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After council vowed Stanley Park high ropes were not gone for good - it turns out they are
PLUS: The latest on who is, might be and isn't politicising child sexual exploitation in Blackpool
Jun 29
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Luke Beardsworth
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The Blackpool Lead
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Michael Holmes
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After council vowed Stanley Park high ropes were not gone for good - it turns out they are
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Welfare reform must not leave people in Blackpool behind
PLUS: A pensioner died of a heart attack after being left waiting almost two weeks for an urgent bypass operation that should have been done within…
Jun 25
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The Blackpool Lead
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Michael Holmes
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Welfare reform must not leave people in Blackpool behind
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New report calls for Blackpool to be included in national grooming gang inquiry
Plus: Where Blackpool scored in council climate rankings and 'root cause of toxic culture' at Blackpool Vic is convicted of 12 counts of sexual assault
Jun 22
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New report calls for Blackpool to be included in national grooming gang inquiry
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Operators of Reform UK's first pub, where Nigel Farage drank last week, previously hosted BNP including jailed neo-Nazi Jack Renshaw
PLUS: Hope Not Hate say it is unfortunate that Reform UK have joined a 'miserable guestlist'
Jun 18
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Operators of Reform UK's first pub, where Nigel Farage drank last week, previously hosted BNP including jailed neo-Nazi Jack Renshaw
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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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Focus on child poverty after government u-turns on winter fuel payment
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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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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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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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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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Blackpool hotel owner lay dead for four days while his 'friend' stole his life
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