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By-election 3rd May 2012: Marton ward

THE SECOND Blackpool by-election roundup for the forthcoming political rumpus on the 3rd of May, 2012.

 
Mary Portas' high street revival with a Blackpool twist

HIGH STREETS are in a ‘dire state’ according to the retail consultant Mary Portas, and she has prepared a 55-page document with her own solutions. So where do we start?

 
Unions call to arms as militant workers set to hold country to ransom

A WINTER of discontent looms as public sector workers in Britain are just days away from strike action over pension reforms.

 

THE BLACKPOOL, Fylde and Wyre Economic Development Company has set about planning its Economic Strategy. An army of highly paid and highly qualified boffins have been locked in a think tank for years coming up with this stuff.

Most of it is just common sense, though.

 
Entrance to Hell: Talbot Gateway highways

REVIEW OF the Highways plan for the Blackpool’s forthcoming bank-breaking project.

 

AS PLANS for a 1,000 capacity Islamic hub are in the offing on Waterloo Road, almost 3,000 signatures have been collected in protest. But is this a Labour vehicle?

 
Council's Rigby Road housing project goes out to tender

COSTING £50M over 10 years, this is the biggest housing scheme in Blackpool for a generation and looks set to drag a dirty, dingy Bloomfield into the modern ages.

 
Talbot Road bus station set for multi-million cash blast

BLACKPOOL COUNCIL have put up a contract for a £6.5m refurbishment of Talbot Road bus station and car park. Do we need this car park or should we be knocking it down instead?

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