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Blackpool’s child poverty battle is getting worse, not better
The two-child benefit cap is directly making it harder for families in Blackpool to escape poverty
Oct 22
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Luke Beardsworth
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The Blackpool Lead
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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
Under the skin of the decision to extend the Illuminations season in Blackpool
It has been welcomed by the businesses it aims to support - but there remains scepticism in the council opposition ranks
Oct 12
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Luke Beardsworth
and
The Blackpool Lead
1
Ambitious plans for central Blackpool transformation are under way
PLUS: Forever-chemical testing to resume on the Fylde Coast
Oct 8
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Luke Beardsworth
and
The Blackpool Lead
1
Mentally unwell STILL waiting days for treatment at The Vic
PLUS: Why fracking entering the national politics debate is not good for Lancashire
Oct 5
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Luke Beardsworth
and
The Blackpool Lead
2
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
Blackpool's Reform UK councillors refuse to vote in motion condemning fracking
PLUS: What are the ambitious plans for Stanley Park?
Sep 28
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Luke Beardsworth
and
The Blackpool Lead
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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
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Luke Beardsworth
and
The Blackpool Lead
1
Role of Blackpool Council in death of Alistair Taylor to be scrutinised by a coroner
PLUS: A Blackpool woman who sued the Ministry of Defence after falling off a horse and shattering her shoulder has been branded “fundamentally…
Sep 14
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Luke Beardsworth
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The Blackpool Lead
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Michael Holmes
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Blackpool Council's potential role in death of much-loved dad to be examined at inquest
PLUS: Is fracking about to be back on the table on the Fylde Coast?
Aug 27
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Luke Beardsworth
and
The Blackpool Lead
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…
Aug 6
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Luke Beardsworth
and
The Blackpool Lead
1
The story of a Blackpool captain convicted for being homosexual
Local historian Anne Charlesworth writes on Captain Edward Rigby - convicted in 1698 of sodomy
Aug 1
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The Blackpool Lead
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