Scramble for 1,000 BAe jobs

HUNDREDS of hopefuls attended a recruitment drive by aerospace giant BAE Systems following the creation of 1,000 jobs.

BAe Systems is currently touring the north west with a recruitment roadshow in a bid to fill the vacancies created as a result of the aerospace giant's expansion plans.

The roadshow stopped off at Burnley FC's Turf Moor and Blackburn Rovers' Ewood Park this week.

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And by the end of the events hundreds of CVs had been handed in.

The bulk of new jobs will be at the Samlesbury and Warton sites.