ANTI-MOTORWAY protesters were celebrating after Government experts ruled out an eastward extension to the M65.

A Department of Transport report ignored the proposed motorway route which would have cut through Colne, Winewall and Laneshawbridge.

Instead, it suggested building a new dual carriageway to act as a Colne-Foulridge bypass.

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