[shillelagh]

From what i can remember delving back into the mists of time - they cant amalgamate because Blackburn and Darwen are an Unitary Authority. Hyndburn council is part of Lancashire county council. Now i may be wrong but there was something about the sizing of it.

Reading that about offering the trust to other councils to run - can hyndburn not run their own facilities. I wonder if they offered it Rossendale.....our trust at the minute isnt doing to bad could be better but mainly doing our best with the facilities we have.