Latest news stories from Hyperlocal sites tagged with 'Fylde' :: Page 1

Why schools should become academies now

A HOT local issue in Blackpool at the moment is that of the conversion of schools to academies: a process that is hotly opposed by Blackpool's Labo...

Carnesky’s Ghost Train more profitable than new Blackpool trams

WITH THE Flexity 2 supertram service having commenced today, how will Blackpool Transport turn it into a financially viable operation?

Some site changes

LAUNCH OF the bloc|urban regeneration forum at Philtheone.com.

Cash for Old: Fylde Council shame over Melton Grove

CONSPIRACY IS abound. A 50-year legacy is set to be erased from memory as Fylde Borough Council have twisted, turned and changed rules to sell off ...

Urban Forum – request for comment

IF REGENERATION was taken out of the hands of the Local Authority and was driven by what people wanted, I wonder what Blackpool would be like. Do y...

Manifesto roundup: “Making Progress” with the Tories

FOR MANY it wont make any difference, but here is a short roundup of the Blackpool Conservatives' manifesto for 2011.

Maybe Weaver isn’t the problem

BLACKPOOL HAS fallen into managed decline, but perhaps the blame does not lie entirely at the door of the chief executive.

Local election 2011 preview and predictions

THE MANIFESTOS are out and the candidate lists are in, here's my preview and predictions for Blackpool's 2011 local election.

Blackpool NHS staff angered by Fylde MP

MARK MENZIES recently teamed up with Heart UK to receive a grim picture of cardiac facilities on the Fylde, stating derogatory figures. Unfortunate...

Maynard’s chief aide kicked out over gay porn allegations

AFTER A two-year probe, Paul Maynard’s chief of staff and Fylde councillor Simon Renwick has been suspended from his duties as a councillor o...

Environment vs. jobs: Lancashire’s shale gas drilling investigated

Just outside a leafy village, not far from Preston, the horizon is broken by a chunk of…

Fylde council’s daylight SNOBbery

LOOKS LIKE St. Annes is the latest place to be bullied by its cash grabbing council over parking spaces after a decision was made to start charging...

It wasn’t the Tories that cut the BAE jobs

IT WAS reported in the local news last week that staff at British Aerospace were to face more job cuts following a Government spending review. The ...

Kensington could be kiboshed

According to the Gasjet’s outgoing Fylde reporter Joe Robinson, the housebuilding targets that have generated the housebuilding blight across...

Support mounts for Everest Road tip

Like everyone else’s, Lancashire County Council’s purse strings are being tightened evermore as the recession bites, but in a major blo...

David Eaves up for top job in Fylde

Well well well, reports have emerged today that Councillor David Eaves JP of Ansdell ward is to become the next leader of the Fylde Politbüro. He ...

Number of benefit claimants falls

The number of people in Preston and its surrounding areas claiming benefits is dropping, according to latest statistics. The Office for National St...

May 7; A Good Day for Most of the Fylde Coast, A Very Sad Day for Blackpool South

May 7; the eagerly-awaited results come in and there is joy and equally disappointment depending where on the Fylde Coast you live. Fylde remained ...

Hemmings to build 275 houses at former Pontins site

The Gasjet is reporting that Fylde council advisors have told the council to approve Trevor Hemmings’ plan to construct 275 homes on the form...

API Get this info as xml or json help