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Job cuts and rides shelved as Pleasure Beach cites cost-of-living crisis in announcing further losses

PLUS: An inquest opens into the death of a woman believed to have been murdered - and Blackpool and The Fylde College under the microscope

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Luke Beardsworth, The Blackpool Lead, and Jamie Lopez
Mar 26, 2025
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Hello and welcome to The Blackpool Lead.

In today’s edition, we look at the accounts of Blackpool Pleasure Beach, which were made public over the weekend.

It’s a key employer for Blackpool - and obviously iconic besides - and this is underlined by them taking on more members of staff in the last financial year despite losses.

It is two consecutive set of…

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