IT WAS announced that more than 80 jobs were to go at three East Lancashire factories. Prestige of Colne Road, Burnley, said 26 jobs would be axed and furniture manufacturer Alan Cooper announced 56 losses between its two bases at Todmorden and Altham.
Prime Minister John Major was called into the row over lack of police in Lancashire during the Tory party conference by Burnley MP Peter Pike, who asked for a report.
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