The Latest Breaking News from Blackpool

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 · Jun 10, 2022

'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 · Jun 9, 2022

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 · Jun 9, 2022

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 · Jun 8, 2022

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

Daily Mirror · May 30, 2022

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.

Evening Standard · May 27, 2022

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

Manchester Evening News · May 27, 2022

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

Daily Mirror · May 27, 2022

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."

Belfast Live · May 26, 2022

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

Wales Online · May 21, 2022