CONFIRMING WHAT many locals have been saying for a long time, a recent report from the Local Data Company states that Blackpool has the most empty shops in the UK at a whopping 29% of units. But town hall buffoon Alan Cavill has come out and laughed off the survey saying that it didn’t take [...more]
IT WAS reported in the local news last week that staff at British Aerospace were to face more job cuts following a Government spending review. The jobs in the firing line are not those related to the manufacture of Typhoon – a project I believe should have been axed long ago – but to the [...more]
IN THE second part of my short Illuminations monologue, I wanted to have a look at the tableaux that begin opposite Uncle Tom’s Cabin on the Promenade. Interior designer Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen has this year created two new tableaux named Glampire and Dino Doom and I especially wanted to see what he’d been up to. Starting [...more]
DESPITE MY Conservative roots, I always feel devastated when I read about people losing their jobs for any reason – never mind austerity. In a town that depends so heavily on public sector employment, it is even more depressing to see that due to Blackpool Council’s reckless spending, it has blown the coffers just like [...more]
THE BIG switch-on seemed to go down with a bang on Friday with Robbie Williams declaring his undying love for Blackpool before flicking the magic switch and lighting up the town’s Illuminations show. My girlfriend and I decided to have a wander through town last night to see if they were much cop and since [...more]
Yesterday I was infuriated to see The Gasjet giving free publicity to smarmy Miliband brother Ed in his quest to become Liebour leader. I am sick to death of hearing about this tiresome soap opera called the Labour leadership contest. Ed Miliband was in Blackpool the other day sucking up to local activists and a [...more]
IT IS well recognised within the NHS document “A Healthy Future for Blackpool” that alcohol related illnesses are the main reason for reduced lifespan in Blackpool: researchers have suggested that if all alcohol related deaths were prevented, men would be living on average 2 years longer. Blackpool is also top of the league table for [...more]
AFTER A report came out in February 2010 suggesting that Blackpool was one of the worst places in Britain for childhood obesity, Cllr Sue Ridyard of Layton ward asked; “Blackpool Council is doing all they can to prevent underage drinking, but legislatively what are they doing about unhealthy food and preventing obesity?” She went on [...more]