Should Turkey fail to open its ports and airspace to the Greek-Cypriots, its own membership talks may stall.

ECONOMIST: Turkey and Cyprus

Indeed, some advocates of liberalisation worry that open postal markets will fail to attract new entrants and that eliminating the reserved area will not guarantee competition.

ECONOMIST: Europe's postal services

But concerns it could fail to open in time for the bank holiday weekend has led the council to grant a 28-day licence for rides to be allowed to operate on the beachfront.

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