Here are the top stories:
1. CEO breaks silence
Amanda Thompson OBE, CEO of Blackpool’s Pleasure Beach Resort broken her silence on the news that the first Universal theme park in Europe will be built in the UK | Contributed
2. Show cancelled
The opening night of the Only Fools and Horses the Musical stage show at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens was dramatically cancelled after an audience member was taken seriously ill | National World Photo: Blackpool Gazette
3. Fatality
A man in his 20s was killed in a crash in Lytham after his car smashed into a tree and burst into flames | National World
4. Blackpool 1990s
Retro news - an elderly couple photographed by the pier at the end of September in 1998 | Getty Images
5. Hygiene ratings
29 businesses in Preston and Blackpool were been awarded 0 or 1-star food hygiene ratings by the Food Standards Agency in April 2025 | Google
6. Convicted
A Blackpool bar owner and his crooked accountant were convicted after swindling the taxman out of millions of pounds and stealing from staff wages | HMRC