Police were called to a crash between a Yamaha motorbike and a white coloured Vauxhall Combo van on Burnley Road. Even clowns flirt with death. “We don’t actually have a death wish.”, The Flying Neves, a Brazillian trapeze family (Photo: David Street/Great Yarmouth Hippodrome). It is lit during the annual Illuminations, when the town and seafront are decorated with colourful illuminated displays for 6 miles (10 km) along the promenade. A post box was opened at the top of the tower in 1949. When it opened, Blackpool Tower was the tallest man made structure in the British Empire. It housed 57 different species of fresh water and salt water fish, and the largest tank held 32,000 litres (7,000 imp gal; 8,500 US gal) of salt water. All Rights Reserved. Copyright © 2020 Multiply Media, LLC. A new system of hydraulic riveting was used, based on the technology of Fielding & Platt of Gloucester. Also, the World Modern Jive Championships are held annually. The circus band play a variety of different songs, usually Latin for the acts. The Globe of Death (Photo: Piet-Hein Out/Zippos). The beam could be seen 30 miles (48 km) away; Moore called for it to be stopped. The new polar ship will transform UK research in the polar regions and will be used on BAS missions which are critical for understanding and making sense of changing climate. Blackpool At around 1.35pm the procession will pause outside Blackpool Tower and the Comedy Carpet, where fans in the town can pay their respects Heartbreaking family tribute to …

The ballroom floor is 120 ft × 102 ft (37 m × 31 m) and is made up of 30,602 blocks of mahogany, oak and walnut. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. The material on this site can not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with prior written permission of Multiply. Conor has spent an extra £5000 to make it extra special due to the covid pandemic, Chief of Defence Staff General Sir Nick Carter (centre) joining members of all three armed services, in Waterloo Station, London, to support the Royal British Legions Poppy Appeal by collecting donations and selling poppies on London Poppy Day, Surfers take to high waves caused by Atlantic swells in Mullaghmore in Co Sligo, A rare giant Japanese spider crab is moved into the sale room during a preview of the forthcoming Evolution Sale at Summers Place Auctions, Billinghurst, West Sussex, A television crew prepare to do a live transmission opposite the Nave Andromeda, an oil tanker berthed at Southampton docks, southwest England.