Central Pier

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Overnight closures on Blackpool Promenade are expected to cause disruption for four days next week

Overnight closures on Promenade to cause four days of disruption

Winifred Street junction with Albert Road, Blackpool, 1980

A nostalgic look at Blackpool in the 1980s of life and people

Blackpool Zoo's elephant house in April 1981

I'd love to go back to the 1980s... 31 retro pics of 1980s Blackpool

Emergency crews were called following concerns a person was in the sea near North Pier in Blackpool

RNLI responds to reports of person in sea near North Pier

The order covers activities on Blackpool Promenade

Here is what you can and can't do on Blackpool Prom as powers updated

The Helter Skelter at North Pier in Blackpool was reportedly blown down during Storm Ashley

North Pier's Helter Skelter 'fell into sea' as 70mph winds hit resort

The Terrace Bar

Bar can toast its future after three year planning battle is settled

A family from Scotland holidaying in Blackpool found a deceased shark on the beach

Family find dead shark washed up on beach

Emergency services at the scene of the incident

Update on investigation following incident at Central Pier

Blackpool, the most searched-for UK entertainment resort

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A woman who fell approximately 30ft from Central Pier in Blackpool reportedly required surgery for her injuries

Woman who fell through Central Pier ‘suffered spinal injuries’

Central Pier in Blackpool will remain closed until a survey on the structural integrity of the decking has been completed

Update on when Central Pier will reopen after woman's horrific fall

Blackpool Council has addressed concerns over the structural integrity of all three piers

Council address concerns over structural integrity of all three piers

A woman in her 50s fell approximately 30ft from Central Pier in Blackpool

Central Pier wishes woman who fell 30ft onto beach a 'speedy recovery'

Crowds below Central Pier in Blackpool trying to help teen who fell onto the beach through boards above

12 startling pictures after woman falls through 'trap door' on Pier

Visitors to one of Blackpool’s famous piers were left in shock after a woman fell through a ‘trap door’ onto the beach.

Sean Gleaves

Investigators below Central Pier in Blackpool after a woman falls through boards to the beach

Pier closed and evacuated after woman falls through boards onto beach

The Terrace Bar

Enforcement action against Central Pier bar dropped by council

Winifred Street junction with Albert Road, Blackpool, 1980

I'd love to go back to the 1980s... 31 retro pics of 1980s Blackpool

Collage of luxury hotels in Blackpool

10 of the best luxury hotels to try in Blackpool in 2024

Firefighters at the scene. Image: The Blackpool Lads

Why Blackpool's Central Pier had to be evacuated

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Blackpool hosted a number of special events to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday

Watch as hundreds of people commemorate D-Day in Blackpool

Decades of decay daubed across a door in Foxhall

Council's dereliction of duty towards Foxhall Village has caused decay

The Red Arrows display team have confirmed they will return to Blackpool this summer (Credit: SAC Katrina Knox RAF)

Red Arrows will perform on both days of Blackpool Air Show 2024

HM Coastguard Fleetwood were called out seven times in 48 hours.

Coastguards called out seven times in 48 hours

Blackpool RNLI were called out three times in one day - the final mission being at midnight. Photo: RNLI

Blackpool RNLI called out three times in one day

Volunteers from Blackpool RNLI were called out three times in one day in a busy time for the team.

Richard Hunt

Building the Big Wheel or Great Wheel, as it was also known, began in 1865 and it was in place for three decades before being demolished in 1928. It was a superb feat of engineering and what a skyline in this view down Adelaide Street...

19 fascinating Blackpool pictures of its Big Wheels through the years

Former employees and friends of Gayna Sedgwick gather at No 13 Bonny Street for a celebration of her life

Staff bid a final farewell to the 'Queen of the Golden Mile'

Gayna Sedgwick pictured in 2011

Sadness at death of Blackpool businesswoman

Gayna Sedgwick, whose family own all Blackpool's three piers

Tributes to Gayna Sedgwick who 'was lovely inside and out'

RNLI call out

Man rescued from sea by RNLI - but not who they were looking for

A great picture of a packed North Pier

25 nostalgic pictures of the piers in past times

Bid to protect one of the oldest parts of Blackpool

Police and coastguard respond to major incident on Central Pier

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22 court cases including a man caught by cops trying to groom child

Terrace Bar

New battle ahead for Blackpool bar in its fight for survival

Emergency services at Central Pier in Blackpool. Image: Dave Nelson

Man found following 'ongoing' incident near Central Pier in Blackpool

Blackpool Pleasure Beach is lending costumes for the parade

Paw Patrol and Spongebob characters to join Illumination switch on Grand Parade

Chelsea Deakin said: "My husband proposed to me at the top of the tower". Ann Heward said: "Definitely at the top of Blackpool tower" and those sentiments were echoed by many others, including Rane Hankin, Lesley Williams, Jacqueline Hansford, Nick Smith and John Wba Adams.

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Blackpool RNLI volunteer crews rescued a woman from the sea near Central Pier on Monday afternoon (August 21). (Picture by RNLI Blackpool)

Woman rescued from sea after falling from Central Pier

The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows arrive at Blackpool to display for the air show . Photo :SAC Katrina Knox

Get close up to a Red Arrow jet in Lancashire this weekend

Decision made on future of popular Promenade bar

3D technology being used to preserve pier heritage

Lytham Road scenes

27 street scenes of Lytham Road in Blackpool from the 1990s and 2000s

Birley Street...

Rare pictures share a glimpse of our town as it was in the 1930s

Julie Simkiss )(left) and managers from Hesketh House washing cars to raise money for Children In Need in 2005

Civil servants at Norcross, Hesketh House and Warbreck Hill in retro pictures

A scene of a packed pier in 1990

Photos of Central Pier rewind the years

Craig Revel Horwood and Keith Lemon were filming at Tower Gifts in Blackpool

Celebs visit seaside gift store to film for ITV show

'It's not pristine' - People swimming in sea despite sewage alert

Lifeboat crews in Blackpool were called out seven times in three days (Credit: RNLI Blackpool)

Lifeboat crews called seven times over weekend

The Terrace Bar

Blackpool Promenade bar still fighting to stay open

Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise

Blackpool's bundle of comics were the Seaside Stars who carried the summer shows

The Blackpool Tower turns red

Where to go and what's happening in Blackpool this Valentine's Day

Blackpool Pier owner Peter Sedgewick says efforts have been made to combat the huge numbers of birds gathering on and underneath North Pier. Sea birds, in particular, have been linked to localised pollution by the Environment Agency

Blackpool's North Pier boss speaks out after birds there linked to sea pollution

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