EAST Lancashire schoolchildren were taking free butter and cheese home - to stop the food being wasted.
As the EEC cut its food mountain, Darwen faced its own surplus after running out of needy customers for the European food.
Broadcasting bosses were warned to be more true-to-life after a report showed that British TV referred to booze every six minutes. It found alcohol consumption appeared in more than three scenes an hour.
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