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Tegan Josie, from Blackpool, was taken to hospital by her mum after she noticed she was struggling to see out of her left eye while walking home from Brownies aged 11

In politics, victories bring problems just as often as defeats. Boris Johnson’s main claim on the affection of his electorate is that he got Brexit done. His biggest weakness is that, having got Brexit done, he has lost the issue which gives him the most energy. At the Conservative party…

The Prime Minister was delivering his address at the Conservative Party event in Blackpool when he related the story of a bream fisherman he had met.

It comes as Boris Johnson is set to give a speech at the Tory spring conference in Blackpool

Speaking in front of the Ukrainian ambassador at Tory Spring Conference, Boris Johnson said: "We don't need to be woke. We just want to be free, and that's why talented people are fleeing Russia quite frankly right now"

Boris Johnson enjoyed an energetic jog on the beach in Blackpool on Saturday morning ahead of his address to the Conservative Party Spring Conference.

Speaking at Conservative Party Spring Conference in Blackpool, the Home Secretary said it was "naive" to believe women could not be "covert operatives".

The Foreign Secretary and the Defence Secretary are also scheduled to deliver speeches on Saturday.

Oliver Dowden managed to drive a tram AND ride a rollercoaster in the same day and we're still not using 'off the rails' in the headline - that's how baffling Tory Spring Conference in Blackpool is

But Tory chairman Oliver Dowden said any suggestion politicians had breached the rules needed to be ‘taken seriously’.

Richard Rapport is near to becoming one of the eight candidates to challenge for Magnus Carlsen’s crown, while six-year-old Kushal Jakhria tied for first at the Blackpool U1850 Intermediate despite being the lowest ranked player