Arif Rajpura

A walk round the park is enough to get active

Blackpool bidding for share of £250m Sport England cash

Could Fluoride in the water help improve dental health?

Top doctor says this simple measure could help combat dental crisis

The club has announced new shirt sponsors this year

Council welcomes change of shirt sponsor at Blackpool FC

Smoking is now responsible for an estimated 2,700 cancer cases a year in the North East.

6000 cigarettes and vapes seized as Blackpool shop shut down

Local Choice Mini Market, on Lytham Road in Blackpool (image: Google)

Blackpool corner shop closed by court over 'tobacco sales to youths'

Fast food is causing obesity

Healthy food awards helping to tackle high rates of obesity

Vaping carries health risks, say doctors

Top doctor backs government plans to crack down on youth vaping

Smoking causes many poor health outcomes

How health chiefs hope to improve life expectancy in Blackpool

Traffic is one of the main causes of air pollution

Decision already made over low emission zones in Blackpool

The new shirts on sale in the club shop

Blackpool FC's shirt sponsorship deal slammed as 'wrong decision'

Young people are at risk from vaping

Under-age vaping putting Blackpool youngsters at risk

Town hall chief officers pay has been highlighted

Blackpool Council's highest paid officers earnings total more than £1.2m

Families can benefit from the Healthy Start scheme

Blackpool families urged to claim healthy start payments

The Lighthouse

New alcohol support service will have clinics across Blackpool

Members of the Blackpool Together Team

£500,000 to help Blackpool's most vulnerable residents get through winter

The latest health report paints a bleak picture of health in Blackpool

Deprivation continues to claim lives in Blackpool says latest health report

Blackpool's latest public health report paints a bleak picture of hundreds of residents struggling with complex needs.

Shelagh Parkinson

National statistics show vaping among 11-17 year olds on the increase.

Blackpool health director's concern over increase in vaping among under-18s

Energy bills are a concern for many people

Blackpool Winter Gardens to host cost of living advice day

Blackpool Tower will light up blue (pictured alongside Star Flyer ride)

Why Blackpool Tower will light blue (spoiler, it's a micro reason)

Alcohol abuse leads to hospital admissions

New strategy to tackle alcohol abuse in Blackpool

The new food recycling pledge initiative has been launched by Blackpool Food Bank

Blackpool Food Bank's Big Food Pledge recycling scheme to help those in need

There is a need to reduce hospital admissions

Moves to take pressure off Blackpool Victoria Hospital admissions

Blackpool FC's shirts will feature the logos of VisitBlackpool and GET VOCAL

Blackpool tourism businesses score a boost with football sponsorship deal

Blackpool Town Hall on Talbot Road

£1.1m cost of Blackpool Council's top earners revealed as council tax bills go u...

Dr Arif Rajpura

Blackpool's high Covid death figures 'don’t tell the whole story'

Dr Sakthi Karunanithi, Director of Public Health for Lancashire County Council

Lancashire public health chiefs welcome Covid Plan B move

Mouth ulcers are a telltale sign of hand, foot, and mouth disease

Outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth in Blackpool

An outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease has been reported in Blackpool.

Michael Holmes

Dr Arif Rajpura

Blackpool medics Covid advice as cases rise

Blackpool has some of the worst life expectancy rates in England

27-year life expectancy gap between men living in Blackpool and Chelsea, new rep...

Asylum seekers are being accommodated in the Metropole Hotel

Asylum seekers offered vaccines as part of Blackpool health checks

Director of public health Dr Arif Rajpura is among those objecting to the application

Booze fears could block Blackpool off-licence plan

Blackpool Council's director of Public Health Dr Arif Rajpura said he welcomed the announcement that children would be offered their first dose of a Covid vaccine.

Plans to vaccinate pupils aged 12 to 15 from Monday welcomed by Blackpool's heal...

Blackpool defender Reece James in the new kit

Blackpool FC backing council's Get Vocal mental health campaign

Age and poverty main risk factors in Blackpool during Covid pandemic says new re...

Blackpool FC striker Gary Madine gets the Covid-19 vaccine. A vaccine van will be at Bloomfield Road ahead of the Seasiders’ match with Cardiff City, so supporters can get their jabs

Vaccine van offers Blackpool fans the chance to get Covid jab ahead of Bloomfiel...

People say the problems faced by Blackpool can be found all over the country

Blackpool hits back at 'sensational' tabloid claims of drug users cooking heroin...

Blackpool ranked fourth in a recent study of mental health investment in the UK

Blackpool ranks among top in UK for investment in mental health counselling

The vaccination van team

Blackpool's travelling vaccination van hands out 3,000th Covid-19 jab

According to the analysis, Blackpool is the most deprived local authority in England, and also experiences the lowest life expectancy in England for both males and females.

Chief Medical Officer seeks national strategy to improve health of coastal commu...

Blackpool over the weekend

The Covid situation in Blackpool on 'Freedom Day'

The vaccine van is back in Blackpool this week

Blackpool Covid-19 vaccine van heads around resort again

People waiting for their vaccine

Fylde coast Covid-19 vaccine van making its way around Blackpool, Fl