,137 people were out of work in Accrington, Hydburn and Rossendale.
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