MASSIVE cutbacks at Blackburn's Star Paper Mill meant up to 300 jobs were set to be axed.
Stunned workers at the Feniscowles mill were told of the plan for major redundancies, but the company pledged to continue investment in Blackburn with a further spending of £11 million in the next financial year.
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