'blackspots' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is typically used to describe a place or situation that is a source of trouble, danger, or difficulty. Example: The city council identified several blackspots in the downtown area where crime rates were high and implemented measures to increase police presence and improve lighting.
Back in his office in Strabane, one of Northern Ireland's worst unemployment blackspots, Doherty, 55, chair of the Stormont economic committee and based in West Tyrone for five years, expounds his plans to bring jobs and infrastructure to a neglected region.
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McGowan ran a broad-based insurgent campaign based on local concerns, articulated through a "kitchen table" consultation called Voice 4 Indi, over broadband availability, mobile phone blackspots and health and transport infrastructure.
But that might eventually prove to be a boon, for if the technology becomes widespread then weather forecasters might contribute to the cost of installing base stations in coverage blackspots—something for which the 10% of humanity not yet within range of a mobile-phone mast might be thankful.
That said, no one knows how profitable Barça is, nor how indebted.How has a club that is based in one of Europe's unemployment blackspots turned itself into the ruling power in the world's most popular sport?
His comments came as he launched a new initiative that will see 2,500 officers being asked to reinforce traffic rules in London's worst blackspots.
"It was a promise made and it is now a promise kept," said Tony Blair, hailing the New Deal as "one of the government's proudest achievements".In Tower Hamlets, an East London unemployment blackspot sandwiched between the City and Canary Wharf, Matthew Wheeler is one of the young people who will be counted in the New Deal statistics.
Job-creation in Spain, the EU's unemployment blackspot, has been even more impressive: the number in work swelled by more than 5% in the first quarter, compared with the same period in 1999.
Not only is this a beautifully executed feature, it's a real bonus if you find yourself in a network blackspot but there's wi-fi around.
Devon contained the only "rural blackspot" with six pedal bike accidents recorded last year on the A3072 near Beaworthy Devon.
Hani Mutlaq, the executive manager of Lydd Airport, said the expansion would bring needed investment to the area and help rejuvenate an "economic blackspot".
