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Grandad 'with a heart of gold' dies a year after being attacked by two former friends

Just a year after being brutally stabbed on the side of his torso at a flat in Blackpool on September 29, 2017, Jeremy Fitzsimmons passed away. Since he has been remembered as a man 'with a heart of gold'

Daily Mirror

Outsourced care means more children being moved further away – study

Oxford University research reveals 17,000 out-of-area placements in England can be attributed to the corporate takeover of care

The Guardian - UK

Lost Pontins where generations of Merseyside families headed for their summer holiday

It attracted thousands through the years

Liverpool Echo

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Body of a man found on beach in Blackpool

Police were called to the scene in the early hours of this morning

Manchester Evening News

Body found on Blackpool beach as police vans rush to Promenade

The beach was taped off by police

Liverpool Echo

Family forced to close business after 34 years thanks to crippling roadworks

Brothers Richard and Chris, owners of Stephen Padgett Furniture in Blackpool, say they've lost £40,000 in cash flow since access to the site was restricted

Daily Mirror

Inside abandoned Pontins that survived a fatal plane disaster before abruptly closing

Pontins Blackpool, which was in Lytham St Anne in Lancashire, was outlived by holiday parks in Southport, Prestatyn and Morecambe despite surviving a tragic air disaster

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Lost Pontins where generations of Greater Manchester families loved to spend their summer holiday

The holiday park was a pocket friendly destination for generations of families

Manchester Evening News

'UK's wettest rollercoaster' Valhalla is back at Blackpool Pleasure Beach

After a four-year closure, the ride is back with 'a totally new immersive experience'

Manchester Evening News

Woman 'sick to her stomach' as live worms wriggle out of her Morrisons fish

Laura Taynton, from Blackpool, has told how she was cooking a fish bought from Morrisons when to her horror she saw "something wriggling in the pan" which turned out to be four live worms

Daily Mirror

First look at the UK’s 'wettest rollercoaster' as it opens in time for half term

Valhalla has reopened at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in Lancashire and promises to plunge riders into a reservoir holding over one and a half million gallons of water – enough to fill more than two Olympic sized swimming pools

Daily Mirror

Inside new Ninja Warrior inspired water park with freefall slides and tyre run

The new Aqua Park at Foxlake Adventures has been inspired by the Japanese game show Ninja Warrior and joins Aqua Park Rutland and the Sandcastle in Blackpool among the UK's roster of action packed water parks

Daily Mirror

Election results from Blackpool local council election 2023 count

Forty-two council seats were up for grabs in the wards Anchorsholme, Bispham, Bloomfield, Brunswick, Claremont, Clifton, Greenlands, Hawes Side, Highfield, Ingthorpe, Layton, Marton, Norbreck, Park, Squires Gate, Stanley, Talbot, Tyldesley, Victoria, Warbreck and Waterloo

Manchester Evening News

Chippy claims this is cheapest fish and chips in the UK - customers say it's 'perfection'

With the average cost of a portion of fish and chips in the UK currently standing at £11.05 - many will be looking around for more reasonably priced alternatives, and Blackpool's Tower Fisheries might just be the place

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Vanilla nice? The 99s are on Starmer in Blackpool as local elections loom

Labour leader insists party is cutting through with voters as he chats to locals and visits an ice-cream parlour

Manchester Evening News

We asked AI to plan a trip to Blackpool - it told us to go to the Illuminations which aren't even on

It took just a few seconds to receive a seven-step itinerary - but the AI made some interesting suggestions

Leeds Live

Woman, 24, starved to death by her evil Leeds mum was failed by safeguarding agencies

A catalogue of failures has been identified following Debbie Leitch's tragic death in 2019 at the hands of her mother Elaine Clarke who admitted manslaughter

Daily Mirror

Chicken and eagle battle it out at scaring seagulls away from Blackpool Zoo

Blackpool Zoo has been battling flocks of pesky gulls and in an attempt to rid themselves of these creatures had advertised for a seagull deterrent in the form of an eagle

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Liverpool Echo

Hotel devastated by fire as two teenagers arrested

A huge blaze tore through the derelict hotel on Blackpool's seafront

Manchester Evening News

Two teenagers arrested for arson over Blackpool promenade hotel fire

The teens, 16 and 18, are being questioned on suspicion of suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life following the fire which destroyed the derelict hotel

Daily Mirror

Vulnerable patients left to beg at church door for money to get home from hospital

An investigation into hospital transport found some patients had been left with no means to get home after being discharged from Blackpool Victoria Hospital - and were forced to beg for money

Liverpool Echo

More than 70 firefighters tackle blaze at Blackpool hotel

A number of roads are closed with Lancashire's Chief Fire Officer adding the building is "unstable"

Manchester Evening News

Plumes of smoke seen for miles as huge fire tears through derelict Blackpool hotel AGAIN

Dramatic pictures and videos from the scene show the usually-busy promenade completely blocked off as smoke billowed overhead

Daily Record

Fire crews battle huge blaze as inferno rips through Blackpool hotel

Emergency services raced to the New Hacketts Hotel on Queens Promenade earlier this afternoon after reports of a fire.

Daily Mirror

Blackpool hotel fire as inferno rips through building and sends smoke across sky

Fire services in Lancashire have swarmed the scene at Blackpool's Queens Promenade after a fire has ripped through the New Hacketts Hotel, with smoke seen rising above the town

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