June
UNCERTAINTY surrounds the future of Blackpool's Houndshill shopping centre today after the company that runs it went into administration. Modus Corovest (Blackpool) Limited owns the freehold to the centre where a £30m extension was completed last September.
ONE of Blackpool's biggest fast-food restaurants has closed with the loss of 29 jobs. Bosses at Burger King decided to shut its Church Street outlet as part of a review of all its UK sites. The restaurant chain is remaining tight-lipped as to the exact reasons behind the closure.
THE British National Party is to hold a "victory rally" in Blackpool this weekend. Letters sent to supporters of the reviled far right group - which controversially won two seats at this month's Euro elections - promise "a truly awesome event" at the New Kimberley Hotel on New South Promenade.