BLACKBURN'S Labour councillors were accused of hounding the Royal Lancashire Show out of the town.

In a stormy exchange, Tory councillor George Bramley-Haworth claimed the ruling Labour group had been "hell-bent on getting the show out of Blackburn". Committee chairman Coun Bill Taylor said negotiations had been going on with the organisers and the next thing he heard they were moving to Chorley.

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