i have i always loved blackpool, blackpool pleasure _ always loved blackpool, blackpool pleasure beachame family for all of its 125 years. same family for all of its 125 ears. ., _ ., , years. -- owned by the same family. m dad years. -- owned by the same family. my dad started _ years. -- owned by the same family. my dad started here _ years. -- owned by the same family. my dad started here in _ years. -- owned by the same family. my dad started here in 1958 - years. -- owned by the same family. my dad started here in 1958 as - years. -- owned by the same family. my dad started here in 1958 as an i my dad started here in 1958 as an apprentice fitter. this was one of the first ride he worked on. my sister started him in 1982. the first ride he worked on. my sisterstarted him in 1982. i started in 1983. we have worked for three generations of the thomson family. we looked after the riots and facilities.— and facilities. what is it like? -- lzelackpool- _ and facilities. what is it like? -- blackpool. there _ and facilities. what is it like? -- blackpool. there are _ and facilities. what

blackpool really need the crowds to come back. ~ , , ., , blackpool really need the crowds to come back. we help people rediscover the attractions in the uk this year. - the attractions in the uk this year. i the attractions in the uk this year. i hope _ the attractions in the uk this year. i hope so — the attractions in the uk this year. i hope so i— the attractions in the uk this year. i hope so. i gotta say, huge fun this morning, thank you for accommodating us and giving us the opportunity and i hope it gives you an idea of the sorts of things you can get up to because after a year that we�*ve had, so much misery and disruption, it has been a real assault on the senses this morning. but a good, enjoyable fun morning. i hope you had a light breakfast! lots| hope you had a light breakfast! lots of fun. i thought _ hope you had a light breakfast! lots of fun. i thought i _ hope you had a light breakfast! lots of fun. i thought i was going to see it again points! that of fun. i thought i was going to see it again points!— it again points! that woke us up, didn't it. let me read you some

i have always loved blackpool, blackpool pleasure beach.ing. my dad started here in 1958 as an apprentice fitter. this was one of the first rides he worked on. my sister started here in 1982. she still works here now. i started here in 1983. we have worked for three generations of the thomson family. we look after the rides, all the facilities round here. what is it like feeding these? they've gone off their food — i really don't know why. you can ride some as well in a bit. i've heard i'm going to be the tester. you are. the good thing about pleasure beach, it's got the classic rides — like the classic roller coasters like the big dipper, etc. it's got the big rides like the big one. and the newest ride, which is icon. it keeps up with the times as well as looking after its historical rides as well. there is heaps of history here. the flying machines have been in the air since 190a. newsreel: this is the thrill of freedom and for - forgetting your cares. hey, we could all do with a bit of that now! i'm reliably informed this is the oldest

merle davies leads blackpool�*s work on very young children.h visitors haven't seen families at home. in many areas, they've been moved to other work. these children are the forgotten children of the pandemic. they definitely are. they are the ones we've completely overlooked and the ones who in a few years' time, when they go to school, won't have the skills that we expect them to have to be able to be able to engage in education. for these four and five—year—olds, there is extra help, a special programme of working with words. here, it's helped children make months of progress. we were absolutely amazed to find that some of the children who did only have a few words were able to start talking sentences in a matter of weeks. catch—up cash from the government is spreading this approach. by next year, it should be in most of england's primary schools. but many fear that unless toddlers are helped too, schools could be dealing with children's word gap for many years. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. if you want more advice on how to support your child

merle davies leads blackpool�*s work on very young children.tors haven't seen families at home. in many areas, they've been moved to other work. these children are the forgotten children of the pandemic. they definitely are. they are the ones we've completely overlooked and the ones who in a few years' time, when they go to school, won't have the skills that we expect them to have to be able to be able to engage in education. for these four and five—year—olds, there is extra help, a special programme of working with words. here, it's helped children make months of progress. we were absolutely amazed to find that some of the children who did only have a few words were able to start talking sentences in a matter of weeks. catch—up cash from the government is spreading this approach. by next year, it should be in most of england's primary schools. but many fear that unless toddlers are helped too, schools could be dealing with children's word gap for many years. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. if you want more advice on how to support your child's ear

merle davies leads blackpool's work on very young children.he skills that we expect them to have to be able to be able to engage in education. for these four and five—year—olds, there is extra help, a special programme of working with words. here, it's helped children make months of progress. we were absolutely amazed to find that some of the children who did only have a few words were able to start talking sentences in a matter of weeks. catch—up cash from the government is spreading this approach. by next year, it should be in most of england's primary schools. but many fear that unless toddlers are helped too, schools could be dealing with children's word gap for many years. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. let's speak to janet cooper, an expert adviser in speech and language development from the royal college of speech and language therapists. thank you very much for talking to us about this. we saw the numbers before the report. they clearly show that there is widespread concern about this in primary schools. how worried are you or is it a cas

a coroner has been asked to review the deaths at blackpool victoria infirmary, which all happened inofficers are investigating events on the hospital's stroke ward in 2018. arlene foster will quit the democratic unionist party when she stands down as northern ireland's first minister, the bbc understands. let's speak to our ireland correspondent, chris page, who's at stormont this evening. and she will be leaving the party she has led for five years? this week arlene — she has led for five years? this week arlene foster _ she has led for five years? try 3 week arlene foster has experienced politics at its most painful with a big majority of the dup's senior elected representatives signing a letter saying she should resign as leader. in her resignation statement she said she was preparing to leave the political stage. now sources close to mrs foster have told the bbc that when she leaves a first minister's office here at stormont at the end ofjune, she will also be leaving the dup. those same sources say that she thinks it isn't the same party that she joined and that it is taking a d

i've never been to the one in blackpool, but this is just another kind of an example of how the newsks perfectly, and you don't cover a benign police encounters, so all three things have something in common, they have been a million times per year, the mishaps are statistically rare, but the media does not care or they will lie about the statistics. the last year, dana, according to the fbi there were 10 million police arrest last year, 100, 1,000, and four involved police fatalities, 41 unarmed, more whites by a percentage of arrests, interesting, don't you think? and those are facts from the fbi that i looked up during the break. >> dana: you have to love the internet, indeed. >> greg: now the internet. >> dana: i don't know how you look to them up in the break? jesse, roller coaster enthusiast or not? >> jesse: i almost died on a roller coaster one time with my dad. it was one of those rickety wooden ones that you go to, one of those sketchy fares and after we took off, we realized we were not locked in. there was no seat belt. it did not click. if so we basically just cried and h

flosses also trained by henry brown heads any 2nd now came 3rd all caps off a great few weeks of blackpool who was also the 1st woman to be the leading the jockey at cheltenham festival last month it's unbelievable you know i hope it does help anyone that wants to be a jockey you know i never thought that this would be possible for me you know i i didn't dream about making a career as a jockey because i never thought i could happen and you know i did saw you know it's. just keep your dreams big i suppose that's all the inspiration i have for you . well why is was that not from a box all right good most for late nights in a size that sunday and thanks so much sarah well that's it from meanest audio tape for this news out but laurel be here in a moment with more of the day's news and also after that. frank assessments the world is on the brink of a catastrophic model samia is that a fair assessment you can be catastrophic. to weiss valuable informed opinions should we be buying bit coy ultimately it will be sovereigns and governments who are buying this that is the direction this is all head

katie is one of blackpool�*s community connectors, trained to support parents.george, born in lockdown, and two—year—old ruby, worrying that their kids have been missing out. as a nation, we've kind of forgot about how important it is for these children to be out there and developing these skills young. it's mainly george it's impacted the most. with him being so young, it's the new normal for him to see people with masks, so he's not quite used to seeing people's faces. for these four and five—year—olds, there is extra help, a special programme of working with words. here, it's helped children make months of progress. we were absolutely amazed to find that some of the children who did only have a few words were able to start talking sentences in a matter of weeks. catch—up cash from the government is spreading this approach. by next year, it should be in most of england's primary schools. but many fear that unless toddlers are helped too, schools could be dealing with children's word gap for many years. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. this is outside source live fr

a lot of work here on blackpool pleasure beach as work begins to restart on monday. pleasure beach is to celebrate its 125th birthday this year. good morning. plans to reopen international travel for holidaymakers from england have been unveiled with a requirement to pay for coronavirus tests. the government has stopped short of saying if foreign trips can resume next month, but has outlined a so—called traffic light system, which will be used to categorise countries based on risk. for places on the green list, travellers will be asked to take a test before they return to england, and pay for a costly pcr test, typically £120, two days after arriving home. if you're coming to england from countries on the amber list you will also be asked to self—isolate for ten days, and pay for a pcr test on days two and eight. and passengers from red list destinations will be required to pay for ten days in a quarantine hotel. the plans have been met with widespread frustration by the travel industry. caroline davies has this report. we may be dreaming of sunshine and summer getaw

i've chosen a few places around the south of scotland, blackpool, parts of wales, bristol, belfast andwers are developing as we go through the day, with some of them wintry, on the tops of the mountains in scotland, and these are the average wind speeds, along the north sea coast line with the onshore flow, it will feel cold with temperatures between eight and 11 degrees. inland, we are looking at highs of 13. that is down on the top temperature of yesterday which was in suffolk, and that was 15 degrees. through the evening and overnight many of the showers will fade, but not all of them, and you can see all of the clear sky on the map, and that means there will once again be a widespread frost, so every night in april will have seen some frost somewhere in the uk. and in half an hour or so i will have another war —— forecast which will be a wee bit longer. and of course the headlines. see you in a few minutes. it's a chilly start today, but for many of us, spring is in the air and we're looking forward to throwing open the windows and spending more time in the garden. for thousands of

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aeroplane on the drive, that he's picked up from somewhere in france and he's taken to his hangar at blackpoolor his advice, particularly those who are flying wood and fabric aircraft. in which he is still a recognised expert right throughout europe. but for this humble hero, a few words of wisdom on his special day. people, when you get to this age, go out of their way to be kind. kindness is all around, that's all you feel. it's a pity it can't be like that for everyone in the world. katie walderman, bbc news. wise words from ernest. we will talk more about that later. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i“m victoria hollins. there are calls for the next mayor of london to make, and stick to a promise over more accessible transport in the capital. campaigners say it benefits all londoners, but every london mayor has promised and so far struggled to deliver on large—scale plans to increase step—free access on the tube. at the moment, only 81 out of 270 tube stations have step—free access, but tfl says six more are planned to be completed t

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