These were the top stories in July: I stayed at one of the best hotels in the world and you'll be gobsmacked when I tell you it's in Blackpool
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1. Boulevard Hotel in Blackpool has released an exciting new menu.
Boulevard Hotel in Blackpool has released an exciting new menu. | nw Photo: nw
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2. A scene from a previous TK Maxx presents Lytham Festival
A scene from a previous TK Maxx presents Lytham Festival | submit
3. Thousands in attendance got to see one of music’s most iconic figures, Stevie Wonder, as the 75-year-old singer-songwriter thrilled the crowd on the opening night of Lytham Festival 2025
Opening day at Lytham Festival 2025 | Russ Walker
4. Olly Murs performing prior to The Adobe Women's FA Cup Final match on May 18, 2025 . (Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images)
Olly Murs performing prior to The Adobe Women's FA Cup Final match on May 18, 2025 . (Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images) | Getty Images
5. Sugar Ray Leonard opens the New Albert sports bar on Lytham Road. He is pictured with general manager Craig Mason and managing directors Paul Kelly and Michael Sugden.
Paul Kelly (second left in grey jumper) pictured with former world boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard at the 2015 opening of the New Albert pub in Lytham Road, Blackpool | NationalWorld
6. 80s computer
A young boy looking at Acorn Electron computer and monitor in a WHSmith shop in Waterloo, London, in December 1984 | Getty Images Photo: Terry Disney/Daily Express/Hulton Archive