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Lockdown drama at resort’s council offices

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The school staff at Bispham Endowed CE School, from the 1957 booklet

Barry Band: Blackpool’s real Dick Whittington who built a resort school

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Elmslie School, Whitegate Drive, Blackpool in 1985

Anyone for tennis? Serving up some Blackpool school memories.

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Warriors on hamper mission

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We’re so proud of our St George’s Festival

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Man charged after Talbot knife attack

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Lee Mead heads to Lowther for anniversary tour

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Connie Lush Band.

Festival of blues music in aid of gala

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Two warrants were executed on Vance Road

UPDATE: Four released following Blackpool drugs bust arrest

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Man charged after Talbot knife attack

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Two warrants were executed on Vance Road

UPDATE: Four released following Blackpool drugs bust arrest

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Geoff Driver (right) and, pictured clockwise from top left, Ged Fitzgerald, Phil Halsall and David McElhinney

Lancashire County Council’s leader campaign of witness intimidation

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Blackpool Magistrates Court

Blackpool: From the courts 26-04-18

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Stephen Unwin, 42, and William McFall, 51

Sadistic killers will never be released from prison

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Car transporter crashes into bridge on M61 motorway

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We all want to avoid the glare when driving

Why you could face a HUGE fine if you wear sunglasses while driving

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Coun Derek Robertson on Osborne Road

Permit scheme to tackle parking woes in parts of Blackpool's tourism area

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Education More Education >>

School’s out for good: Some of the Fylde coast’s lost schools

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The school, in Stonycroft Avenue, South Shore (Picture: Google)

‘Strong leadership’ hailed at Blackpool primary school as head speaks of pride in pupils

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Almost two fifths (39%) of students currently use drugs

Student drug possession should not lead to police action, union says

Health
Staff and pupils from Boundary Primary are celebrating after being nominated in the TES Awards for Primary School of the Year. Pictured is headteacher Suzanne Ashton with pupil Emily Taylor.

Blackpool school in running to be named best in country

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Business More Business >>

Blackpool investment firm to lose name

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Language Insights' HQ at Kirkham

Fylde language firm's eastern promise

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Cuadrilla's fracking rig at Preston New Road

Fracking will 'industrialise' countryside claim

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We all want to avoid the glare when driving

Why you could face a HUGE fine if you wear sunglasses while driving

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Lancashire Police to pull out of North West Motorway Policing Group

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MP Cat Smith

MP says potholes are costing Fleetwood motorists dear

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Michael Daley, 66, was refused permanent residence in the UK in 2015, despite living in Blackpool since he was a toddler and both parents being born in Lancashire.

‘I feared I’d be deported after 60 years here’

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Jeremy Corbyn

Labour to press ahead with new public holiday plans

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Environment More Environment >>

Cuadrilla's fracking rig at Preston New Road

Fracking will 'industrialise' countryside claim

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The Hand and Dagger junction as seen in a Google image

Fracking inquiry hears of potential dangers from 'juggernauts'

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Staff at SEA LIFE Blackpool have conjured up an aquatic tribute for World Circus Day...an underwater Big Top for the clown fish!

Life really is a circus for fish at Blackpool Sealife Centre

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Renaissances outreach bus will offer health and harm reduction help, plus a nighttime safe haven for revellers

Blackpool charity aims for safe haven bus

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Vic infection rates better than average

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Tom Evans and Kate James failed in an 11th-hour attempt to persuade judges to let them move the 23-month-old to a foreign hospital.

Parents of Alfie Evans keep bedside vigil amid tensions over treatment

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Take That superfan Louise Sacha

Super fan’s mission to see her idol

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Gulliver's World, Warrington

Gulliver's are calling all married couples to Gulliver's World, Warrington

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The Shyte home page. The name is an acronym for 'seriously helps you to energise"

Canadian chocolatier Shyte goes viral for hilarious name

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Alexa Sterchele with her parents

Toddler is caught on camera having a spot of difficulty with the word 'goldfish'

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Liz Canavan after running the 2018 London Marathon with husband Steve and their daughter Mary

The Thing Is with Steve Canavan

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Roy Edmonds

A Word In Your Ear - April 26, 2018

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Rev refs April 23 2018 William Shakespeare, penny sweets, Saint George, the construction of the Suez Canal., victory celebration party in Sleddon Street Preston at the end of that war, local production of Guys and Dolls by Lancaster Amateur Dramatic & Operatic Society (LADOS)

REV RON GREENALL: World War II, plays and shipping routes

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