THE chairman and chief executive of the troubled Burnley HealthCare Trust each called for the other's resignation in an astonishing bust-up.

Mrs Maggie Aikman claimed James Rawson asked her to quit her £60,000 plus post in view of a possible vote of no confidence in the trust and management by medical staff. A special meeting of the trust was to be held.

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