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uk The Gazette, Thursday, April 14, 2011 

Cracking in brief
good egg Car damaged
by vandals
hunt fun!
THERE’S been baskets of Easter fun
VANDALS smashed the
window of a car parked on
Manor Road in Blackpool.
A plant pot was thrown
through the nearside rear
at Bispham market this week as chil- window of the Citreon.
dren enjoyed an Easter egg hunt. The vandals damaged the car
Pupils from Happy Days Nursery around 11.30pm on Tuesday.
have been busy hunting for all sorts
of goodies by searching for clues hid-
den within the market. Notes with
Plates stolen
THE number plates from a
clues were tucked away in various blue Volkswagon Golf were
shops in the market and children taken between 7pm on Mon-
have been using their detective skills day and 8am on Tuesday.
to find their way around. The car was parked on Glas-
Egg detective, Ruby Cox, said: “It tonbury Avenue in Black-
was really fun looking for clues with pool when thieves took the
my friends from nursery and we all front and rear plates.

Pane broken
got a lolly each at the end.”
The hunt was organised by bosses
at Bispham market and is taking
place throughout the Easter holi- POLICE are hunting vandals
days for all children to take part in. who broke a window of a
house on Champagne
Each child that navigates their way
Avenue in Bispham.
around the hunt receives a free lolly. The outside pane of the first
A range of activities will be held at floor window was cracked
the market over Easter, including a after an object was thrown
raffle, which will take place on Sat- at it.
urday April 22 after Good Friday. The incident happened
If visitors are feeling peckish, they sometime between Sunday
can tuck into a basket of Easter eggs EASTER DELIGHT: Discovering a clue are (from left) Harry Sibley, Calyb Rowlandson and Daniel and Monday.
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GATEWAY CLOSES:
BLACKPOOL’S £250m
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pulsory purchase order is in
blow after a bid for £5m place for the acquisition of the
Government funding remainder of the site.
was thrown out. Phase One of the scheme,
The move means plans for which is being developed be-
hotels and offices as part of tween now and 2014, also in-
the massive regeneration cludes refurbishment of the
Talbot Road bus station.
scheme will be put on the Blackpool South MP Gordon
backburner. Marsden said: “This is in stark
But work is still set to begin contrast to the money given to
later this year on £28m new has not been approved. the food store and additional Blackpool about this time last
council offices, a 90,000 square “We are dedicated to com- retail units. year by the previous Govern-
foot supermarket and some pleting the project and are still “Regional growth fund- ment as part of the Tower and
office space as part of the de- on track to start on site with ing would have enabled us to Winter Gardens deal.”
velopment of the 35-acre area phase one later this year. bring forward new offices and Blackpool North and Cleve-
around North Station. “The first phase will see the hotels planned for later in the leys MP Paul Maynard said he
The council had bid to the new food store and the con- programme with additional was disappointed by the news.
Government’s regional growth solidated council offices, along jobs for Blackpool. Not having Future phases of Talbot
fund for £5m, through devel- with new private sector office the funding is disappointing Gateway include hotels, shops,
oper Muse, after it lost around space. but the scheme will still bring cafes, restaurants, retail devel-
£20m of North West Develop- “These will help establish enormous benefits to Black- opments and a new police sta-
ment Agency funding. the first part of the central pool and its residents.” tion and courthouse.
Helen France, executive di- business district bringing The council already owns
rector for places at Blackpool spending power in to the town more than three quarters of
Council, said: “We’re obvious- centre to boost trade, adding to the land it needs for the full shelagh.parkinson@
ly disappointed our bid for £5m the numbers of new jobs with Gateway scheme, and a com- blackpoolgazette.co.uk