Alistair Clarke MBE

I may have been the recipient, but the honour is really for work done by the whole team at @SESCICUK #socialprecribing in #Blackpool and @SelnetLtd on the amazing BBO and Drive projects in #Lancashire #Socent in action!

@davidmbarnett @ObserverUK “You’re hired” made me laugh. Sending best wishes from Preston.

For the @ObserverUK I wrote about getting an unexpected cancer diagnosis, and what happened next. observer.co.uk/news/opinion-a…

Fun day with the Mayor of Preston, councillor Sue Whittam, launching the Selnet business support project for Preston City Council. The launch was at an amazing new business, Female Body Workouts. If you know anyone looking to start-up or grow a business, give me a shout!

Amazing team on @easyJet EZY2071 today. Air traffic problem kicked in as we lined up to take off. While waiting the pilot gave cockpit tours, posed for selfies while the crew handed out water. Lots of information and understanding from captain. Now an @easyJetholidays break

@jumpjim Yes there certainly are some great captains on BA!

Let’s put this in context.. The VAST majority of my colleagues at BA are MORE than happy to have flight deck visits, and encourage them. Please bear in mind that the end of the flight is often much easier to accommodate than the beginning. If it’s a training flight, with someone who may be on their first flight on type, then it might be difficult (And inappropriate) to accommodate, but again the end of the flight is easier than preflight. If we (The flight crew) say no, then please don’t take it personally. We may be fighting slot delays, technical issues, crewing issues, late arrivals at the aircraft etc. and may simply not have enough time to see you. But please ask. A flight deck visit when I was about 10 led to a 31 year career (To date 😁), so it’s well worth taking them time to ask. #avgeek #avgeeks #aviation

@richie_anderson Is that you? I was launching a new @Tesco store around 2013, West Brom I think

@DrSteveTaylor Why are you putting yourself forward as someone who understands the complex issues in health in Blackpool and coming up with simplistic solutions? Sure, make these general points about NHS in Lancashire but talk to Dr Arif Rapura and better inform yourself about Blackpool.

The new Chair Penny Dash & CEO Sir Jim Mackey of NHS England would do well to revisit the conversations and presentation from October 2024. Many things are said and forgotten as leaders are replaced but the suffering continues. Listen to GPs @wesstreeting

Blackpool Known for the Tower, the winter lights , summer holidays & Strictly Come Dancing. But behind the glamour is one of the poorest most deprived areas of the country The life expectancy is more than 10yrs lower than the UK average & health inequalities are a huge problem

@AliRehmanMalik3 I’m surprised at this article if you’ve been to Blackpool as it’s a very superficial understanding of what’s going on, no doubt aimed at the readership and simplistic solutions. What mill or factory work is Blackpool based on? The answer’s very little to do with money or trains.

My Op-ed in the @Daily_Express “Replacing paving stones in the town square won’t bring these communities back to life. Not if people don’t have income to spend, or purpose to hold onto. Access to skilled work and training is the foundation for renewal. And right now, that foundation is missing.” express.co.uk/news/uk/206685…

@radioriley He seemed preoccupied, understandable if you sing about America for 50 years and then its president calls you an obnoxious jerk, but when he got it off his chest in a powerful speech, he looked happier and relaxed

Well, there were 25,000 people tonight, raging against the dying of the light, and Bruce was leading us

My 21st @springsteen concert, at Manchester’s @TheCoopLive and he was magnificent again. More political, but we can give him that. There’s a great line in Wrecking Ball, which they did tonight

@radioriley Poor man wanna be rich Rich man wanna be king And a king ain't satisfied 'Til he rules everything Badlands

“…Now when all this steel and these stories, they drift away to rust And all our youth and beauty, it's been given to the dust When the game has been decided and we're burning down the clock And all our little victories and glories have turned into parking lots…”

@StevieVanZandt 20th May, Manchester The songs, the messages, felt much more powerful and intense tonight

@ThrillPix To put the photo in context, this area of Central Drive will become the new £300m Blackpool Central Development with a host of new, next-generation visitor attractions for the town’s 21 million annual holidaymakers.

Blackpool 🙃

@radioriley @ring Mine doesn’t do that, just click the app and goes straight through

@ring When the ring app pops up on my phone it is normally because I am out and there is someone at my front door with a parcel. By the time you have forced me, every time, to go through email, password and then verification the person has normally left my house!

The team here at Social Enterprise Solutions in Blackpool are delighted to have been working with the Saudi Kingdom in developing and embedding social enterprise principles in their economy. arabnews.com/node/2586691/s…

The team at Fun Coast Digital are saddened by the passing of our good friend Linda Nolan. Linda was fiercely proud of Blackpool and did everything she could to promote the resort. Our thoughts are with her family at this sad time. Linda here with Fun Coast director John Barnett

If you want to see the beautiful Lancashire village where we live, its on Songs Of Praise at 1:15 today

Ode to Chris… In a world of darkness, you’ve learned to dance and slay, With every step you’ve found your way, You’ve taught the world anything can be done, As long as you don’t stick out your bum! Though shoulders raised, lack of swing & sway, With every heel lead you discovered the day, A heart that dances pure & free, Is worth much more than a ten from me. You’re a light that shines for all to see!

The Together at Christmas Carol Service at Westminster Abbey last night wasn't the only one taking place... At the iconic Blackpool Tower the latest of our fifteen Community Carol Services celebrated even more people who have displayed love, empathy and support to those around them.

@NicolaSturgeon Lovely

Knowing for the past few weeks that this moment was fast approaching didn’t make it any less heartbreaking to hear the news early this morning that Janey had died. Janey Godley truly was a force of nature, and one of the funniest people I have ever known. I was able to visit her in the hospice a couple of weeks ago and though she was fragile, she still had me in stitches. Janey was also incredibly kind. And she made the world a better place. A bond was forged between us in the darkest days of Covid when her famous voiceovers of my daily briefings went viral. In the toughest of times, she made people laugh - and that was precious. She did more that that though. In managing to project the serious public health messages of my briefings to a much wider audience than I would have managed alone, she helped save lives. The photos on this post are from an event we did together last year - it was a special night. I was so proud to call Janey a friend and will miss her hugely. My heart goes out to her family and many friends - they are in my thoughts today. I know Frank will have been there, holding the door for her as she went - with a tear in his eye, as I have in mine. RIP my friend ❤️

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@charliersmith1 Good for you Charlie

A year ago today, I was on a psych ward. I was suicidal, and didn’t hold out much hope for the future A year on, out for a walk earlier, I couldn’t help but smile. It hasn’t been easy, but I’m so glad I stayed 😀 #WorldMentalHealthDay