A MANHUNT was launched for a sex attacker who snatched a boy of 11 from a town centre street. The chain-smoking pervert struck at dusk in Blackburn town centre before marching his victim two miles to indecently assault him.
An election candidate contacted police after receiving a threatening postcard showing a noose. The card told Tory John Farrer to pull out of elections for Accrington's Springhill ward.
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