WYRE RESIDENT Harold brings us the latest over the reopening of the Poulton to Fleetwood railway as an angry Fleetwood resident seeks assurances that amateur rail boffins will not be handed control of the line.
WITH THE Flexity 2 supertram service having commenced today, how will Blackpool Transport turn it into a financially viable operation?
Feb 202012
IN MARCH 2011, Lancashire Constabulary were told to make average savings of £10.5m per year for the next four years. They said this would result in 550 officer and 250 civilian positions being cut, including 160 front line staff. In November 2011, police bosses decided that in addition, six Fylde police stations must close in [...more]
AIR PASSENGER DUTY is crippling the British aviation industry – find out how much the greedy tax man is robbing from you and what you can do about it.
THERE’S ONLY one motion on the agenda for the council meeting on the 18th of January 2012, but it’s one that most Blackpudlians would surely be in support of.
UPDATE: Labour submitted a government-bashing amendment resulting in the Conservatives rejecting the motion.
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.
CONGESTION CHAOS is a regular sight at Amy Johnson Way, but will Blackpool’s ultra left wing Labour Party offer any real assistance?
THE LATEST constituency boundary reshuffle sees wholesale change for the Fylde Coast which could pose a problem for one or both of Blackpool’s elected members.