FIVE YEARS AGO: Travel firm collapses owing £2m

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HUNDREDS of East Lancashire holidaymakers lost cash in a travel firm collapse. Others were among the 2,500 stranded in Europe.

Land Travel, which claimed to be Britain's biggest coach tour operator, collapsed owing £2 million.

Coaches already on the continent were ordered to head home immediately and liquidators warned there was no prospect of anyone getting money back.

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