FIVE years ago hero neighbour Ray Finn rescued two young women from a blazing house in Nuttall Street, Blackburn.

The quick-thinking computer technician kicked in the door to give terrified Julie Bradshaw and Sarah Thompson a chance to escape.

Outraged villagers in the Feniscowles and Pleasington areas of Blackburn called for an investigation after gunmen slaughtered ducks living near the River Darwen.

Converted for the new archive on 14 July 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.