RINGING THE CHANGES: TJ Hughes chief executive George Foster with London town crier Peter Moore, open a new area for Burnley shoppers Store opens with tight security BURNLEY'S biggest store opened its doors today amid tight security as police and store detectives tried to prevent shoplifters descending on the premises. Retail chain TJ Hughes opened the 33,000 sq ft outlet - and marked the launch of Burnley town centre's $12.5 million Curzon Square development - with a heavy police presence. A joint statement from police stressed the security arrangements and stressed that shoplifters would be prosecuted. "There will be a massive store detective presence," said a police spokesman. London's town crier, Peter Moore, started off a countdown at TJ Hughes before the red ribbon was cut by the company's chief executive, George Foster. A glazed pedestrian bridge over Curzon Street was also opened and links the new building with the outside market. TJ Hughes, which has created more than 80 jobs in the town, covers 30,000 square feet of retail space between two floors and is the second store in the town to have an escalator.