BLACKBURN power boat driver Adrian Lang set and broke a national power boat record on Windermere.

He powered over the lake at 75.55mph during the annual power boat record attempts.

Burnley and Pendle bus services were disrupted as municipal busmen began an overtime ban over working conditions.

They warned that unless an acceptable deal was hammered out all buses will be come to a standstill.

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