Lead Editor (North) and Senior Editor (North) join to launch new newsletters and coverage for The Lead in Blackpool, Bolton, Stoke-on-Trent and Teesside.

A warning at Blackpool North is expected to advise against swimming for the remainder of the 2024 bathing season. So why is the boss of water firm United Utilities in a position as an ambassador for the town?
 

Residents living in some of the 72 properties set to be demolished speak with The Blackpool Lead about the harsh reality of the challenges they face as a direct result of the Multiversity project

133 new social properties have been finished in a £20million scheme

Blackpool Council wants the town to be the UK’s Coastal Capital of Creativity by 2030

Funding still needs to be found but councillors have given the green light to proposals for a major revamp of the Grundy and Central Library

There are around 1,300 spaces like Kilmory Community Centre in Bispham keeping people out of the cold. But their future is far from secure and their reason for existing in the first place points to a failure of government and politicians.

Chris Webb is heavy favourite to be re-elected in Blackpool South with a tight contest for second place, while Blackpool North and Cleveleys will see Labour hope to claim the seat from the Conservatives

Police have released details of charges to three men in Blackpool after town centre disorder from the far-right

Ethan Miles, 21, has been jailed for 30 months for his part in the events of 3 August