Inside Blackpool's boom as corona kills the foreign holiday
hereCrucially, infection rates are relatively low in the resort, in spite of July 4's re-openings.The latest figures published of the rolling seven-day rate of new cases of coronavirus infections for every local authority in England show in Blackpool, there were eight up to August 2, a fall of three on the previous week.David Weston, chief executive of the Bed and Breakfast Association, says as Boris Johnson made his announcement on easing lockdown measures, which allowed bookings to resume, Blackpool's B&B owners witnessed a 'flurry of bookings'.Now, with what he describes as a 'limited window to pull summer back', the association's members are calling for an extra Bank Holiday to be added in October, to extend the summer season.Social