The Blackpool Lead newsletter

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 •

Luke Beardsworth

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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 •

Luke Beardsworth

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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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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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'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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The Metropole: Closer to a prison than a holiday for asylum seekers

PLUS: Whistleblower shares why she is telling her story

Jul 27 •

Luke Beardsworth

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For sale: Iconic pier

PLUS: We look into what's been happening with the Jameson Road landfill

Jul 23 •

Luke Beardsworth

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The Blackpool Lead

Questions for fire service after anonymous crew member claims lives are at risk

PLUS: Blackpool's suicide strategy with figures still above national average

Jul 20 •

Luke Beardsworth

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'It absolutely stinks': Scorching weekend in the shadow of Jameson Road landfill

PLUS: Calls for action to be taken over Norcross roundabout and the A585

Jul 16 •

Luke Beardsworth

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The battle for the fortune of the Lyndhurst Hotel owner

PLUS: A new future beckons for the delayed Stanley Buildings scheme

Jul 13 •

Luke Beardsworth

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The Blackpool Lead

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Serious safety failings exposed at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

PLUS: An update on heritage trams and their return to Blackpool

Jul 9 •

Luke Beardsworth

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The Blackpool Lead

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Watered down welfare reform bill fails to win support from Blackpool MPs

PLUS: Blackpool Council's breakfast clubs to see significant reforms

Jul 6 •

Luke Beardsworth

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The Blackpool Lead

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