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Couples relive first steps to love after popular ballroom restoration

The Blackpool Tower Ballroom, which has meant so much more than dancing to so many generations, opened in 1894. The general restoration was its first in 60 years, with 30 specialists on site

Daily Mirror

Boris Johnson slammed for taking private jet to Blackpool despite 3-hour train journey

The Prime Minister's total journey time would have been only around 50 minutes less if he had decided to catch the train to Blackpool, instead of flying north

Daily Mirror

Analysis-A change of style? UK's Johnson fights for political survival

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to shake up operations in his 10 Downing Street office to try to survive his gravest crisis yet over boozy events held at the heart of power during COVID-19 lockdowns.

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Man given days to live after blood cancer symptoms dismissed as old age for 10 years

Retired bus driver Brian Mellor, 80, from Blackpool, was found unable to move last year after bending down to wash his hands - he has since been diagnosed with cancer

Daily Mirror

Evening Standard Comment: Don’t let levelling up hit London’s recovery

“National missions”, “system change”, “devolution revolution” — the Levelling Up White Paper is high on rhetorical flourishes. But what everyone wants to know, from Bromley to Blackpool, is — will this make their lives better?

Evening Standard

Tom Newton Dunn: If levelling up doesn’t happen, beware the anger of the left behind

This week, I met Debbie, Becky, Mark, Margaret, Ben, and Richard. They’re voters in the Red Wall constituency of Blackpool South, won by the Tories in 2019 for the first time since 1992. I met the six when I sat in on a focus group, representing all demographics and political…

Evening Standard

The man who loves rollercoasters so much he's bought a bit of track for his house

'For me it’s priceless, and when you think about it, it’s a bit of history'

Manchester Evening News

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Fulham 1-1 Blackpool, Celtic 1-0 Dundee United, and more – as it happened

Reading were trounced again, Bolton hit Sunderland for six, Oxford’s Cameron Brannagan scored four penalties, and Celtic closed the gap on Rangers

The Guardian - UK

'Warmth, excess, fun and surreal humour': Amazing photos sum up exactly what Blackpool was like in the 80s

Photographer Barry Lewis captured the Golden Mile in all its glory

Manchester Evening News

Tickets released for £1m Peter Rabbit attraction to open in Blackpool next month

The opening date for Peter Rabbit Explore and Play has been revealed

Manchester Evening News

Man, 22, drowned in Blackpool sea while trying to save his friend who 'didn't want to live anymore'

Alex Gibson was described as a 'true hero' for his actions

Manchester Evening News

Man, 22, who couldn't swim drowns in sea while bravely trying to save friend

In the early hours after a night out, Alex raced to the seafront in Blackpool and got into the water after a friend called him and told him she 'didn't want to live anymore'

Daily Mirror

Headingley to host Summer Bash as epic weekend lineup confirmed

For the first time ever, the event will leave Blackpool's Bloomfield Road.

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