Another week signals yet another massive blow for Fleetwood. Today it has been announced that ferry operator Stena is axing its Fleetwood to Larne service at the end of the year. Since the fishing industry has declined. Fleetwood has a strong reliance upon its ferry services to keep it going as a port. Other than [...more]
FOLLOWING A cash bonanza the Blackpool Promenade is now starting to look fit for a modern society, but one thing that locals and visitors both complain about is the lack of sufficient rubbish bins. A report came out in June suggesting that Blackpool had the fourth dirtiest streets in the North West, and in July [...more]
Today I’ve been leafletted again by Ronald Bell, and this time it’s a glossy, double-sided A3 sheet entitled “Change”. I have to say, it’s rather better than the last one and focuses more on positive campaigning than trying to fob us off that he doesn’t support Kensington when we all know otherwise. That topic still [...more]
I’ve ranted quite a bit about this before, and whilst browsing some council documents the other day I spotted that outline plans for something called MyPlace were up for approval this month. When I saw that the location for MyPlace was slated as the Palatine Campus, my initial thought was, “oh no”. I contacted Cllr [...more]
Excellent news today, and the first thing I can say is about bloody time. I wrote JDW an email a few weeks ago and they said they were keen to open in Blackpool but were unsure of where or when. I am a huge fan of JDW; clean friendly pubs with a nice atmosphere, friendly [...more]
It is 2020… …and Britain is on the verge of total economic collapse after another 10 years of a Labour government. Clogged roads and broken railways strangle an overcrowded island whose population are seething with anger, ready to explode. Rampant mass immigration has produced numerous (in the main) muslim enclaves in many towns and cities, [...more]
Texas based Canatxx Energy Ventures has been wanting to store natural gas under the River Wyre for a few years now and has returned to the planning table despite the Government throwing out their first draft in 2007. They want to create voluminous cavities within the salt strata 300-400m below the surface in order to [...more]
Blackpool’s ailing tram network has hit a setback as the Government stepped in to review the site for the proposed tram depot following complaints and court action from residents. Originally proposed at Starr Gate, the £20million construction was hoped to be up and running early in 2011 but given the Government intervention this may not [...more]