COUNCILLORS voted for High Court action to end a stench that had hung over Blackburn for more than 20 years. The decision meant that Brazendale's Blackburn Products - a controversial bone works company based at Whalley Banks - was likely to close.

Walker Kim Smith, of Charlotte Street, Blackburn, was found safe in the Yorkshire Dales by rescue teams after using his portable CB radio to send a distress signal.

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