
AFTER A senior councillor claimed that Queens Park drug addicts could spend their £4,700 windfall on a lethal overdose, uproar ensued from the residents group.

IT WAS a scene which would have befit a textbook SAS manœuvre. After the initial blast of stun grenades, balaclava-clad armed personnel, complete with breathing apparatus, were seen abseiling down the Tower buildings, kicking through thick glass windows and bailing into the Shop for Heroes HQ; the laser sight of their Heckler and Koch MP5s [...more]

A SHOP tied to the FESLC is under investigation for posing as a charitable operation, with donations for veterans lying unused in a bank account whilst at least one councillor creams off an income. This councillor has now been kicked out of the Tory party and deselected. Is this as dodgy as it first appears?

THE RECENT news about the Promenade being closed for five months came as little surprise as I reported about this closure on Blackpool Aloud back in June. The outcome of this closure will be a pseudo shared space environment with just one lane each way rather than two. As someone commented on the local newspaper [...more]
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