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Latest convictions from Blackpool's court - Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Crime

The pair are on trial at Leeds Crown Court.

Ex-coach accused of sexually assaulting young Blackpool footballers

Crime

Police have now launched a CCTV appeal

Woman suffers facial fractures after interceding in argument in Blackpool

Blackpool

UK should welcome further 10,000 unaccompanied child refugees, peer says

UK should welcome further 10,000 unaccompanied child refugees, peer says

Politics

Will you wow the Britain’s Got Talent judges in Blackpool?

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No action taken against Wyre councillor after row over Facebook post

News

Fashion icon sold in £1.6bn deal

Business

VIDEO: Battered and bruised cyclist, 82, speaks of his anger at white van driver after second hit-and-run in recent years

Crime

Highfield Community Centre

Community takes over Blackpool library

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Work underway in Talbot Square

Target date revealed for opening of new Blackpool town centre hotel

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Crime More Crime >>

Latest convictions from Blackpool's court - Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Crime

The pair are on trial at Leeds Crown Court.

Ex-coach accused of sexually assaulting young Blackpool footballers

Crime

Police have now launched a CCTV appeal

Woman suffers facial fractures after interceding in argument in Blackpool

Blackpool

Former BAE engineer David Bennett, 82, has been cycling for seven decades and has been the victim of two hit-and-runs in recent years

VIDEO: Battered and bruised cyclist, 82, speaks of his anger at white van driver after second hit-and-run in recent years

Crime

Natalia Darkowska, 18, arrives at the Old Bailey, London, where she denies perverting the course of justice in connection with the death of Naomi Hersi, a transgender woman who was found dead in a hotel room near Heathrow Airport. Photo credit: Kirsty O'Connor/PA Wire

Man murdered transgender woman after three-day sex and drugs binge, court told

Crime

Transport More Transport >>

Road closed after another crash in Blackpool

Transport

Care workers could soon be eligible to apply for parking permits wherever they work across Lancashire.

Parking permit plans for Lancashire revealed

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Every Lancashire County Council school with a parking restriction like this will be visited by an enforcement officer at least once in the current academic year.

Tackling Lancashire's parking perils - the county's top traffic enforcement officer reveals all

News

Parking fines in Lancashire are charged at two levels - for higher and lower-rate offences.

All you need to know about the rules for parking on Lancashire's roads - and some things you probably didn't

Transport

Education More Education >>

Lancashire teaching assistant Rachel Evans writes new novel and starts a blog

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Could you write a song for the Last Choir Singing Competition?

Could you write a song for the Last Choir Singing Competition?

Music

John Shaw at Blackpool Music Academy

Councillors block Blackpool music school plan

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St Kentigern's School

Blackpool school playground plan prompts noise complaints

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The new colourful mural at Westcliff and (inset below) Mikey Normyle and Amber Jones, both aged eight

Marvellous mural for big revamp at Westcliff Primary School in Blackpool

Education

Business More Business >>

Fashion icon sold in £1.6bn deal

Business

Work underway in Talbot Square

Target date revealed for opening of new Blackpool town centre hotel

News

The V&A museum in Dundee

Blackpool 'missed out' on V&A museum says councillor

News

The sea off Scotland is still proving productive as a new gas field is discovered

French firm unveils new gas off Scotland

Business

Your Say More Your Say >>

Letters - September 25, 2018

Your Say

Letters - September 24, 2018

Your Say

Franklin Graham (left) in Blackpool and (right) his father Billy, who spoke in Blackpool in 1982

Don’t tread on my freedom of speech

News

Preston Old Road, Blackpool

Book brought memories flooding back

News

At what price will Labour offer housing for all?

You and me are not living in the same country

News

Politics More Politics >>

UK should welcome further 10,000 unaccompanied child refugees, peer says

Politics

Coun Phil Orme and Dave Scrivener

No action taken against Wyre councillor after row over Facebook post

News

Care workers could soon be eligible to apply for parking permits wherever they work across Lancashire.

Parking permit plans for Lancashire revealed

News

Every Lancashire County Council school with a parking restriction like this will be visited by an enforcement officer at least once in the current academic year.

Tackling Lancashire's parking perils - the county's top traffic enforcement officer reveals all

News

Environment More Environment >>

The sea off Scotland is still proving productive as a new gas field is discovered

French firm unveils new gas off Scotland

Business

Will new law see cyclists and motorists get closer?

Will new law see cyclists and motorists get closer?

News

$Images taken from a video by one of the anti-fracking campaigners at the gate camp at Preston New Road$

Convoy brings fracking equipment onto Fylde gas site

Business

The drilling rig at Preston New Road shale gas exploration site.

Blackpool Council to fight bid to reduce fracking drill rig scrutiny

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Health More Health >>

Highfield Community Centre

Community takes over Blackpool library

News

Obesity is set to overtake smoking as the biggest preventable cause of cancer among women in the UK

Spotlighting obesity link to cancer

Health

Lancashire firefighters could expand their role to keep residents healthy as well as safe

Fire service calls for greater role in keeping Lancashire healthy

Health

Offbeat More Offbeat >>

Scrabble adds 300 new words to its official dictionary

Scrabble adds 300 new words to its official dictionary

News

Baby names for boys

Top 100 baby names for boys

Family

Baby girls names

Top 100 baby names for girls

News

Which of these celebrities has come up with the daftest child names?

The quirkiest celebrity baby names you'll (probably) never call your own children

News

Opinion More Opinion >>

Di Wade

Columnist: Di Wade - Busy week

News

Hayley Kay with Alfie Boe

Columnist: Hayley Kay - Potty training and Blackpool illuminations

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Aiden, from Wakefield in West Yorkshire, is one of the contestants in the new Channel 4 show The Circle

The Circle - Channel 4's new social media 'experiment' makes me glad to be old

TV and Film