- PM accepts White House invitation
- PM picks up shopping on way home
- Rhyming plea over library closures
- British passenger 'fell from liner'
- 1,000 people expected in marches
- Towns regeneration contest launched
- Met and FBI call 'taped by hackers'
- New cancer cases 'up 30% by 2030'
- Widespread snow looms for weekend
- I feel fantastic, says Robin Gibb
- Paedophile jailed over porn seizure
- Three die in Legionnaires' outbreak
- John Terry loses England captaincy
- Redknapp has 'back to the wall'
- No pub assault charge for Downing
- Ex-PCSO jailed for rape of girl, 12
- Facebook stalker guilty of murder
- 21 years for street killer husband
- BT in 'ultra-fast' broadband pledge
- Disruption as freight train derails
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Fire death mum makes desperate appeal video
A MOTHER devastated by the death of her “four beautiful children” in a tragic blaze has pleaded with the person responsible to imagine her pain and turn themselves in.
Blackpool’s new Promenade cracking up
BLACKPOOL’S multi-million pound Promenade is breaking under the strain of traffic – just months after opening.
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Predator, 54, guilty of 27 sex charges
A SEXUAL “predator” has been warned he faces a lengthy prison term after being found guilty of a string of sex offences towards young boys.
Teenager on death charge
AN 18-year-old driver has appeared in court accused of causing the death of a teenage passenger travelling in her car.
Gang stop £1,000 raid for a drink
BRAZEN thieves stole £1,000 worth of booze from a Blackpool nightclub – but not before settling down for a drink in the venue first.
Sport
Tips for Sunday, February 5
MUSSELBURGH: 1.30 Bowdler’s Magic, 2.0 Venitzia, 2.30 Quito Du Tresor, 3.0 White Fusion, 3.30 Bold Sir Brian, 4.0 Conquisto, 4.30 Commercial Express.
Tips for Saturday, February 4
LINGFIELD: 12.50 Divine Rule, 1.20 Hecton Lad, 1.55 Cut The Cackle, 2.25 Chjimes, 3.0 Tarooq, 3.35 Franco Is My Name, 4.35 Burnhope.
Evo: Coventry’s keeper bit me
IAN Evatt claims he has been hit with a two-game ban for being bitten on the nose.
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Bednar’s bench-mark for success
ROMAN Bednar is unlikely to be fit enough to start for Pool at Cardiff – but he is ready to cause havoc from the bench, writes STEVE CANAVAN.
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Gilks: We can make the top two
IF player of the season was voted for now, it would be putting it mildly to suggest that Matt Gilks would be one of the frontrunners.
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Fire death mum makes desperate appeal video
A MOTHER devastated by the death of her “four beautiful children” in a tragic blaze has pleaded with the person responsible to imagine her pain and turn themselves in.
Lifestyle
What’s On Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th February
Don’t miss our What’s On section for all the best in entertainment across the Fylde coast.
WIN tickets for a Soul All Nighter
The first anniversary edition of the three-roomed Soul All Nighter at Blackpool Winter Gardens takes place on Saturday, February 11 and Duke’s Diary has a pair of tickets to be won for the event.
Ale pours in for beer fest
The 30th Fleetwood Beer & Cider Festival takes place in the port’s Marine Hall next Thursday, Friday and Saturday, February 9 to 11.
Total tribute
One of the country’s best Stone Roses tribute bands makes a headline appearance at the Blue Room on Church Street, Blackpool tonight.
Arcari has got the blues
Alternative blues troubadour and former Blackpool Studio Blues visitor Dave Arcari makes his Fleetwood debut when he stops off in town for a show at The Prince Arthur tonight.
Community
Memory Lane: When scooting around was fun
LOOK at the chap with the L-plate as this cavalcade of scooterists makes its way along Devonshire Road from Bispham, through North Shore to Layton, in 1958.
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Gearing up for Jubilee party
A FYLDE coast town is gearing up to celebrate the 60th year of the Queen’s reign.
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New heights for children
ADVENTUROUS workers hope to reach new heights in a fundraising challenge.
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Lifting the lid on democracy
ANCHORSHOLME children stood in the footsteps of some of history’s greatest known figures during a visit to Downing Street.
Memory Lane: Classmates
THERE are always plenty of school rules to obey, of course, but when this picture was taken at Highfield School, Blackpool, the youngsters were literally free as air...
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