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'Use it or lose it' - Ride Fleetwood Ferry at Food, Fish & Music Fest to save service

Ride Fleetwood Ferry at Food, Fish & Music Festival to save service

I'm a retired nurse and I lost £50,000 from my pension, but I'm encouraged by Prime Minister Andy Burnham

I'm a retired nurse and I lost £50,000 from my pension

28th August 1965: Holidaymakers riding donkeys on a busy beach in Blackpool, Lancashire with Blackpool Tower in the background

19 historic pictues of the Sixties to take you on a journey in time

St Joseph's Road, Queenstown in 1962 .The area was known as Queenstown from the 1870s but is now named Queens Park.

A journey to the 1960s through 19 awesome pictures

A poll of 2,000 Brits found Michelle Obama, Bill Gates or Arnold Schwarzenegger would be the best next president of the United States

Brits reveal who they want as US president

The Palace Theatre buildings on Blackpool Promenade under demolition in 1962. Lewis's department store was later built on this site

19 historic pictues of the Sixties to take you on a journey in time

Asda co-owner Mohsin Issa has confirmed he will step down from running the supermarket

MPs urge Asda bosses to end pay dispute after Issa brother steps back

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1000s sign petition for MP expenses to end amid Fuel Allowance debate

A person smoking a cigarette outdoors in a pub. PIC: Yui Mok/PA Wire

I think a smoking ban is a good idea… if you want to kill pubs off

Fylde candidates at the election hustings debate [from right to left]: Andrew Snowden, Mark Jewell, Tom Claver, Anne Aitken

Fylde candidates make sewage, substations and farming top priorities

Andy Burnham visited Blackpool on the evening of Labour’s manifesto launch

Andy Burnham visits Blackpool for Labour's manifesto launch

Blackpool from above

I think too many young lives in resort are being lost to heart disease

Candidates were questioned over integrity

By-election candidates questioned over integrity

Sir Lindsay Hoyle speaking at Chorley Theatre in 2023

Meet the real Speaker: Behind the headlines with Sir Lindsay Hoyle Nicola Adam

The report warns of a threat to democracy

Councillors defiant in face of abuse after report warns over democracy

Liz Truss

Breaking Liz Truss defends her record as prime minister in think tank speech
Short-lived prime minister Liz Truss is bullish about her record in Number 10 - despite the economic crisis it sparked
Tom Morton

Mike Yarwood death: Impressionist and comedian dies aged 82

Restyle app to make you look like doll ‘whitewashing’ people of colour

Radio Lancashire's drivetime and late shows - currently presented by Nishma Hindocha and John Gillmore - are amongst those that would no longer be local under the BBC's plans

Politicians rally round Radio Lancashire as shake-up puts presenters at risk

New AI technology can be a really helpful tool to helping with your personal finances

How ChatGPT can help you with your finances

Gordon Lightfoot performs onstage during 2018 Stagecoach California's Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Field on April 29, 2018 in Indio, California.

Breaking Tributes paid to singer Gordon Lightfoot following death

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Breaking Jacob Rees-Mogg’s stunning family home on sale for £2.75 million

Fiona Bruce on the set of Question Time. Question Time is returning to TV screens - days after the pay of its host Fiona Bruce was revealed. The flagship BBC One political show will be back Thursday with a slightly larger virtual audience than in the last series.

Full panel line-up for BBC Question Time in Bristol

RAF Scampton could be transformed into housing for asylum seekers - but locals aren’t happy

Row as historic RAF base could be used to house 1,500 asylum seekers

Martin Lewis is urging all mobile phone users to check their contracts (Photo: ITV)

Breaking Martin Lewis bags role as regular co-host on Good Morning Britain

Match of the Day anchor Gary Lineker was asked by the BBC to step back from presenting their flagship football highlights program, Match of the Day, until they agree on a social media policy. Lineker, a former England international football player and previous winner of the prestigious Golden Boot award, tweeted his own views on the government’s Stop Small Boats policy provoking a row over the impartiality of freelance BBC TV presenters.

BBC licence payers, not Lineker, robbed of freedom of expression David Montgomery

Rishi Sunak talks to local business leaders during a visit to a Coca-Cola factory in Lisburn, Northern Ireland yesterday (Picture: Liam McBurney/WPA pool/Getty Images)

New figures show 54% of people in the UK would vote to remain in EU
The new figures show trust in UK politics has fallen and more people would now vote to remain than leave the European Union
Patrick Hollis

King Charles will meet with Ursula von der Leyen, Buckingham Palace has confirmed. Credit: Getty Images

King Charles criticised for decision to meet Ursula von der Leyen

There are only two Lib Dems on the county council, but one of them - John Potter - says the group has been proved right after warning at last year's budget meeting that new schools were overdue in North West Preston

Councillors clash over tax ‘freeze’ claim, free school meals and pothole repairs

Labour Party to abolish the House of Lords if elected to UK government

Where is BBC Breakfast host Naga Munchetty? What happened to her & why was Charlie Stayt presenting alone?

Why did Naga Munchetty leave BBC Breakfast mid-show?

Wagon drivers

Letters - Monday, September 27, 2021

See letter from Neal Duffy

Letters - Wednesday January 27, 2021

As they looked into the different aspects of democracy, the children decided to hold their own mini-election within their class bubbles.

Would- be Politicians get an early start at Larkholme School

Blackpool MPs Scott Benton and Paul Maynard

Politicians unite to fight for more help for Blackpool’s hard-hit tourism sector

Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives in Downing Street after giving an update on Coronavirus lockdown measures

"People should have behaved": Your reaction to Boris Johnson's announcements tod...

Wiley posted a series of tweets targeting the Jewish community (Getty Images)

People are boycotting Twitter for 48 hours - here's why

A deserted Preston city centre at the height of the lockdown

Massive crash in UK economy shows effects of coronavirus lockdown

Top Trumps - coronavirus heroes version out now

Waste collectors are Top Trumps

Binmen and Binwomen are Top Trumps in a new key worker edition of the game

Boris Johnson ordered the public to stay at home during a TV broadcast on Monday night (Getty Images)

Calls for clarity after Boris Johnson places the UK on lockdown

Adult carers

Letters - Wednesday, February 19, 2020

HS2

Letters - Tuesday, February 11, 2020

With so much on the line, many people are expected to vote tactically this year. Picture: Shutterstock

General Election 2019: what is tactical voting and will it make a difference to ...

Fleetwood Town head coach Joey Barton

Fleetwood Town head coach Joey Barton calls for politics and sport to be kept ap...

Part of the Stanley Park course which is under threat

Politicians tee off over future of Blackpool's Stanley Park golf course

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Politicians tee off over future of Blackpool's Stanley Park golf course

One of the old Pacer trains that were due to go by Christmas

Pacers to stay on rails into next year

Should a vaping ban be put in place in the UK? (Photo: Shutterstock)

San Francisco first US city to ban vapes and e-cigarettes - should it happen in ...

Some communities could see pilots of Universal Basic Income (Photo: Shutterstock)

Politicians urged to introduce £100 tax free every week - but only in some commu...

Nearly half of UK teenagers believe that using social media makes them feel less lonely, despite concerns from parents, new research shows.

Teenagers claim social media makes them feel less lonely - report

Adam Marshall

Government blasted by businesses for 'bungling' Brexit

petrol, fuel, pump, garage

Letters - September 19, 2018

Anti-frackers celebrate the 1st birthday of GateWatch at the Preston New Road site

Anti-fracking campaigners remain steadfast one year on as Cuadrilla defends ...

The Ven Michael Everitt, Archdeacon of Lancaster

Archdeacon Michael: Solving a child's riddle

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