SALVAGE operators were drilling holes in the wreck of the Herald of Free Enterprise to clear silt and sand which was hampering the search for bodies.
Divers were due to resume their hunt for victims of the disaster outside the Zeebrugge port. 123 bodies had been recovered since the ferry had been uprighted two days earlier.
Striking civil servants closed dole offices throughout East Lancashire in a battle over pay.
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