ANGRY nurses jostled junior environment minister David Trippier as they protested over health cut plans.

The Darwen and Rossendale MP ran the gauntlet of hostility to Government cost-saving demands as he joined other Burnley health district MPs for a straight-talking showdown with hospital bosses.

The MPs demanded full details of plans to axe Burnley wards and shut down Rossendale hospital acute services.

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