Big Issue to offer video channel online
on the entrance which reads: “No Sunday car boot until further notice.”
Mary Ball, 60, a retired hospital domestic, said: “They need to put more money into the councils in this area.
“They keep putting our rates up but nothing is getting better.
“They were talking about regenerating the Victorian shopping parade because that’s been shut for years.
“Boris Johnson is just like the Donald Trump of England.
“He needs to act more like a Prime Minister for the whole country and sort this out. In Dewsbury so many shops have shut down never to reopen. We really need more help. It’s the worst I’ve ever seen it.”
McDonald’s left Dewsbury in November 2013 when its town centre outlet started to fail.
Staff were all given jobs at the nearby Heckmondwike or Birstall restaurants.
A recent application for a new drive-through at Chidswell was turned down by councillors.
THE Big Issue is branching out into the video world as its latest innovation in a year of huge digital change for the organisation.
A video on-demand channel – TBI TV – is being launched, in partnership with video platform Alchimie, showing documentary films on issues such as social activism, finance, culture, health and technology.
The Big Issue said the range of subjects would mirror the magazine’s focus on stories it believed shaped the world.
Barry Llewellyn, managing director of Alchimie UK, said: “Our partnership not only provides TBI TV with a vast pipeline of premium documentaries to choose from and direct management of the channel, but Alchimie Studio provides the editorial team with the ability to create original and exclusive content, animations and highlights.”
More than 500 vendors across the UK have signed up to TBI’s new online subscription page, meaning customers can buy the magazine directly from them even while they are off the street.