A Great Town Deserves Great Journalism
On March 5th 1993 the Olympic sprinter Ben Johnson was banned from athletics for life after failing a mandatory drugs test. Twenty years later to the very day, Cleveleys News, the premier news service for the town of Thornton Cleveleys was launched. Few would disagree that of the two events, this was better. Thornton-Cleveleys is widely regarded as the greatest place in England. In fact statistics show that Cleveleys residents never or rarely leave the town. True, the vast majority of them are infirm and bed-ridden, but we are convinced that even if they could get up and walk away, they wouldn't. In one recent survey we asked 100 locals how much they loved Cleveleys. Of these, 99 categorically stated that they either loved it more than life itself, or that they did not understand the question. The remaining 1 sadly passed away before we could get to him. Such a great town deserves a great news service, and that is what we at Cleveleys News aim to provide. We are not