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'Offensive': Tory minister says northern English towns are 'godawful'

A TORY minister has been forced to make a grovelling apology after she labelled towns and cities in the north of England as “godawful”.

The National (Scotland)

Minister who called Blackpool 'godawful' sorry over 'clueless and offensive' comments

Tory MP Heather Wheeler apologised after she was criticised for calling the seaside town 'godawful'

Manchester Evening News

'Tory minister who slagged off my town should come and have a look around'

The Leader of Blackpool Council said Tory minister Heather Wheeler's remarks that her town was "godawful" made her "cross" but said she was used to these "sort of ignorant and ill-advised comments"

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Blackpool council leader criticises Tory minister’s ‘ignorant’ comments

Heather Wheeler reportedly said she had been ‘at a conference in Blackpool or Birmingham or somewhere godawful’

The Guardian - UK

Blackpool Council leader condemns minister’s comments labelling town ‘godawful’

Heather Wheeler has apologised for the remark.

The Independent UK

Minister apologises for describing Birmingham and Blackpool as ‘godawful’

Labour said the Tory minister’s ‘offensive’ comment was ‘frankly embarrassing’

The Independent UK

Minister apologises for ‘godawful’ Birmingham and Blackpool comment

Heather Wheeler, the Tory MP for South Derbyshire, said she made an ‘inappropriate remark that does not reflect my actual view’.

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Tory MP apologises for calling Birmingham and Blackpool ‘godawful’

Heather Wheeler, a minister in the Cabinet Office, made comments at technology event in London

The Guardian - UK

Tory minister slammed for calling Blackpool and Birmingham 'godawful'

Heather Wheeler, MP for South Derbyshire, has since apologised, claiming the comments do not reflect her actual views - but Labour have hit out at the remark

Daily Mirror

Staycation bookings surge as airlines cancel flights and Brits face long airport queues

Sykes Holiday Cottages has seen a record spike in bookings in the last two weeks – up 22% on the same period last year. The most searched for British holiday destination is Blackpool

Daily Mirror

'Boris Johnson's plans fail to match the need to build more houses in UK'

Boris Johnson had the opportunity to address the housing crisis, but instead he used a speech in Blackpool to announce policies that are likely to make a dire situation even worse

Daily Mirror

Olives, bananas, train ticket staff … Big Dog Boris takes a grotesque Blackpool ramble

A fatally damaged PM laid bare the poverty of his ambition in a speech that was a model of futility

The Guardian - UK

Johnson tries hand at bricklaying on visit intended to help cement his future

The PM met students at Blackpool and The Fylde College on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson warns of ‘wage-price spiral’ if workers demand higher pay

PM raises spectre of 1970s-style economic crisis that could force dramatic rise in interest rates

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PM announces HUGE housing shake up - with right to buy and mortgages for Brits on benefits

Boris Johnson unveiled the plans in a major speech in Blackpool as he tries to get his scandal-hit premiership back on track

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson unveils housing shake up in bid to boost premiership

The Prime Minister used a speech in Blackpool to set out plans to extend the right to buy scheme

Daily Mirror

Mum-to-be sues female boss who told her to 'stop faffing' about morning sickness

Gemma Ferridge Gunn was asked by her manager Rosie Caunt at Blackpool-based firm Alcedo Orange whether her condition was 'contagious' when she was sent home with morning sickness

Daily Mirror

Elvis and Priscilla Presley impersonators to marry with costumed Las Vegas blessing

Steve Halliday said it was "love at first sight" when he met Cassandra Fisher at a gig in Blackpool, and he proposed to her on the same stage a year later

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Evening Standard

Darcy Shea: Woman arrested on suspicion of abducting girl, 9, from school gate

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of abducting a girl from outside her school in Blackpool.

Manchester Evening News

Schoolgirl Darcy Shea found 'safe and well' as woman, 60, arrested on suspicion of child abduction

Eight-year-old Darcy Shea has been found 'safe and well' after she went missing from outside a school in Blackpool

Daily Mirror

Love Island star’s mum sparks urgent hunt as she goes missing with 8-year-old girl

Police plead for information from the public after Darcy Shea went missing from her primary school in Blackpool at 9am this morning

Belfast Live

Belfast disability football club making a difference on and off the pitch

"It is great seeing the numbers grow. That's why I got involved, to give these guys a chance and to see how happy they are."

Wales Online

Nigel Owens column: I know what Jake Daniels has been going through, his courage proves football can mirror rugby

Top referee Nigel Owens explains exactly what would have been going through Blackpool star Daniels' mind ahead of coming out, the first UK footballer to do so

Daily Record

Barrhead politician backs gay footballer's "courage"

MSP Paul O'Kane has tabled a Holyrood motion in support of Blackpool's Jake Daniels

Liverpool Echo

Modern day slavery suspects arrested after police County Lines raids

Three people were arrested after police executed warrants in Woolton, Birkenhead and Blackpool

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