BUS SERVICES across East Lancashire were to grind to a halt in an all-out strike over pay.
In Hyndburn passengers were already facing dozens of cancelled services as the overtime ban by transport workers entered its fourth day.
Burnley and Pendle busmen were slammed for playing into the hands of private operators by calling the stoppage over the break-up of the national wage negotiating body.
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