Michael Williams

Business owner shows his frustration as budget anxiety grips firms across the UK.

Britain gripped by ‘Budget anxiety’ as millions fear cost-of-living and tax hike...

Broadcaster Angela Rippon CBE

Winter Garden Blackpool joins nationwide celebration of dance to promote wellbei...

(L-R) : Event host BBC Journalist & Presenter Mike Stephens, Kelly Brogan, Front of House Manager Winter Gardens Lynda Baker, Marketing Director VisitBlackpool Kyle Murray.

Blackpool Dance Festival crowned Large Event of the Year at Lancashire Tourism A...

Peter Wyngarde as Jason King

Why Peter Wyngarde is the king of Department S - showing now on Rewind

Blackpool Winter Gardens

New £500,000 investment in infrastructure at Blackpool Winter Gardens

Winter Gardens Conference Centre

Conferences returning to Blackpool thanks to £30m investment

New VIP lounge opens in Blackpool Winter Gardens. Photos by Lucinda Herbert

First look inside the new art-deco VIP cocktail lounge at the Winter Gardens

The UDO World Street Dance Championships 2023 have kicked off in Blackpool. Picture: Andrew Perkins Photography

Street dancers in town for amazing championships at Winter Gardens

Designer Michael Chen at the Blackpool Dance Festival at the Winter Gardens. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard

Blackpool Dance Festival: Inside the world's biggest ballroom competition

Work starts on the Galleon bat at Winter Gardens Blackpool

What's happening and why at Blackpool Winter Gardens' Galleon bar

Volunteers will help to look after Winter Gardens visitors

How to become a volunteer at Winter Gardens Blackpool

The Winter Gardens

Blackpool Council refuses to close Winter Gardens to save money

The cast of Six the musical in Blackpool 2022. From left to right_ Casey Al-Shaqsy, Jennifer Caldwell, Leesa Tulley, Jessica Niles, Chlöe Hart, Alana Robinson

When and where smash-hit musical Six will return to Blackpool

The open day offers an access all areas look inside the Winter Gardens

Open day is back at Blackpool's Winter Gardens

The Winter Gardens Conference Centre will be put in the shop window at a national events show in London where Meet Blackpool, a new joint venture between the Winter Gardens Blackpool, Visit Blackpool and Blackpool Council, will also be launched

Blackpool puts its conference offer in shop window

Blackpool's Winter Gardens has teamed up with EVENTIM over a new ticketing operation. Pictured are, left to right, John Gibson MD at EVENTIM and Peter Evans operations director at the Winter Gardens

Blackpool’s biggest venue teams up to launch new ticketing operation
A Blackpool entertainments venue has launched a new ticketing operation after teaming up with a European giant.
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Getting the dance floor of the Empress Ballroom polished and ready for the 96th Blackpool Dance Festival

The incredible preparations underway for this huge event

Bogdan Bilous and Yulia Olianishena put on a demonstration outside the Junior Dance Festival at the Winter Gardens in April 2022

Blackpool Dance Festival organisers doing all they can to help Ukrainian dancers

The Winter Gardens conference centre has hosted Usdaw this week

Shop workers union Usdaw back at Blackpool Winter Gardens for conference

Photo by Neil Cross

67 Ukrainians welcomed to Blackpool for major dance championships

Prime Minister Boris Johnson MP, at the conference, held at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool.

Conservative spring conference weekend worth up to £3m for Blackpool

Parking charges are rising in Blackpool

Blackpool Council to increase its parking charges across the resort

Seats in the Blackpool Winter Gardens are being removed, reupholstered, and replaced after 83 years.

Winter Gardens seating gets a £45k facelift

Michael Williams outside the new conference centre at the Winter Gardens

Blackpool's £30m conference centre is completed

Artists impression of the new offices

Relocation of 3,000 DWP jobs to Blackpool town centre welcomed by business leade...

There will be no traditional Christmas lights switch-on in Blackpool this year, like pictured here in 2019, but there's a smorgasbord of festive events regardless (Picture: Martin Bostock)

Christmas in Blackpool: Ultimate guide

A confirmed case of Covid-19 has put a stopper on tonight's performance of Dirty Dancing at Blackpool Opera House.

Dirty Dancing performances at Blackpool Opera House cancelled due to Covid-19 ca...
Performances of Dirty Dancing at Blackpool Opera House have been scrapped after two positive Covid-19 cases.
James Graves

The outdoor dining area being created in St John's Square

St John's Square is Blackpool's new outdoor dining hub

Pictured is Michael Williams

First look at Blackpool's new £28m Winter Gardens conference centre

Blackpool Winter Gardens will reopen on May 17 introducing a programme of live daily entertainment

Bosses at Blackpool Winter Gardens ready to throw doors wide open for a 'bumper ...

International smash hit Six comes to Blackpool Opera House in July. Pictures Johan Persson

Divorced, Beheaded, Live - international smash hit musical Six comes to Blackpoo...

Parking charges are being frozen

Parking charge freeze to help Blackpool businesses

Boris Johnson's road map to recovery has been welcomed on the Fylde coast but leaders say help will be needed from the government to keep businesses going

Battered Fylde coast businesses call for extension of government support to surv...

The 73rd Blackpool Junior Festival will now be moved from April to August 12-16 2021. The pandemic has also forced the British Open Dance Championships to be rescheduled

British Open Dance Championships and Blackpool Junior Dance Festival postponed b...

The tree which was blown down by Storm Bella

Blackpool's 40ft Christmas tree toppled by Storm Bella

Blackpool remains in tier 3 for now

Blackpool businesses now looking to Easter recovery as resort remains in tier 3

Blackpool Illuminations return on December 2

Illuminations return for a second outing post Lockdown as resort gets ready for ...

Like many theatres, Blackpool's Grand Theatre is carrying on with rehearsals for its panto in the hope restrictions will be lifted to Tier 2 and people can be allowed in

Theatres say the show must go on in Lancashire amid anger over the blanket Tier ...

Blackpool Illuminations will shine into the New Year

Blackpool's Illuminations to shine into 2021

The Royal Variety Performance will take place at the Blackpool Opera House

Blackpool NHS key workers will take a starring role as Royal variety show rolls ...

Tam Ryan (left) in the stage production of Elf

Elf the musical coming to Blackpool Opera House this festive season.

Friends Festive is coming to Blackpool in 2021.

Friends Festive at Blackpool Winter Gardens

The Blackpool Dance Festival has moved online for 2020

Global stage for Blackpool Dance Festival

The Winter Gardens is poised to re-open

Blackpool's Winter Gardens announces re-opening date

Shirley Ballas will now star in the panto at the Winder Gardens in 2021

Blackpool Winter Gardens panto Cinderella postponed until 2021

A stock picture of dancers in the Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens

Blackpool forced to cancel international dance festivals - but national events c...

Bosses at the Grand Theatre have launched a new recovery fund and are calling on the community to donate to the cause

Grand Theatre calls on community to 'play their part' in ensuring future of the ...

Work progressing on the new conference centre

Here's some of the projects set to help kickstart Blackpool's economy

The Houndshill team getting ready for re-opening

Houndshill and town centre stores in Blackpool getting ready to re-open

Shirley Ballas as the Fairy Godmother in Blackpool Pantomime

Could you fit the glass slipper to be the next Cinderella for Blackpool's Opera ...

Blackpool Dance Festival at Winter Gardens

Blackpool Dance Festivals are the latest casualty to resort's 2020 programme. Ev...

The Winter Gardens is closed with immediate effect

Winter Gardens latest Blackpool venue to announce temporary closure following co...

Manager of Park Lane Auto Sales Michael Williams (left) and County Councillor Matthew Salter have demanded action to make the junction in Preesall safer.

Wyre residents terrified "someone will be killed" after CCTV footage shows daily...

Open day at the Winter Gardens

Access all areas at the Winter Gardens Blackpool - take a sneak peek behind the ...

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Shirley Ballas to bring her brand of magic from the dancefloor to the stage as t...

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