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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
55 mins ago
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Luke Beardsworth
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Michael Holmes
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Half of Blackpool either forced to go private - or go without - vital dental care
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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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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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Michael Holmes
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Welfare reform must not leave people in Blackpool behind
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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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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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Air quality report into Jameson Road landfill not enough to declare site safe
PLUS: What the report into violence after the Southport attacks tells us about our area
May 14
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Air quality report into Jameson Road landfill not enough to declare site safe
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Blackpool Council was accused of 'insidious' tactics to force sale of home before young dad's death
PLUS: The latest on the Metropole Hotel controversy
Feb 9
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Blackpool Council was accused of 'insidious' tactics to force sale of home before young dad's death
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Getting under the skin of plans to transform central Blackpool
PLUS: Safe haven established for nights out in Blackpool
Jan 22
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Michael Holmes
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Getting under the skin of plans to transform central Blackpool
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Hundreds sign petition objecting to plans for view-torching sea defence compound at Anchorsholme
The site, part of an £11m scheme to address sand levels, is said to be needed to protect homes and halt coastal erosion.
Jan 12
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Hundreds sign petition objecting to plans for view-torching sea defence compound at Anchorsholme
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Woman's body found in Blackpool restaurant two days after CCTV catches her entering
Sabrina Lyttle was inside the restaurant for two days before her body was discovered
Jan 8
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Woman's body found in Blackpool restaurant two days after CCTV catches her entering
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Blackpool homeless charity warns of funding cliff edge which could leave people out in the cold
Streetlife needs to find £240,000 in new funding to replace grants due to end in 2025, reports Shelagh Parkinson
Dec 29, 2024
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Blackpool homeless charity warns of funding cliff edge which could leave people out in the cold
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Anchorsholme pensioners bought their flats for the view - now it will be blocked
Margaret, speaking to The Blackpool Lead, said the sales of two flats at Wilvere Court have fallen through because of the plans
Dec 11, 2024
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Anchorsholme pensioners bought their flats for the view - now it will be blocked
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