I began the Reclaim Blackpool campaign to help women share their experiences of sexual harassment in the town. Here, those people tell their stories of spiking, verbal abuse and feeling unsafe out in Blackpool
B&Bs and guesthouses, old hotels, new hotels and areas left to ruin - Blackpool saw record tourism in 2023, but that doesn't mean traditional businesses aren't jostling for survival
Arts leaders in Blackpool are working with the local authority to draw up a five-year Cultural Plan - so now is the right time to set out big aspirations.
The Blackpool Lead teamed up with the Blackpool Gazette to host a hustings ahead of the Blackpool South by-election on 2 May
Grange Park is one of hundreds of housing estates built after the Second World War. Life has changed in the decades since; here The Blackpool Lead speaks with residents past and present
Scott Benton finally stood down after a recall petition was called - meaning the national spotlight will again be on Blackpool as it goes to the polls on 2 May
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
Both Amazing Graze and Mark Butcher, the Reform UK candidate in the Blackpool South by-election, have defended themselves against the complaint
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?
Much of the conversation on the night centred around whether Reform could take second place - they couldn't
Migration numbers have hit a record high. Why aren't Tories celebrating this as a win for Brexit?
With delays in the system rife, asylum seekers spend many months in forced idleness until their cases are decided. Here are three people's stories.
Forced poverty and fear of deportation make asylum seekers easy targets.
Suella Braverman likes to portray herself as tough on crime. But for all her rhetoric, it is clear there is a particular crime that the Home Secretary has no interest in tackling. Even worse: her Illegal Migration Act is a veritable traffickers' charter.
There are tens of thousands of people who, like me, have fled wars, oppression and violence, but who are now in limbo.
A hostile bureaucracy stops doctors and other key workers from contributing to the UK.
Amid a labour shortage, the government puts ideology before the economy.
“We can use this to get the discussion of mass deportations into general conversation and wake up some sheeple," gushed one activist on a far-right Telegram channel. Others, meanwhile, called on Suella Braverman and Rishi Sunak to also deport themselves.
The Titan submersible was lost because a company allegedly cut corners hoping disaster would not strike. The Adriana sank off the Greek coast because European policies were crafted to ensure that it would.
How ‘Windrush Futurism’ is empowering the descendants of Caribbean migrants to shape new identities.