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Strictly Come Dancing: Lewis Cope lands 40 as La Voix is forced to pull out

The Blackpool special took place after a turbulent week for hit BBC series

The Independent UK

TV tonight: Samantha Morton’s rompy period drama about a slippery royal

Fans of The Great and Mary & George will love The Serpent Queen. Plus: it’s the Blackpool bonanza on Strictly! Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Strictly Come Dancing stars ‘grateful’ they have made it to Blackpool special

Reality TV star Amber Davies and EastEnders actress Balvinder Sopal both said they were ‘grateful’ to still be in the competition.

Evening Standard

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Strictly’s Amber Davies shares ‘special’ link to upcoming Blackpool dance

Strictly Come Dancing’s Amber Davies has revealed why she is so excited for her upcoming dance to S Club 7’s “Reach”.

The Independent UK

How could council tax change in budget – and who would be hardest hit?

Critics say current system is a ‘dog’s dinner’ – with homes in Blackpool paying more than in one of London’s wealthiest boroughs

The Guardian - UK

La Voix to miss this week’s Strictly Blackpool specials following injury

The 45-year-old, whose real name is Christopher Dennis, will receive a bye to next week’s episodes of the BBC dancing programme.

Evening Standard

Strictly star La Voix pulls out of Blackpool episode after injury

Contestant left ‘devastated’ after withdrawing from this weekend’s competition

The Independent UK

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Strictly contestants to be given 10 seconds to prepare dance in new challenge

Strictly Come Dancing continues with the show’s annual Blackpool specials this weekend.

Evening Standard

Strictly Come Dancing: week eight results – as it happened

With the annual trip to Blackpool in sight, Amber Davies topped the scores, while Balvinder Sopal and Vicky Pattison were joint bottom. But who would be Tower Ballroom-bound and who’d miss out on the seaside special?

The Guardian - UK

Strictly announces return of four celebrities in big Blackpool show shake-up

Strictly Come Dancing has announced the return of four celebrities in a major show shake-up.

The Independent UK

Layton Williams and Ashley Roberts among former stars set to make Strictly return

This weekend’s episodes will also feature performances from Olly Murs, Lewis Capaldi, Steps and dance group Diversity

The Independent UK

Layton Williams, Ashley Roberts and Jay McGuiness to return to Strictly

They will perform on the results show of the BBC dance programme’s Blackpool special.

Evening Standard

The truth behind the disappearance of Charlene Downes: ‘She was reduced to this salacious, shocking story’

When Nicola Thorp was growing up in Blackpool, the ‘kebab girl’ who had gone missing less than a mile away, aged 14, was spoken of as a cautionary tale. But what really happened to her? For the last three years, Thorp has been finding out

The Guardian - UK

Moment attempted kidnapper arrested after trying to snatch baby in pram

An attempted kidnapper tried to snatch a baby girl in a pram away from her mother outside an ice cream shop in Blackpool.

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‘A sticking plaster’: Labour’s levelling up offer leaves Blackpool voters unmoved

People in Little Layton say regeneration funds will not relieve hardship or change their political judgements

The Independent UK

Blackpool Tower Circus evacuated after rider injured in motorbike stunt

The stuntman is believed to have fallen off his bike while performing the ‘Globe of Death’ act

The Guardian - UK

Blackpool hospital neglect contributed to suicide of man who waited 22 hours for help, coroner rules

Jamie Pearson killed himself in toilet at Blackpool Victoria hospital after being admitted over painkiller overdose

International Business Times UK

What Did Jamie Borthwick Say That Got the EastEnders Star Suspended and Axed? Here's What We Know

Jamie Borthwick suspended and axed from EastEnders after using an ableist slur. Here's what he said and how the BBC responded.

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The Independent UK

Patient who was sexually assaulted in hospital was unlawfully killed, says coroner

Valerie Kneale, 75, was subjected to a violent assault while she was a patient at Blackpool Victoria Hospital

Evening Standard

Hospital sexual assault victim was unlawfully killed, says coroner

Grandmother Valerie Kneale was assaulted after she was admitted to Blackpool Victoria Hospital following a stroke in 2018. She died four days later.

The Guardian - UK

Blackpool lights up the north of England

Letters: Julian Allitt backs the lights of Lancashire, while Rev Ruth Cartwright stands up for Southend in Essex

The Guardian - UK

‘Where design gets to take its bra off’: Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen on his 20 years with the Blackpool Illuminations

Maximalist designer from London discusses how he became one of town’s fiercest advocates – and curator of 146-year-old event

Evening Standard

Black cab rapist John Worboys faces new rape claim from the 1990s

The alleged attack in Blackpool has led to a fresh probe by detectives

The Independent UK

Talking parrot helps bring down Blackpool drug operation

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Talking parrot brings down Blackpool drugs ring after revealing secrets to police

A talking parrot has helped bring down an organised crime gang, after a member taught the bird how to say the drug-dealing phrase “two for 25”.

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