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UK's Blackpool International Airport to close
2014-10-08 01:00:00| Airport Technology
Blackpool International Airport in Lancashire, UK, will be closing operations as its operating company has failed to find a new buyer.
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Blackpool Airport closure confirmed
2014-10-07 20:50:48| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Blackpool International Airport announces that it will close on 15 October, after failing to find a buyer.
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United Kingdom: Blackpool anti-fracking camp: 'I'm here for my 10 grandchildren'
2014-08-15 18:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A group of local anti-fracking campaigners is set to be joined by up to 1,000 people this weekend as the nationwide protest against the controversial extraction process moves to Lancashire. The group, which is mainly composed of mothers and grandparents, has occupied a local farmers field in Little Plumpton, five miles from Blackpool, since 5am last Thursday. The field is adjacent to two sites where Cuadrilla plans to drill. Wed put all over Facebook that we were in Preston so nobody would...
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United Kingdom: Protesters occupy field near Cuadrillas proposed fracking site in Blackpool
2014-08-14 18:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Several hundred anti-fracking protesters have taken over a field near a proposed exploration site for shale gas in the Fylde area, east of Blackpool. The No Dash for Gas Reclaim The Power camp has positioned itself close to one of two planned drill sites by energy firm Cuadrilla and is expected to remain for six days. Inga Wilde, a campaigner at the camp said: Blackpool is the first location for fracking in the UK, the first test site. So wed like to stop fracking here and fracking everywhere...
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Network Rail to upgrade Blackpool rail line in north-west England
2014-08-08 01:00:00| Railway Technology
Network Rail has announced plans for additional investment to improve the rail line between Preston and Blackpool North, in order to provide better services in north-west England.
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