ANGRY transport bosses reported a council to the Office of Fair Trading as bus wars got into top gear.

Blackburn Transport chiefs claimed Burnley town hall discriminated in favour of Burnley and Pendle Transport in the allocation of passenger stands at Burnley's bus station. They received the backing of Lancashire county councillors who called on Burnley to play fair with Blackburn.

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