I must admit I find it incredibly odd that Blackpool has seemingly managed to escape local lockdown restrictions, or at least have very minimal measures compared to other areas in the North, especially considering its status as a big tourist destination and the high rates of COVID in the surrounding area of the North West!
Am I missing something here? Admittedly, I live in the South West, which has managed to maintain pretty low COVID rates throughout the pandemic (my district has yet to register weekly case numbers in anything higher than single figures; I think the height the Forest of Dean reached was 8 weekly cases in April or May?), so I’m not as clued up on the situation up North as those who live further North, but it does seem somewhat baffling to me.