March
BLACKPOOL FC legend Alan Suddick has lost his battle with cancer. The 64-year-old had been in hospital for four weeks battling myloma which had been complicated due to an infection.
A £220m deal was today signed to make Blackpool's long-awaited Talbot Gateway become a reality. Despite the economic gloom, building giant Muse Developments has now legally committed itself to the huge plan to create a massive new business district.
BLACKPOOL'S multi-million pound college plans are on the verge of collapse. Ambitious £188m plans to build a further education campus on Rigby Road and a new nautical college in Fleetwood are a major part of the area's regeneration plans.