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'Mindless hatred': Far-right festival farce averted in Blackpool

The Talbot social club admits it was due to host the two day event that was cancelled following an investigation into the gig promoter behind it

By Antonia Charlesworth Stack

Two dead and two children in hospital after Blackpool house fire

A woman in her 20s was found dead at the scene and a man was pronounced dead at Blackpool Victoria Hospital

By Luke Beardsworth

Blackpool Airport regeneration plans submitted but commercial flights promises shelved

Regeneration of Blackpool Airport - as part of Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone plans - continues but any plans for commercial flights remain in the background

By Luke Beardsworth

Blackpool family trapped in financial nightmare after naming error

Marc Thomas has been embroiled in a tussle with VW Financial Services after his details were mixed up with another customer

By Shelagh Parkinson

Lancashire Constabulary faces payout for treatment of Blackpool officer with PTSD, anxiety and depression

The woman had her PTSD likened to a broken leg by Superintendent Chris Hardy, one of the force’s most senior officers, documents say.

By Michael Holmes

Mould so bad you can taste it inside this Blackpool home

A landlord has been served a hazard awareness notice after The Blackpool Lead shared photos of Jade’s mouldy home with the council. But it's a problem in every one of the town’s 18,000 privately rented houses.

By Antonia Charlesworth Stack

Community in Blackpool praying for 'best possible outcome' for two children caught in fire

A community waits for news on the two children caught up in the house fire in Blackpool

Two more charges as police action in wake of Blackpool disorder continues to stack up

Daniel Stewart and Andrew Hook have both been charged after disorder in Blackpool

By Luke Beardsworth

South Shore library set to become eco hub after government funding spend approved

Heat pumps will aim to help inspire people to do the same with their own homes

By Shelagh Parkinson

Ambitious plans for £10m Blackpool cultural hub set for green light

The scheme would see a two-storey extension built to the Grundy Art Gallery on Queen Street

By Shelagh Parkinson

Rosalind Savage: Climate change from the sea level up

The Reading Room: The champion ocean rower reflects on pollution and rising sea levels from the close vantage point of a trans-oceanic rowboat, and considers why even today it's hard to make the global North grasp the scale and the urgency of the crisis.

By Rosalind Savage

When storytelling becomes a revolution

Western observers are trying to reduce the story of Iran's uprising to cliches. They fixate on sanctions or try to pretend a regime that butchers feminists is some kind of a reasonable alternative to US imperialism. As Iranians, our only weapon against these deadly fallacies is stories of those we lost - and those still fighting.

By Omid Shams

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