A LEADING Blackburn vicar was asking the chief constable to tackle the town's under-age drinking problem.

The Rev David Wotherspoon was so concerned about alcohol abuse among teenagers that he wanted it made a policing priority.

He spoke of his fears at a meeting of the Blackburn and district police liaison committee.

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