[claytonender]

I think the main problems within Hyndburn are that no-one has a proper strategy for developing the shops. They fail to see that we need to have different shops, rather than try to imitate the shops in Blackburn and Burnley. I worked for several years in Leyland, which has a Tesco Extra in the town centre but still manages to have a very good selection of small specialist shops. It also has lots of free parking right on the main street, which , if you are trying to get your shopping done in your lunch hour really is a bonus.