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Refugee child watches on as 'send them home' flag waves outside
PLUS: Skeleton found on Cleveleys beach
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Luke Beardsworth
, 
The Blackpool Lead
, and 
Michael Holmes
Refugees living in Metropole Hotel to be reminded they could always go home
PLUS: Fallout from Blackpool Council's adult social care services being rated as inadequate
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Luke Beardsworth
, 
The Blackpool Lead
, and 
Michael Holmes
Blackpool Council told it must improve adult social care in damning new report
PLUS: A particularly upsetting case where a girl was subjected to ‘unimaginable abuse’ at the hands of a man from Blackpool. He has unsuccessfully…
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Luke Beardsworth
 and 
The Blackpool Lead
Dry weather not enough to prevent sewage discharges in Blackpool sea
PLUS: Eight years of the Anchorsholme sea wall compound angst set to be endured
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Luke Beardsworth
, 
Michael Holmes
, and 
The Blackpool Lead
The Metropole: Closer to a prison than a holiday for asylum seekers
PLUS: Whistleblower shares why she is telling her story
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Luke Beardsworth
 and 
The Blackpool Lead
For sale: Iconic pier
PLUS: We look into what's been happening with the Jameson Road landfill
 • 
Luke Beardsworth
 and 
The Blackpool Lead
Questions for fire service after anonymous crew member claims lives are at risk
PLUS: Blackpool's suicide strategy with figures still above national average
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Luke Beardsworth
 and 
The Blackpool Lead
'It absolutely stinks': Scorching weekend in the shadow of Jameson Road landfill
PLUS: Calls for action to be taken over Norcross roundabout and the A585
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Luke Beardsworth
 and 
The Blackpool Lead
The battle for the fortune of the Lyndhurst Hotel owner
PLUS: A new future beckons for the delayed Stanley Buildings scheme
 • 
Luke Beardsworth
, 
The Blackpool Lead
, and 
Michael Holmes
Serious safety failings exposed at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
PLUS: An update on heritage trams and their return to Blackpool
 • 
Luke Beardsworth
, 
The Blackpool Lead
, and 
Michael Holmes
Half of Blackpool either forced to go private - or go without - vital dental care
PLUS: The biggest changes to the bins since they got wheels
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Luke Beardsworth
, 
The Blackpool Lead
, and 
Michael Holmes
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…
 • 
Luke Beardsworth
, 
The Blackpool Lead
, and 
Michael Holmes
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