THE Conservatives claimed in the election war of words that both Labour and the Alliance would bankrupt the economy.

But Labour leader Neil Kinnock accused Mrs Thatcher of putting Britain's manufacturing industry out of business.

Blackburn councillors made a plea to the organisers of the Royal Lancashire Show to hold the event in Witton Park. It had not been held at the ground for three years.

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