'Dead' English town that lost Wetherspoons & McDonald's is getting £15m makeover

'Dead' English town that lost Wetherspoons & McDonald's is getting £15m makeover

A ‘DEAD’ English ghost town which lost its Wetherspoons and McDonald’s has turned around its fortunes with a huge £15m revamp. Some of the 64,000 locals living in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, have previously slammed their town for having “gone downhill rapidly” – but new investment aims to reverse this decline. Kirklees CouncilPlans have been approved to renew Dewsbury Market and to build a new park next to the site[/caption] AlamyLocals have said …