BLACKPOOL HAS come out top of a league table for the use of the Taser stun-gun by police officers. Is this really as surprising as the local press make out?
Nov 262012
Sep 132012
THE LATEST madcap scheme from Blackpool’s Head of Transportation or, as residents call him, King of Congestion
Jul 302012
HAROLD DELIVERS his University of Life dissertation on the problems of Blackpool
Jul 252012
ANOTHER CLANGER from the government in protecting its rich banker and celebrity cronies from a media storm occurred the other night as government minister David Gauke told a national TV audience that paying tradesmen with cash in hand was morally wrong.
Apr 202012
THIS YEAR has seen the unfortunate deaths of two well known and well liked councillors, namely Bloomfield’s Mary Smith and Marton’s Jim Houldsworth, and the by-elections are on the way. Postal voting forms are being deposited through letterboxes this week for polling day on Thursday the 3rd of May. This article is the first of two ward roundups in advance of the forthcoming election.