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Blackpool Council puts forward its preferred method for abolishing itself - but what else could happen?
Blackpool Council is on borrowed time. But what comes next?
Nov 30
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Luke Beardsworth
and
The Blackpool Lead
1
Inside Blackpool’s 'foodbank of foodbanks' - which provides more than 17,000 meals per week - in danger of closure
The number of people needing support to feed themselves in Blackpool is growing rather than decreasing
Nov 23
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Luke Beardsworth
and
The Blackpool Lead
4
2
Who pays for Blackpool to have a world-class arena?
Plans for an arena in Blackpool are ambitious and not without obstacles - but there aren't many confident enough to rule them out
Nov 19
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Luke Beardsworth
and
The Blackpool Lead
2
1
Treatment of Palestinian family-of-seven branded ‘horrifying and inhumane’
The Joint Council for The Welfare of Immigrants has expressed its concerns at the treatment of the family
Nov 16
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Luke Beardsworth
2
1
How to spend a £20m pot of money in Grange Park
It should be residents who ultimately decide the best place to spend the money, argues one community development manager about the Pride in Place fund
Nov 2
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Luke Beardsworth
5
1
1
Blackpool again at the centre of 'political football' over grooming gangs
Kemi Badenoch said Labour councils - naming Blackpool - were attempting to suppress the truth over the issue
Oct 26
•
Luke Beardsworth
and
The Blackpool Lead
1
Enforced sale of Alistair Taylor's home to Blackpool Council contributed to his suicide, coroner rules
The Blackpool Lead was at the three-day inquest looking into the death of the much-loved and respected barber and father Alistair Taylor
Oct 19
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Luke Beardsworth
and
The Blackpool Lead
1
Scrap council tax now to fight off Reform, says Blackpool MP
The Lead North called for the abolition of council tax earlier this year - now MPs are starting to agree
Oct 15
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Luke Beardsworth
and
The Blackpool Lead
1
1
Two boys, 13, arrested on suspicion of arson after hotel fire
PLUS: A £400,000 bill for a fishing trawler deemed to have accidentally cut an internet cable running from Ireland to Blackpool
Oct 1
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Luke Beardsworth
and
The Blackpool Lead
1
Blackpool's Reform UK councillors refuse to vote in motion condemning fracking
PLUS: What are the ambitious plans for Stanley Park?
Sep 28
•
Luke Beardsworth
and
The Blackpool Lead
3
1
1
Blackpool councillor apologises for 'provocative' post comparing Reform UK to Nazis
PLUS: The states of trees across the county after a number of deaths in the last 12 months
Sep 21
•
Luke Beardsworth
and
The Blackpool Lead
1
1
Reform UK at risk of being home for Tory rejects
PLUS: Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust finds itself poorly placed in the new NHS league table
Sep 10
•
Luke Beardsworth
,
The Blackpool Lead
, and
Michael Holmes
2
1
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