Blackpool's historic North Pier is up for sale - here's why and what the new owners will get - August reads

By Claire Lark

Digital Journalist

Published 31st Dec 2025, 10:00 GMT

It was the month of two of Blackpool’s biggest events with crime, retro and hotel closures making the news

Here are the top stories in August

Blackpool Retro: Classroom photos and typical 1980s scenes from schools including from long lost ones

Blackpool's historic North Pier is up for sale - here's why and what the new owners will get

Hundreds of migrants evacuated from Metropole 'asylum hotel' on Blackpool Promenade overnight

15 of the best Blackpool photos from the last few years of the 1970s - people and places

Canasta Hotel on Blackpool seafront closed as council issues prohibition notice over safety concerns

Blackpool drug gang controlled by inmate using mobile phones in prison jailed for more than 103 years

Blackpool Air Show 2025: Everything you need to know including timings, weather, travel and parking

Blackpool Illuminations Switch-On 2025: Can you still go without a ticket

19 nostalgic photos capture how different Blackpool looked in the 1980s

1. North Pier

Blackpool’s North Pier was officially on the market | Ian S

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2. Schools 80s

Retro news: Knowle High School, form 1B 1988 | National World

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3. Migrants

Migrants were evacuated from the Metropole Hotel in Blackpool after an 'emergency call' | Submitted

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4. Blackpool, 1979

Retro news: Bar staff at the Buccaneer (Thornton Lodge), Skippool Road Thornton 1978 / 1979 | National World

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5. Closure

The Canasta Hotel on North Shore seafront was closed by Blackpool Council | Google Photo: Google

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6. Gang jailed

A gang that ran a sophisticated drugs operation across Blackpool - directed by a man from inside prison - were jailed | Lancashire Police

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