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Security at Metropole under review after videographer gains entry
PLUS: Inquest to open into the circumstances that led to a skeleton washing up on Cleveleys beach
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Security at Metropole under review after videographer gains entry
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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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Blackpool Council's potential role in death of much-loved dad to be examined at inquest
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Inside the new battle to close The Metropole Hotel for asylum seekers
PLUS: Campaigners believe Wyre has not been fully explored as an alternative route for windfarm cabling
Aug 24
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Luke Beardsworth
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Michael Holmes
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Inside the new battle to close The Metropole Hotel for asylum seekers
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Wakes Weeks and how entire towns emptied to visit Blackpool
Robert Leach writes for The Blackpool Lead on the North West's tradition of heading to the seaside
Aug 22
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Wakes Weeks and how entire towns emptied to visit Blackpool
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Key road outside Aldi to be overhauled after multiple crashes
PLUS: Indian street food wars as staff leave one award-winning restaurant to set up their own
Aug 20
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Luke Beardsworth
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Michael Holmes
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Key road outside Aldi to be overhauled after multiple crashes
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Long waits at Blackpool Victoria Hospital’s A&E department lead surge in distressing sores
PLUS: What really happened with Backlot Cinema?
Aug 17
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Luke Beardsworth
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Michael Holmes
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Jamie Lopez
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Long waits at Blackpool Victoria Hospital’s A&E department lead surge in distressing sores
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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
Aug 10
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Luke Beardsworth
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Michael Holmes
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Refugees living in Metropole Hotel to be reminded they could always go home
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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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Blackpool Council told it must improve adult social care in damning new report
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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
Aug 3
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Dry weather not enough to prevent sewage discharges in Blackpool sea
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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 story of a Blackpool captain convicted for being homosexual
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'Well-liked' Blackpool mum died in restaurant toilet and was only discovered two days later
PLUS: Talbot Gateway firm records significant profits for last year
Jul 30
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'Well-liked' Blackpool mum died in restaurant toilet and was only discovered two days later
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The Metropole: Closer to a prison than a holiday for asylum seekers
PLUS: Whistleblower shares why she is telling her story
Jul 27
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The Metropole: Closer to a prison than a holiday for asylum seekers
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