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Helicopter view of Blackpool

'They’ve helped me to get back on track and keep a roof over my head'

Blackpool South named in UK’s top 4 for highest proportion of working-age Pip claimants

Area has UK's 4th-highest proportion of working-age Pip claimants

'Betty' the tunnel boring machine which dug the 300m stormwater storage tunnel

£5.5M new stormwater storage tunnel works completed ahead of schedule

Fleetwood Hillside Enterprise Zone

Council backs new training centre at Hillhouse Tech Enterprise Zone

An example of equipment that may be used by a teledermatology service

Skin cancer wait times to be slashed as new service to be rolled out

Levine Avenue (Purplebricks)

Extended 3-bed family home with spacious private garden on the market

Rosefinch Way (Credit: Purplebricks)

Modern & open plan 4 bed town house with near nature reserve for sale

An artists impression of how the Silicon Sands data centre campus off Squires Gate Lane could look

Blackpool BID on why new major tech investment in resort could be huge

Blackpool MP Chris Webb backs Prime Minister Andy Burnham's £2 bus fare cap

'Fair fares, reliable buses' - MP backs Andy Burnham's £2 bus fare cap

Momentum grows as 20,000 back Blackpool’s UK City of Culture bid worth £10m to town

Momentum grows as 20,000 back Blackpool’s UK City of Culture 2029 bid

The Hub helps women from a range of backgrounds with breastfeeding

Blackpool's Family Hub helped me in breastfeeding my premature baby

Blackpool's Seasiders Way reopens after 1st phase of Waterloo Road bridge project following pigeon delay

Major Blackpool road reopens following bizarre delay caused by pigeons

Fylde Council has reccomended the application for refusal

'We'll fight our ground'- Major solar farm future decided by council

The Tour of Britain is coming to Blackpool this August

Blackpool to host free Tour of Britain Cycling Festival this August

A colourful new mural featuring flamingos has been unveiled at Over Wyre Medical Centre

Colourful new flamingo mural unveiled at Fylde coast GP

Bispham Road (Credit: Purplebricks)

Lovely 3-bed family home near town centre yours for bargain price
What a lovely home!
Jack Marshall

Fylde coast MP 'delighted' as UK ratifies international deal to protect world oceans

MP 'delighted' as UK agrees major treaty to protect world's oceans

Former circus performer Rachel Ward has set up as a yoga instructor and massage therapist under her new business Root To Rise. Photo: Lucinda Herbert

'I became obsessed with Yoga' - Circus perfomer turns Yoga instructor

Annesley Avenue (Credit: Purplebricks)

Versatile 3-bed semi-detached home ideal for growing family for sale

Fairclough Road (Credit: Purplebricks)

Generous 4-bed family home with modern kitchen & huge garden for sale

Everything you need to know about Fleetwood’s Food, Fish and Music Festival.

Fleetwood Food, Fish & Music Festival - everything you need to know

Community groups to take over council land and buildings in new scheme

Community and voluntary organisations across Fylde could soon take on ownership and management of council-owned land and buildings. Pictured if St Annes Town Hall

Community organisations offered chance to take over council buildings

Fairclough Road (Credit: Purplebricks)

Spacious 4-bed family semi with large front and rear gardens for sale

A new £18.5 million access road serving Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone is already helping businesses expand.

New £18.5m road helps local firm supply Holland & Barrett and Amazon

Royal Lytham to host The Open Championship in 2028

We're really pleased to be hosting one of world’s top sporting events

The Morgan Offshore Wind Project would see 96 turbines built more than 20 miles off the Lancashire coast

Breaking 'A better option available' - Govt urged to pause windfarm descisions
Wyre Council has joined with Fylde Council and Lancashire County Council in formally writing to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, requesting that any decision on offshore wind transmission assets affecting the Fylde coast be paused to allow consideration of significant new evidence.
Vanessa Sims

The school has 83% of its pupils meeting the expected standard, with 30% of pupils achieving at a higher standard.

St Mary's Catholic Primary School subject rated first class for RE

Family fun and entertainment at Fylde Fest - Spring into Life, held at St Anne's Square, St Annes.

19 fantastic pictures as Fylde Fest returns to St Annes

The programme will empower early creators and members across the UK to help grow the platform and build communities.

Ad Feature WeShop launches programme to empower creators in the UK

More than 75 percent of organisations are not practicing disaster recovery plans in the recommended six-month timeframe.

Ad Feature 3 in 4 organisations are not testing identity disaster recovery enough

The UK is experiencing a major cold snap, causing school closures, power cuts, and hazardous roads (Photo: Richard Ponter)

Cold Weather Payments may be triggered soon - how fast you’ll get cash

It's challenging, but China remains the fastest growing region for us

Suppliers will now be charged based on when customers actually used that energy.

Ad Feature Business energy bills are changing: here’s how you can prepare

The UK faces icy weather this week, with snow possible in northern areas (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

You could be eligible for Cold Weather Payments as UK braces for snow

Fraudsters are sending fake texts and emails posing as the Government to steal bank details (Photo: Pexels)

Pensioners targeted with Winter Fuel help scam texts - what to do

Former pensions minister Sir Steve Webb has proposed a five-year minimum State Pension guarantee, even if a retiree dies early (Photo: Pexels)

New plan could guarantee 5 years of pension payments - even if you die

Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivers a speech in the media briefing room of 9 Downing Street on November 4, 2025. She has hinted that the two-child benefit cap could be scrapped in the 2025 Budget (Photo: WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Budget 2025: Chancellor Reeves hints at extra support for families

HMRC is reviewing the suspension of child benefit for around 23,500 parents wrongly flagged as having left the UK (Photo: Pexels)

23,500 hit by HMRC benefit suspension - how to get your money back

Around 830,000 pensioner households missed out on the Winter Fuel Payment last year after it was tied to Pension Credit (Photo: Pexels)

Thousands missed out on £300 heating help last year — do you qualify?

Charity Marie Curie is urging more councils to exempt terminally ill people from paying council tax

Thousands may soon stop paying council tax under new charity campaign

Christmas and New Year bank holidays can shift DWP and HMRC benefit payment dates (Photos: Getty Images/Pexels)

Your guide to early or adjusted benefit payments this Christmas

Pensioners will start receiving Winter Fuel Payments worth up to £300 from mid-November (Photo: Pexels)

Pension boost move keeps your Winter Fuel Payment safe from £35k+ tax

The Autumn Budget 2025 could bring changes to disability support, with Motability reforms under speculation (Photos: Pexels/Getty Images)

Autumn Budget could bring changes to PIP and disabled drivers scheme

Over 250,000 households in England and Wales are receiving letters confirming a £150 energy bill discount this week (Photo: Pexels)

£150 energy discount letters hitting doormats soon - how to claim

An elderly couple watches as members of the Afghan community and Londoners fly kites on Hampstead Heath. UK pensioners are set for a likely 4.8% state pension rise from April 2026 (Photo: CARLOS JASSO/AFP via Getty Images)

UK pensioners set to see £241 weekly from 2026 after 4.8% increase

UK inflation held steady at 3.8% in September, defying forecasts of a rise to 4% (Photos: Getty Images)

Food prices fall as inflation stays steady - what it means for you

A customer pays for goods at a market in east London. Millions on long-term benefits will receive a £10 Christmas Bonus from the DWP this December (Photo: DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

DWP confirms who will get £10 Christmas Bonus this December

Pensioners are being targeted by scams claiming to process winter fuel payments (Photo: Pexels)

Pensioners targeted by fake Winter Fuel Payment texts and emails

Nearly 700,000 UK workers are now caught in the £100,000 tax trap, facing up to 60% effective tax (Photos: Pexels/Investing Insiders)

700,000 UK workers now hit by 60% tax trap - how to reduce your losses

An elderly couple watches as members of the Afghan community and Londoners fly kites on Hampstead Heath. Wage growth has been revised up to 4.8%, meaning pensioners could see a slightly larger state pension rise next April (Photo: CARLOS JASSO/AFP via Getty Images)

UK pensioners set for higher payments from April - with a catch

An elderly person looks at cash at home. Winter Fuel Payments for 2025/26 will start arriving in November, with most paid by December (Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

DWP confirms when millions of pensioners will get Winter Fuel Payment

A man looks out from the window of a bus at the town's bus station in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Pensioners in England must now wait until age 67 to get a free bus pass (Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

England’s pensioners face major new free bus pass rule change

A pedestrian carries a milk bottle across the covered in snow streets of Stow-on-the-Wold, central England, in January 2025. Millions of pensioners are expected to receive letters this month about Winter Fuel Payment changes (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Millions of pensioners face £300 Winter Fuel Payment deductions

Margaret Gallagher, 77, poses in front of the open fireplace in her three roomed thatched cottage near the village of Belcoo, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, in 2019. Most payments for winter heating/fuel and cold weather support are automatic if you already receive a qualifying benefit (Photo: PAUL FAITH/AFP via Getty Images)

Millions of Brits to get extra cash this winter – eligibility guide

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