Scott Benton

Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours awarded Queen's Award for Voluntary Service

Tuesday, 2 June, 2020

Winners of the 2020 Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service announced A total of 230 organisations from across the UK have been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service this year.

Charities, social enterprises and voluntary groups from Bristol to Belfast and Derbyshire to Dumfries have received the highest award given to organisations delivering exceptional service within their communities.

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Stay alert – let's keep Blackpool safe for all say Council

Tuesday, 2 June, 2020

Blackpool Council is urging both residents and visitors to respect government guidance and continue maintaining safe distancing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Arif Rajpura, Director of Public Health for Blackpool Council, said:

Using the R value at local authority level is somewhat unreliable because a small localised outbreak can lead to what appears to be a large increase.

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Covid-19 and its impact on Blackpool

Monday, 1 June, 2020

The challenges facing Blackpool and the whole country as we emerge from lockdown and continue to fight this virus are huge – we have not faced a challenge like this since World War II.

Imposing the lockdown on the country was relatively easy. Re-emerging from the lockdown will be much harder. A quick return to 'normality’ is impossible and is not going to happen. The Government is grappling with extremely difficult questions and decisions. There are no easy answers.