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South Shore Academy teacher charged with murdering baby boy
PLUS: Guesthouse vows to come back from prohibition order better than ever
Jun 15
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Luke Beardsworth
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The Blackpool Lead
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Michael Holmes
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South Shore Academy teacher charged with murdering baby boy
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Focus on child poverty after government u-turns on winter fuel payment
PLUS: A care home is warned to take action after a Bispham pensioner choked on his food after an unseen fall
Jun 11
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Luke Beardsworth
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The Blackpool Lead
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Michael Holmes
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Inside the deal to return Blackpool Tower to council control
PLUS: Who has been whacked on the knuckles over failures to pay the minimum wage?
Jun 8
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Luke Beardsworth
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The Blackpool Lead
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Michael Holmes
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Jamie Lopez
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Inside the deal to return Blackpool Tower to council control
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Blackpool bus service could be blueprint for the rest of Lancashire
PLUS: Cuadrilla accused of breaching planning rules and failing to achieve results
Jun 4
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Blackpool bus service could be blueprint for the rest of Lancashire
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“Not fit to run a licenced premises”: The backstory of the co-owner of the UK's first Reform UK pub
PLUS: Brews in the heart of Blackpool under new St John's plans
Jun 1
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Luke Beardsworth
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The Blackpool Lead
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Michael Holmes
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“Not fit to run a licenced premises”: The backstory of the co-owner of the UK's first Reform UK pub
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May 2025
How 170 people leaving the UK for the US lost their lives in a shipwreck
Historian Colin Reed writes for The Blackpool Lead on the tragedy of 1848
May 30
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How 170 people leaving the UK for the US lost their lives in a shipwreck
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Town Hall bosses could force more people out of their homes under regeneration plans
PLUS: Why has VisitBlackpool spent £250,000 on Pleasure Beach tickets?
May 28
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Luke Beardsworth
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The Blackpool Lead
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Michael Holmes
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Town Hall bosses could force more people out of their homes under regeneration plans
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Blackpool hotel owner lay dead for four days while his 'friend' stole his life
Plus: Reaction to the government's winter fuel payments u-turn
May 25
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Jamie Lopez
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Blackpool hotel owner lay dead for four days while his 'friend' stole his life
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Bosses at Reform UK's first pub 'accidentally' agreed to host two-day neo-Nazi gig
PLUS: A key road has been branded a failure by a road campaigner
May 21
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Luke Beardsworth
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The Blackpool Lead
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Michael Holmes
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Bosses at Reform UK's first pub 'accidentally' agreed to host two-day neo-Nazi gig
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Chris Webb on the rise of Reform UK, toxic online discourse and key moments of first year
PLUS: United Utilities celebrate record profits as people feel the pinch as water bills surge
May 18
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Luke Beardsworth
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The Blackpool Lead
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Michael Holmes
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Jamie Lopez
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Chris Webb on the rise of Reform UK, toxic online discourse and key moments of first year
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Marton's quest for a local church in 1625
Marton historian Philip Walsh looks at Marton Mere, the lake which divided the parish of Poulton-le-Fylde 400 years ago.
May 16
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Air quality report into Jameson Road landfill not enough to declare site safe
PLUS: What the report into violence after the Southport attacks tells us about our area
May 14
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Air quality report into Jameson Road landfill not enough to declare site safe
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