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A Christmas message to Blackpool
Dr Barbara Kneale, a campaigner we have worked with on a number of our reports in 2025, writes to you this Christmas Eve
Dec 24
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Luke Beardsworth
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The Blackpool Lead
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Man lands job at popular Merlin attraction while facing allegations of paedophilia
Blackpool South MP Chris Webb, who has a toddler son, suggested he will now push for the law to be changed.
Dec 21
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Luke Beardsworth
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The Blackpool Lead
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Illuminations row escalates as cost of Llewelyn-Bowen designs to taxpayer set out
Llewelyn-Bowen's contributions to the Illuminations have come under fire from the Conservative leader of the opposition
Dec 17
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Luke Beardsworth
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Greenlands by-election preview: A test for both Reform UK and Labour
PLUS: The latest on former MP for Blackpool South Scott Benton
Dec 14
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Luke Beardsworth
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The Blackpool Lead
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A shower of poo is still pumped into Blackpool sea despite water bills surging
At this stage, no poo in the sea would be more newsworthy
Dec 10
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Luke Beardsworth
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The Blackpool Lead
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Ambitious heating system to be built underneath Blackpool - if funding can be found
The plan - which is not going to happen quickly - would supply heat to the four areas where there is the greatest demand
Dec 7
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Luke Beardsworth
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The Blackpool Lead
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Claremont People’s Plan could offer blueprint for improving areas if successful
The plan makes asks of government and the local authority - but also residents themselves
Dec 3
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Luke Beardsworth
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The Blackpool Lead
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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
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The Blackpool Lead
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Jameson Road landfill still stinks and causing symptoms, says new health report
Headaches, nausea and more as side effects not enough to bring the end to the Jameson Road landfill that residents hope for
Nov 26
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Luke Beardsworth
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The Blackpool Lead
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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
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The Blackpool Lead
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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
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The Blackpool Lead
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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
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