Blackpool transport hub proposed by Tories

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.

 
Crystal Road valuer wins Talbot Gateway order

THE LIVERPOOL firm that valued former councillor Ian Fowler’s property on Crystal Road at £180,000 as part of a bungled regeneration project has this week won a Compulsory Purchase Order which will see the remaining 25% of the Talbot Gateway/Central Business District land made available for council demolition squads.

 
Mary Portas' high street revival with a Blackpool twist

HIGH STREETS are in a ‘dire state’ according to the retail consultant Mary Portas, and she has prepared a 55-page document with her own solutions. So where do we start?

 
'People's Promenade' rejected by people

TODAY I received my latest dose of indoctrination from the council’s Ministry of Truth. As we have come to expect, this newsletter is smattered with important names you will have heard of, but have no idea what they actually do; featured heavily in this edition is Eileen Ormand who gets paid over £60,000 per year [...more]

 
Talbot Gateway 'not the Talbot Gateway any more' as Sainsburys set to move in

SAINSBURYS ARE moving into Blackpool’s town centre Talbot Gateway development, which is being renamed to the Central Business District. Why have they dropped the name?

 
Entrance to Hell: Talbot Gateway highways

REVIEW OF the Highways plan for the Blackpool’s forthcoming bank-breaking project.

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