FIVE years ago hero neighbour Ray Finn rescued two young women from a blazing house in Nuttall Street, Blackburn.
The quick-thinking computer technician kicked in the door to give terrified Julie Bradshaw and Sarah Thompson a chance to escape.
Outraged villagers in the Feniscowles and Pleasington areas of Blackburn called for an investigation after gunmen slaughtered ducks living near the River Darwen.
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