BLACKBURN Borough Council warned that an extra £12 per head would be slapped on poll tax bills to make up for the thousands who failed to pay.
It was announced that St Denys children's home in Pimlico Road, Clitheroe, was being forced to close due to lack of Government cash.
Blackburn Rovers' new boss Kenny Dalglish spent his first full day in the Ewood Park hot seat.
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