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for blackpool but we want blackpool back _ tough for blackpool but we want blackpool back again. _ tough personally. how _ blackpool back again. what about you personally. how is _ blackpool back again. what about you personally, how is your _ blackpool back again. what about you personally, how is your mental - personally, how is your mental health? do personally, how is your mental health? ~ ., ., �* , health? do you know what? i've been all riuht. a health? do you know what? i've been all right- a lot — health? do you know what? i've been all right. a lot of _ health? do you know what? i've been all right. a lot of people _ health? do you know what? i've been all right. a lot of people who - health? do you know what? i've been all right. a lot of people who have - all right. a lot of people who have been _ all right. a lot of people who have been really — all right. a lot of people who have been really down. _ all right. a lot of people who have been really down. morning! - all right. a lot of people who have| been really down. morning! sorry! all right. a lot of people who have i bee

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blackpool- ability to bounce back? blackpool has already _ ability to bounce back?mpletely, but we are in terms of football levels to reach i have been astonishingly high, since we were allowed to go back into the shops —— football levels to reach i will have been astonishingly high. we just need the help with big events, getting bums on seats for theatres and people having the confidence to know they can come here and properly enjoy their time in blackpool in the way they are used to. the holiday—makers, it is so traditional, and they want to do those traditional things which often involve lots of people involved in fairly small places. it is really important. i fairly small places. it is really important-— fairly small places. it is really imortant. , ., ., important. i used to come here for da tris important. i used to come here for day trips when _ important. i used to come here for day trips when i — important. i used to come here for day trips when i was _ important. i used to come here for day trips when i was a _ important. i used to come here for day trips

actually, our businesses in blackpool have done an absolutely wonderful— in blackpool have done an absolutely in covid secure arrangements.— secure arrangements. it's not enou~h, secure arrangements. it's not enough, though, _ secure arrangements. it's not enough, though, it _ secure arrangements. it's not enough, though, it will - secure arrangements. it's not enough, though, it will still i secure arrangements. it's not| enough, though, it will still be delayed for a month? the curveball was the delta _ delayed for a month? the curveball was the delta variant. _ delayed for a month? the curveball was the delta variant. but - delayed for a month? the curveball was the delta variant. but why - delayed for a month? the curveball| was the delta variant. but why have we had so many _ was the delta variant. but why have we had so many cases _ was the delta variant. but why have we had so many cases of— was the delta variant. but why have we had so many cases of that? - was the delta variant. but why have l we had so many cases of that? there has been importation _ we had so many cases of that? th

around 19 million people visit blackpool every year. soon - visit blackpool every year. is an - in the assembly? it's in the assembly. there is an act l in the assembly? it's in the| assembly. there is an act of in the assembly? it's in the i assembly. there is an act of it in the assembly? it's in the - assembly. there is an act of it but i don't _ assembly. there is an act of it but i don't seem — assembly. there is an act of it but i don't seem to have that knack. i've idon't seem to have that knack. i've seen— i don't seem to have that knack. i've seen people do it, they lay it flat and _ i've seen people do it, they lay it flat and it — i've seen people do it, they lay it flat and it whips up, but for me, it's not— flat and it whips up, but for me, it's not that _ flat and it whips up, but for me, it's not that easy, i'm afraid. nice and comfy- _ it's not that easy, i'm afraid. nice and comfy. what _ it's not that easy, i'm afraid. nice and comfy. what more _ it's not that easy, i'm afraid. i»! ca: and comfy. what more can you it's not that easy, i'm afraid. i»! c2

in the last weekend of may, blackpool saw its numbers up 147%. southend — 134%.cities, like here in london, it is a completely different picture. the trend here is for people to continue to work from home, so they are not in the centre spending money in the shops and cafes as they once were. and the centre for cities says that if this trend continues into the autumn, then our big cities will see an even bigger economic hit. smaller and medium—sized city centres have a much more local catchment area, so traditionally, where they are pulling their customers from is very much within a very local distance. and the second thing, particularly with seaside towns, is that it appears that we are seeing a revisiting of the great british seaside and are seeing people going back to seaside towns such as blackpool and brighton and bournemouth and taking advantage of both the good weather, but of course also the restrictions in terms of not being able to go abroad. so while the seaside towns might start to suffer if the travel restrictions and the weather turns, for now, the s

beach _ not even on a donkey on blackpool beach so — not even on a donkey on blackpool beach.at— beach. so to get them on a real horse that is moving in a parade of environment with drummers and trumbets — environment with drummers and trumpets and flags and people, it is going _ trumpets and flags and people, it is going to _ trumpets and flags and people, it is going to be a challenge. this trumpets and flags and people, it is going to be a challenge.— going to be a challenge. this is tob . he going to be a challenge. this is tobv- he has — going to be a challenge. this is toby. he has been _ going to be a challenge. this is toby. he has been my - going to be a challenge. this is toby. he has been my mate i going to be a challenge. this is i toby. he has been my mate since going to be a challenge. this is - toby. he has been my mate since the start. i've been on him every time. we are very well matched. when i first saw him, i was like, he looks a bit slow. but yeah. good mates now. i a bit slow. but yeah. good mates now. ., , ., ., ., , now. i feel really honoured to be inv

our investigation begins in the seaside town of blackpool in the north of england. this is the home of a former star of british book whose do or it was a premier league footballer and plead for england. he had a successful career. me waited a very long time before speaking up about what his coach did to him. one morning and late 2016 paul read an article in the guardian newspaper in which an extra foller andy woodward described how he was abused by his coach as the boy shuffling gets a little bit further in the story. if i upset him in any way, drop me from the team. any point you tell me, you will go and you will disappear and the dream won't happen. i was frightened to death because he had complete power over me. by that stage it was like a duel with me and he would try to abuse me sometimes even when my sisters in the same house. it was just like reading my own story with somebody else is somebody else's name. and. and that really resonated with me if you really, really hit a strong note and i felt compelled to to speak, o e ah paul was raped by his coach between

i do recall a taxi driver in blackpool telling me he did not like the little conference come blackpoolally know how to party. —— wendy. let's move on to the express, rob. since this is your favourite subject! more brexit! is your favourite sub'ect! more brexit! ., ., ., , , ., ,, . brexit! tomorrow is five years since the glorious — brexit! tomorrow is five years since the glorious day _ brexit! tomorrow is five years since the glorious day that _ brexit! tomorrow is five years since the glorious day that the _ brexit! tomorrow is five years since the glorious day that the country i the glorious day that the country voted _ the glorious day that the country voted to— the glorious day that the country voted to leave the european union, so i suppose people are probably going _ so i suppose people are probably going to — so i suppose people are probably going to hold their heads in their hands _ going to hold their heads in their hands or— going to hold their heads in their hands orjust try to forget it ever happened — hands orjust try to forget it ever happened orjust think they are now

when you do get out onto the beach in blackpool, send us a - beach in blackpool, send us a picture, weyou have had both your— today? if you are thinking that you have had both yourjabs, - today? if you are thinking that you have had both yourjabs, let's - today? if you are thinking that you have had both yourjabs, let's go i have had both yourjabs, let's go back to a normal life, you will not have to quarantine, you may be able to go on holiday. we will be talking to go on holiday. we will be talking to one of the top advisers to the government. he might be able to answer —— she might be able to answer —— she might be able to answer these questions. and, if you remember malcolm? that foulmouthed remember malcolm ? that foulmouthed malcolm, remember malcolm? that foulmouthed malcolm, the spin doctor from the political satire the thick of it. peter capaldi will be joining political satire the thick of it. peter capaldi will bejoining us political satire the thick of it. peter capaldi will be joining us to answer whether this truth is stranger than fiction. is dominic cummings even weirde

. - they've not even sat _ on a donkey on blackpool beach, so to get them on a real horse that is movingmpets and flags and people, it's going to be a challenge. so, this is toby. he is... well, he's been my mate since the start, i've been on him every time. i think we are very well matched. when i first saw him, i was like, "oh, he looks a bit slower," so i was like, "please give me that one." so, yeah, good mates now. i feel really honoured to be involved in city of culture, i really do feel really privileged, and yeah, i'm so excited! del boy, i've got some apples for you, nice granny smiths! as the godivas make ready, the streets reverberate to a different sound. engine revs. cars — all of them, at one time or another, made in coventry. the motorcade stops at various through the city. out leap dancers — irish... ..caribbean... ..bollywood. each routine a tribute to the different migrant communities that came to coventry to help rebuild after the destruction of the war. i think everyone on the street really needed that, after the past 18 months — and just to have that happen on our st

victoria derbyshire is in blackpool through the day to hear from people living there about what the final stages of unlocking mean for them. nato leaders — including borisjohnson — are gathering in brussels for what the secretary general called a pivotal summit that will open a new chapter for the alliance. christian eriksen�*s agent tells the bbc, he's feeling fine and thanks everyone wising him well. the last time scotland's men qualified for a major international football tournament, there was no scottish parliament and google didn't exist. in half an hour's time, they'll face the czech republic in their first euro 2020 match. 12,000 spectators have been allowed into hampden park — with a further six thousand in the glasgow fan park. jane dougall has been following the scotland team and is inside hampden park. you can probably see behind me that the teams have come out to start warming up. that is the czech republic team directly behind me, scotland are on the far side of the pits. as they came out what a reception hand and gave them. yes, there are only 12,000 fans they are, 25% capac

ah, who's the oh, our investigation begin in the seaside town of blackpool in the north of england. this is the home of a former star of british book. the whole stuart was the premier league footballer and plead for england. he had a successful career in all waited a very long time before speaking up about what his coach did to him. one morning and late 2016 paul read an article in the guardian newspaper in which an x of foller and woodward described how he was abused by his coach as a boy.

residents in blackpool- spend a higher percentage of their income on the council tax than anywhere elseplement a social care precept has brought- in much—needed revenue, it has in some cases placed a disproportionate burden i upon weight payers. whilst the case for reforming social care is clear, _ does the minister agree with me that we require a national- funding model to meet. the costs, and that these cannot fall disproportionately upon councils in deprived - areas? of course, looking ahead in our reforms, we do have to make sure that the way social care is paid for is fair across the country. this shouldn't be a matter of party political point—scoring — that actually, what we need is a sustainable solution. and will she commit to delivering that solution this year so that we can have a social care sector that is fit for purpose for many years to come? the minister agreed and said a consensus was needed across parliament and across the country. you're watching wednesday in parliament with me, david cornock. back now to prime minister's questions, where borisjohnson was challenged ov

living in blackpool, i love the beach.ran reporting. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. good afternoon. very little changes in the weather throughout the day because it's a slow moving situation. showers affect some areas, but sunshine as well. it's a much fresher day across western parts of england and wales, still of the humid airand parts of england and wales, still of the humid air and the chance of downpours across central and eastern areas. a little bit of sunshine, but temperatures are not generally high because of the cloud. still a muggy, with very high levels of pollen for some now we are into grass season. into this evening and overnight, thundery downpours still around, could be quite torrential downpours. that is the potential for further pulses to come up and drift northwards across central and eastern areas throughout the night. most will notice a much fresher night and a more comfortable night for sleeping, temperatures into the low single figures for parts of scotland and northern

507 per 100,000 population waiting more than a year, followed by southend, norfolk and waverly and blackpools that were hit hardest, their health systems had to focus almost exclusively on that acute threat from covid—19 which meant more routine services, like waiting lists, either delayed or were done at a slower pace. hospitals are having to be creative with solutions. at this one in a car park there are operating theatres in pre—manufactured units. construction only started in march. they will start taking patients from monday. in that time, they've created the capacity to do an extra 120 operations per week, one answer to the mounting backlog. here we are in the new operating theatre... staff are already stretched. they say they are determined to get more patients treated at the new facility. we've seen patients in terrible pain. we've had patients who have been crippled by pain and they've experienced tremendous disability, and we really need surgical centres like this to manage those patients and finally get them treated. even during peak covid pressure, cancer services kept going here

the increased support, including surge testing, will be introduced in birmingham, blackpool, warringtonre our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. this is the latest front in the battle against covid—19, a pop—up testing centre on a small industrial estate in winsford in cheshire — where gareth, who works locally, hasjust dropped in. hiya, have you come for a test? yeah. 0k... with the new indian variant being a bit more prompt around the area, ijust thought it would be best to get checked out. i've got no symptoms or nothing like that at the moment, but you could be asymptomatic so bestjust to be safe, isn't it, really? faced with rising infection rates across cheshire, local employers are asking their workers to get tested — like colleagues donna and ian. both have had two doses of the vaccine but are happy nonetheless to make sure they are free of the virus. if you can go in in small groups so we can get everything, everyone tested, and then it's just covering everybody then, so none of us are going into work with covid without the symptoms. local health leaders say, given th

i learned after the massacre tulsa city officials promised full restitution and reparations to blackpool sins but instead turned their backs on them and worked to block the financial contributions including medical health preventing, rebuilding efforts and even ordering those into poor conditions and concentration camps. i never imagined that would eventually bring me back and would be the continuation of the massacre and the degradation of black life. the research of human rights watch brought me back home and not because greenwood's tulsa district was restored to the black economic hub that it once was but because abusive and unchecked police violence a legacy of slavery in the massacre. according to the research police violence and tolls occurred in the broader context of poverty, racial inequality and the deprivation of key human rights. because of the impact of the destructive policies like redlining urban renewal and highway construction tolls the today remains deeply segregated and black neighborhoods are underdeveloped and under resourced especially in north tulsa. to heal all wo

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yesterday we visited blackpool's promenade, and tomorrow we'll be in lincoln, finding out the impactrvived fire and plague in its centuries—long history, but the coronavirus pandemic has emptied its streets of office workers, shoppers and tourists, leading some to question whether the square mile will ever return to the way it was before covid. our business presenter ben thompson is spending the day there. good afternoon. welcome to what is normally the beating heart of the financial world, the financial centre of this country and look, pretty quiet, this interchange normally one of the busiest in the capital and you can see just a few bikes, a few taxis and buses passing through. there are very few office workers returning to the thousands of offices that are in the square mile here. that's the that advice to work from home where possible has been extended like the other restrictions for another four weeks and that means that they are not coming back to the office, they are not spending money and bars, cafes, restaurants, dry cleaners, restau ra nts, dry clea ners, hairdressers rest

507 per 100,000 population waiting more than a year, followed by southend, norfolk and waveney and blackpool this one in a car park there are operating theatres in pre—manufactu red units. construction only started in march, they will start taking patients from one day. in that time they have created the capacity to do an extra 120 operations per week, one answer to the mounting backlog. staff are already stretched, but they say they are determined to get more patients treated at the new facility. we have seen patients in terrible pain, we have had patients who have been crippled by pain and they have experienced tremendous disability. we really do need surgical centres like this to manage those patients and finally get them treated. even during peak covid pressure, cancer services get going here. this woman needed surgery for breast cancer, she was nervous about the virus but relieved it went ahead. the first time i went in, care was amazing and i didn't have any problems at all. the hygiene temperature checks, social distancing, everything was in place. nhs england said the number waiting

the increased support including surge testing will be introduced in birmingham, blackpool, warrenton, hughes reports. our help, correspondent dominic hughes reports. this is the latest front in the battle against covid—19, a pop—up testing centre on a small industrial estate in winsford in cheshire — where gareth, who works locally, hasjust dropped in. hiya, have you come for a test? yeah. 0k... with the new indian variant being a bit more prompt around the area, ijust thought it would be best to get checked out. i've got no symptoms or nothing like that at the moment, but you could be asymptomatic so bestjust to be safe, isn't it, really? faced with rising infection rates across cheshire, local employers are asking their workers to get tested — like colleagues donna and ian. both have had two doses of the vaccine but are happy nonetheless to make sure they are free of the virus. if you can go in in small groups so we can get everything, everyone tested, and then it's just covering everybody then, so none of us are going into work with covid without the symptoms. local health leaders

boroughs that make up greater manchester — as well as parts of lancashire, including blackburn and blackpoolto encourage everyone in manchester and lancashire to get the tests on offer. we know that this approach can work. we have seen at work in south london and in bolton in stopping a rise in the number of cases. this is the next stage of tackling the pandemic in manchester and in lancashire, and of course, it is vital that people in these areas, as with everywhere else, come forward and get the job as soon as they are eligible, because that is our way out of this pandemic together. our way out of this pandemic together-— our way out of this pandemic touether. , ., together. this will matter whether they proceed _ together. this will matter whether they proceed with _ together. this will matter whether they proceed with easing - together. this will matter whether they proceed with easing of - together. this will matter whether they proceed with easing of a - they proceed with easing of a lockdown restriction scheduled to happen in two weeks' time. here the health editor will stop it is cer

yesterday we visited blackpool�*s promenade, and tomorrow we'll be in lincoln, finding out the impactgue in its centuries—long history, but the coronavirus pandemic has emptied its streets of office workers, shoppers and tourists, leading some to question whether the square mile will ever return to the way it was before covid. our business presenter ben thompson is spending the day there. let me tell you, rush hour in the city of london does not normally look like this. it is very quiet a few months after this pandemic began because so many people are still not back at work. we are here right by the bank of england. the financial heart of the capital and thousands of people who would normally be working in the offices around here are not back at work. and all sorts of businesses that poses a problem. businesses big and small, whether it is that landlords of the office blocks to the coffee shops, bars, james, he addresses, and dry cleaners. all of that proves to be a problem if there are not workers here in the city. a little earlier, i spoke to one property developer and they said all

the highest proportion of people waiting more than 52 weeks for care — followed by southend and blackpoolsment — including verbal abuse and being sent unwanted explicit pictures — has become "normalised" for schoolchildren in england, according to 0fsted. the schools watchdog carried out a review after thousands of reports were posted on the "everyone's invited" website, where pupils can share their experiences. 0fsted's chief inspector, amanda spielman, said there needs to be a culture change in schools. in some of the schools we visited, the emphasis was more responsive. when something was reported the school kicked into action and often very effectively. but what we saw less frequently was a really good preventive model, let's really build the culture around this from the beginning, lets carry this through into the relationships and sex education, lets carry this through into the behaviour policy and sanctions. let's make sure the whole package hangs together in sending very strong messages from the very beginning to create the best possible environment for young people to grow up in.

, includlng — testing in birmingham blackpool, including warren singh and the llverpool— including warren for the support that is on offer and when _ for the support that is on offer and when you — for the support that is on offer and when you get the call, get the jab and help— when you get the call, get the jab and help keep us on the road to recovery — and help keep us on the road to recovery. finally, none of this would — recovery. finally, none of this would be _ recovery. finally, none of this would be possible without our vaccine — would be possible without our vaccine program. without the vaccine dates _ vaccine program. without the vaccine dates with _ vaccine program. without the vaccine dates with these rising cases and hospitalisations the clinical recommendation would have been to go back towards lockdown. the vaccine task force _ back towards lockdown. the vaccine task force is — back towards lockdown. the vaccine task force is critical to this work to deliver— task force is critical to this work to deliver supplies, work on booster 'obs to deliver supplies, work on booster

yesterday we visited blackpool's promenade, and tomorrow we'll be in lincoln.lague in its centuries—long history, but the coronavirus pandemic has emptied its streets of office workers, shoppers and tourists, leading some to question whether the square mile will ever return to the way it was before covid. our business presenter ben thompson is spending the day there. reflect for us if you would on the reaction to the extension of restrictions, the delay in moving that final piece of the puzzle? goad that final piece of the puzzle? good morninu. that final piece of the puzzle? good morning. welcome _ that final piece of the puzzle? good morning. welcome to _ that final piece of the puzzle? good morning. welcome to the _ that final piece of the puzzle? chm morning. welcome to the city of london, the financial heart of the country. we are just outside the bank of england and this place at this time of day would normally be packed with office workers, banks and insurance companies doing business. but like many others up and down the country, they are still working