The Blackpool Lead newsletter

The year in headlines from Multiversity scandal to Metropole whistleblowers

The best of our exclusive, investigative journalism in 2025

Dec 31, 2025 • Luke Beardsworth and The Blackpool Lead

Council leader slams asylum seeker misinformation in end of year message

Cllr Lynn Williams also addressed where the authority is focusing in terms of redevelopment over the next 12 months

Dec 28, 2025 • Luke Beardsworth and The Blackpool Lead

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, 2025 • Luke Beardsworth and The Blackpool Lead

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, 2025 • Luke Beardsworth and The Blackpool Lead

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, 2025 • Luke Beardsworth

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, 2025 • Luke Beardsworth and The Blackpool Lead

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, 2025 • Luke Beardsworth and The Blackpool Lead

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, 2025 • Luke Beardsworth and The Blackpool Lead

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, 2025 • Luke Beardsworth and The Blackpool Lead

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, 2025 • Luke Beardsworth and The Blackpool Lead

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, 2025 • Luke Beardsworth and The Blackpool Lead

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, 2025 • Luke Beardsworth and The Blackpool Lead

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