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A balcony has collapsed at flats in Newby Palce.

Balcony collapse terror

RESIDENTS were lucky to be alive today after a second-storey walkway at a block of flats collapsed.

Coun Tony Williams

Row over ‘part-time’ councillors

A POLITICAL row has erupted over plans to move council meetings later in the evening to allow councillors who work full time to attend.

Follow up on neighbourhood reaction to the serious assault at the weekend on a man at the junction of Hatfield Avenue and Broomfield Road in Fleetwood.
Bloodstains at the scene. PIC BY ROB LOCK
28-5-2012

Man charged over Fleetwood assault

A MAN has been charged with assault after a 43-year-old was left in a coma following an incident in Fleetwood on Saturday night.

Police executed a number of early morning drug raids in Fleetwood and arrested three people.
An officer uses a battering ram to open the front door. PIC BY ROB LOCK
28-5-2012

Police swoops target dealers

SUSPECTED drug dealers were taken off the streets when police raided five homes,

Undated MoD handout photo of Corporal Jack Stanley from The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish), who has died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, more than two months after being injured in an explosion in Afghanistan. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday April 9, 2012. See PA story DEFENCE Afghanistan. Photo credit should read: MoD Crown Copyright/PA Wire 
NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

Medal of honour for tragic soldier

THE Blackpool dad of a soldier who died two months after he was caught in an explosion in Afghanistan has accepted a medal of honour in his memory.

Sport rss

Blackpool Chairman Karl Oyston

Oyston: Relationship with Holloway is better than ever

KARL Oyston insists his relationship with Blackpool manager Ian Holloway has never been stronger – but ahead of their meeting this week, the chairman admitted that if a “bigger” club came in he would have no hesitation in allowing the manager to go.

Blackpool Chairman Karl Oyston

Win £100 of book vouchers

IT’S a sensational summer of sport, not only for TV viewers but for ardent readers as well.

boxer kris carslaw at lagoon leisure centre paisley

Kris out to stun Rose

SCOTTISH light-middleweight Kris Carslaw is backing himself to cause an upset when he challenges Blackpool’s Brian Rose for his British title at Bowlers Arena in Manchester on Saturday night.

Ian Evatt thanks the fans at the final whistle

Evatt: This Pool side is so special

IAN Evatt says Blackpool fans will only realise how good this team is in years to come.

Hundreds of sun-drenched souls braved the blistering temperatures in Blackpool yesterday to take part in the 10km beach run.

Life’s a beach, but still you try

RUNNERS braved sweltering heat as they tackled a gruelling 10km beach course.

Video

You’re in the (Cod) Army now video

FLEETWOOD Town have unveiled their first signings as a Football League club, including a young striker they believe has the pedigree to be a future Jamie Vardy.

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Keeping tradition of a perfect British farce

Dry Rot - Grand Theatre, Blackpool

Katherine Jenkins

Katherine comes home for once in a Preston Guild

Former Lytham Proms and Blackpool Opera House headliner Katherine Jenkins is to sing with José Carreras in a world first at Preston Guild’s Proms in the Park on Friday September 7.

The cast of Sabbat re-trace the steps of the Lancashire Witches

Not so black Sabbat

The cast of The Dukes latest production In Lancaster have walked in the footsteps of some of the characters they will portray.

Interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen at the Lights depot.

LLB’s lighting up the town

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen talks about his role in the Lights and hopes for Blackpool’s bright future.

What's On

What’s On Tuesday 29th May

Don’t miss our What’s On section for all the best in entertainment across the Fylde coast.

Community rss

Blackpool Tower on fire in 1897.
historical

Memory Lane: Keeping a flame alive

NO, it is not a picture of the Olympic torch passing through the resort...

Deputy head girl Norma Sheffield (now Mrs Broadbridge) is on the centre row, fourth from right, next to Layton Hill Convent headmistress Mother Mary Frideswide

Memory Lane: Classmates

THE former junior school of Layton Hall Convent was demolished earlier this week, now little more than a pile of rubble on St Walburgas Road, Layton, as the £22.5m redevelopment of what is now St Mary’s College continues.

Medics say the MMR jab is the key.

Never too late to be vaccinated – docs

Don’t hesitate – vaccinate. That’s the message from health experts to parents on the Fylde coast and young people aged under 16, to avoid a measles outbreak in the area.

Blackpool FC player Keith Southern.

Men’s health matters

THE earlier you can get help, the better. That’s the message from health experts at Blackpool Victoria Hospital ahead of Men’s Health Week, which starts on June 11.

Mia Tinsley, 12, and Jasmine Barrow, 11, who completed 200 obstacles at Kaos, Lytham, as part of a school challenge to raise money for Easterleigh Animal Sanctuary.

High flying duo rake in the cash

Mia Tinsley and Jasmine Barrow took to the air to tackle high-wire obstacles after coming up with an innovative way to help their school raise funds for the arson-hit Easterleigh Animal Sanctuary.

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