The decision to house refugees in Blackpool was contentious with local Conservative politicians - here two families from Hong Kong share their experiences and how some of that rhetoric made it more challenging to settle in
The Charity Commission continues to investigate complaints about a soup kitchen linked to Reform UK candidate Mark Butcher
Any later excitement extended only to a small group of men and youths waving a St George's flag - upside down - from a roundabout
Planning inspector throws out appeal over concerns regarding how much it would contribute to local housing targets
It is nine years since plans were first put forward - and almost three years since any work has been done
The South Shore Romany Gypsies were central to the development of Blackpool as a tourist town, but as the town grew they were forced off the land they had occupied for generations. Is enough being done to recognise their contribution?
A mum-of-three was hit with a Section 21 eviction notice after informing her landlord of issues with her home - Shelagh Parkinson reports from the hustings event organised by The Blackpool Lead and Blackpool Gazette
Police said they are making every effort to identify those involved - but need help from the public
Cherry Property Investment Ltd had appealed after a retrospective planning application to use ground floor premises on Harrowside in South Shore was refused
Footage released by police shows John Robinson during his arrest as he played a 'key role' in the disorder on Saturday 3 August in Blackpool town centre
Bought by Blackpool Council as part of a private collection, the new Showtown museum collection includes a photograph and flyer from the 1920s showing the offensive practice of 'blacking up'.
The Lead speaks to three asylum seeking and refugee women about their experiences of the violence seen across the country in the past week.
Anti-immigrant rhetoric isn’t acceptable in any form. Ceding ground on this issue sets a ticking time bomb.
The former actor was seen on a Ryanair flight to Cork on Saturday, 3 August as the Prime Minister slammed far-right activists "whipping up action" and "running away".
From rioters to ministers, the far right has long wooed British Jews for its own ends. It’s time to see it for what it really is.
For years, the extreme right and its legitimisers picked off minorities one by one. Now they're unveiling a wider war.
A Nepalese mother was arrested in an NHS hospital because staff mistook a common birthmark for child abuse. Structural racism in medicine needs to end, and only structural upheaval can end it.
How the nation’s long love affair with police stories continues to shape our relationship with policing today.
Omasan and his business have been by Blackpool’s ambitious development projects, which have delivered blow after blow to his trade