I'm CEO of Blackpool Pleasure Beach Resort - here's my take on a UK Universal theme park - top April stories

By Claire Lark

Digital Journalist

Published 27th Dec 2025, 10:00 GMT

From theme parks to cancelled shows to new rides and retro reads, this is what you wanted to know about in April

Here are the top stories:

I'm CEO of Blackpool Pleasure Beach Resort - here's my take on a Universal theme park in the UK

Opening night of Paul Whitehouse's Only Fools & Horses show in Blackpool cancelled after person taken ill

Lytham horror crash leaves man in his 20s dead at scene in Ballam Road and second driver arrested

37 Blackpool Golden Mile and beach pictures as you will remember it in the 1990s

29 Preston and Blackpool businesses hit with 0 or 1-star food hygiene ratings - see who's listed

Former Blackpool bar owner Paul Kelly and crooked accountant convicted over £4.9m tax fraud

New Blackpool carvery with all-you-can-eat breakfasts opening near M55 in Preston New Road

I go right back to Blackpool's earliest days from 1840 to 1897 to revisit our town's birth

19 Blackpool seafront photos from the 60s, 70s and 80s - many rarely seen

Demolition crews move onto Blackpool Pleasure Beach Resort as work begins on new Gyro Swing ride

Opening night of Paul Whitehouse's Only Fools & Horses show in Blackpool cancelled after person taken ill

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7. Demolition begins

Demolition began at Blackpool Pleasure Beach made way for a brand new 138ft Gyro Swing ride | Blackpool Demo LTD Photo: Blackpool Demo LTD

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8. New food place

Kings Carveries took over the former Toby Carvery in Preston New Road with all-you-can-eat breakfasts | King Carveries

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9. Old Blackpool beach

In retro news we looked at the beach at the turn of the century | Heritage Images/Getty Images

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10. Retro news

Blackpool, 60s, 70s and 80s - you loved these pictures | National World

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