ON THE Fylde Coast, we are used to traffic schemes that create congestion and prohibit traffic flow rather than alleviate and assist them. Usually the masterminds behind these shite traffic management schemes are sat in Blackpool Council offices, but Highways Agency traffic boffins have taken the biscuit with their proposals for the Norcross Roundabout on [...more]
There are rumours bouncing around the town hall communications HQ that 3 months ago its executive approved a loan of £5m to the Pleasure Beach to pay for construction of a new ride, possibly the new Twist ‘n’ Splash water ride by German company Mack Rides. Yes, you read that right. Five million pounds of [...more]
Had to happen sooner or later, but today the government coalition is having to weather it’s first sleaze storm. Surprisingly, or not, it’s about expenses. The Daily Telegraph have today made revelations about David Laws, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and MP for Yeovil, resulting in the Liberal Democrat multi-millionaire pledging to immediately pay [...more]
We know from recent weeks that Peter Callow has been out and about exploring the late night entertainment available in Blackpool, and that his council website has been advertising choice dens of iniquity as “things to do” in the town; but now the desperate council leader has had his sights reflected back into the abyssal [...more]
I talked about a month ago about the council thwarting Pierre Coulon’s attempts to buy a new venue for his casino after the previous one suffered collateral damage in an arson attack last year. They decreed that casinos were a “town centre use” and in trying to force Mr Coulon to locate his casino in [...more]
In the aftermath of the convenient fire that took out the “for sale” Grand hotel last year, the neighbouring Paris Casino was one of the victims, leaving up to 60 staff out of work. Yesterday the almighty Gasjet revealed that the council was trying to kill this business completely by only granting the owner a [...more]
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