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Top left clockwise: Alfie Boe, Lucy Fallon, Jenna Coleman and Coleen Nolan

Where 15 of Blackpool's biggest stars went to school

This scene looks down Corporation Street towards the Grand Theatre. The entrance to Birley Street is on the left. This was possibly mid-90s. Note the queue to the cash machine at the Nat West

1990s pics remind us how our town centre looked during a great era

Huge celebrations from Jessica Berry, winner in 2009

28 pictures of Miss Blackpool contestants from the 90s and 00s

The arrest of Jason Savage. Chilling footage shows a Muslim convert who dubbed himself 'Lone Wolf' carrying out reconnaissance trips as he plotted terror attacks in Birmingham.

Muslim extremist convert plotted terror attacks in chilling video

Wanted man Preston Forbes has been located in the Central Drive area of Blackpool.

Lancashire Police locate man wanted on recall to prison in Blackpool

Get your school involved in Great Big Green Week 2025

Join 1 million others during Great Big Green Week 2025, the UK’s biggest event f...

Louise Swindells: "Hot dogs and onions, sand and sea water" Suzy Greenwood: "fatty beef burger stands"

19 sensory experiences most likely to trigger memories of our town

Scammers are continuing to impersonate Blackpool Transport in an attempt to deceive residents

Warning as scam offering fake £2 travel passes continues to circulate

Roger Roberts shoes, Price's ... remember those shops on Red Bank Road?

20 scenes of Bispham capture the nostalgia of bygone days

The row over deleted WhatsApp messages continues to dominate the headlines (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

WhatsApp to get major AI update and you can’t turn it off

Many readers mentioned the Gold Mine which was modelled on the Califorian gold rush mines of Sierra Nevada

These are your 'best ever' Blackpool Pleasure Beach rides

Shenanigans

13 pics of Blackpool Facebook friendship group set for karaoke meet-up

This was in 1985 and the photo accompanied an article in which Fairclough Homes defended it's position over why new piling was needed. Mr Denley Barrow of Fairclough Homes told The Gazette that a sewer at the end of Weymouth Road needed repairing and new piling was needed tomake the repairs. It was nothing to do with the housing estate

9 pictures of the Park Lea Estate where 14 homes were demolished

Bar staff get showered in Carling as beer keg explodes in pub cellar

Watch: Bar staff get showered in Carling as beer keg explodes

Central Pier in the 1990s - the big wheel in the background and remember Oz nightclub?

The warmth of Blackpool summers -90 and 00s - through picture memories

Footage released by Warwickshire Rural Crime Team shows the moment a lorry driver smashed into the 5ft-tall William Gladstone memorial cross in Lea Marston, Warwickshire, in August 2024.

Watch: Moment trucker smashes into 1905 memorial causing £40k damage

Tonnes of rubble can be seen crashing into the back of the lorry with such force the HGV rocked on its wheels, after the driver reversed into the Grade II-listed memorial.

Jessica Martin

Peter Drury: "Heaving with families on holiday. And people took their rubbish home."

Your best summer memories through 26 pictures of childhood memories

Claremont School in 1990 - Andrew Cartwright, Robert Taylor and Nicholas Kay

School picture treasures for those who are now in their 30s and 40s

Thousands of beach lovers take to their deck chairs below Central Pier in 1965, when the summer show headliners were Bob Monkhouse, Mike Yarwood and Neville King

I found 25 amazing pictures in the archives to take you back to 1965

Stuart Menzies remembers this 1980s place well. He said 'Adam and Eve, I was there when thriller video was out'

I take you back to the best nightclubs chosen by those who loved them

Police were called to the incident outside Walkabout in Queen Street, Blackpool at around 3am on Sunday, but no injuries were reported

Police dismiss "fake news" about serious assault outside Walkabout bar

Birley Street in January 1996

I want 1990s Blackpool back! 19 throwback retro pics from 25 years ago

Have you seen missing Peter Thompson-Hine?

Police issue appeal for missing 17-year-old not seen for 3 weeks

More British women are golfing than ever before, finds American Golf

A selection of confectionary and chocolates on a newsagent shelf

Much-loved chocolate bar to disappear - Nestlé says demand is dropping

The Queens in Talbot Road had a mention. The community pub, once one of the few out of town centre live rock music venues was also part of what was known as the Talbot Road pub run, which included the New Road Inn, the Ramsden Arms the now demolished Wheatsheaf

I asked what Blackpool's roughest old pubs were - here's what you said

Here's why Costa Coffee at Blackpool Victoria Hospital is closing

Here's why Costa Coffee at Blackpool Victoria Hospital is closing

Blackpool Victoria Hospital has announced the temporary closure of its Costa Coffee shop.

Luke Patrick

A woman has thanked Poulton Cabs on social media after they aided her after a nasty fall in the Booths carpark at the Teanlowe shopping centre in Poulton

Injured woman's heartfelt thanks to Poulton Cabs driver after fall

Overlooking the boating pool, the cabin lift was built 1930. It is now a Grade II listed building. From the outside it looks much the same as it did in its heyday, albeing with a few modifications

27 fascinating pics of our town's oldest historic landmarks

A list of venues and bars participating in Rainbow Weekend 2025.

Rainbow Weekend 2025: A Celebration of Pride and Community in Blackpool

Newsround with John Craven

21 of the best retro TV shows watched after school when we were kids

David Brudenell is arrested.