HEALTH studio boss Michael Brown sacked two of his massage girls after the Lancashire Evening Telegraph exposed their sex-for-sale activities.

He said he was shocked to learn that his Commodores Health Studio, in Burnley town centre, was being used as a vice den.

Angry tenants rom Shadsworth deck access flats lobbied Blackburn councillors in a bid to get rid of asbestos in their homes. They handed in a 150 name petition.

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