November
BLACKPOOL is booming! Visitor numbers have soared to 12 million – a hike of two million in just 12 months. And the figures were released today as the first glimpse of the £220m Talbot Gateway scheme – which will transform one of the town centre's most rundown areas – was unveiled.
SHOCKED residents say they are deeply concerned after travellers moved on to two sites on the Fylde coast. Neighbours in the Hardhorn area near Poulton say a group of people moved on to a field off Fairfield Road last week and began to lay hardcore foundations over the weekend.
BUSES and taxis could be banned from Blackpool's new-look town centre by the start of the New Year. Council leader Peter Callow has made no secret of his desire to end the controversial practice of Shared Space in the recently revamped St John's Square.