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A PADIHAM councillor and county councillor is concerned about rat infestations in the town after a shopper complained about seeing the rodents on a department store car park. Cllr Alan Hosker acted after receiving an email about the animals running around near the Boyes branch on Burnley Road. He said the infestation was ‘disgusting’ and contacted Burnley Council. It inspected the car park and blamed people feeding ducks in a nearby river. The resident told Cllr Hosker - borough councillor of Hapton with Park ward and county councillor for Padiham and Burnley West: “Today I visited Boyes in Padiham and was appalled to see the number of rats on the car park.
A COUNCIL S Conservative group leader has come under fire for revealing he goes to a different town for his shopping. Burnley Tory boss Cllr Alan Hosker told colleagues he regularly went to Accrington because parking was free there. He made his revelation as Burnley s Full Council meeting on Thursday debated a last-minute Labour proposal to make parking in borough car parks free after 3pm to help revive the borough s main town centre. Hapton with Park s Cllr Hosker said: Three o clock in the afternoon is too late. By the time people have picked their kids up and got down to Burnley the shops are ready for shutting.