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Strictly’s Angela Rippon teases Blackpool week dance routine amid ‘fix’ claims

Angela Rippon heads to Blackpool with partner Kai Widdrington having surprised herself by reaching this far

The Independent UK

Revealed: Strictly Come Dancing’s Blackpool week song and dance routines

Here are all the songs and dance routines to expect when Strictly returns to Blackpool on Saturday 18 November

The Independent UK

Inside Strictly’s Blackpool history, from Angela Rippon’s Come Dancing to the show’s first ever ‘40’

As the BBC’s dance competition returns to the Tower Ballroom, Isobel Lewis explores the town’s dance history, and how ‘Blackpool Week’ became a ‘Strictly’ institution

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Strictly Come Dancing: Amy Dowden shares ‘devastating’ news ahead of Blackpool week

‘This means the plans for me to dance in the Strictly Ballroom this year are no longer possible,’ Strictly fan- favourite wrote

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Strictly Come Dancing’s Kai Widdrington shuts down Angela Rippon ‘fix’ claims

Rippon,79, made it through to week 9’s Blackpool show and viewers are not so happy

The Independent UK

Revealed: Strictly Come Dancing’s Blackpool week song and dance routines

Here are all the songs and dance routines to expect when Strictly returns to Blackpool on Saturday 18 November

The Independent UK

EXCLUSIVE: Shirley Ballas reveals the royal wedding dress designer behind her Strictly Blackpool gown

Strictly Come Dancing's head judge Shirley Ballas on why this year’s Blackpool special will be sparklier than ever.

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‘I don’t sleep’: how a mould crisis torments Blackpool renters

All 18,000 private rentals have a damp and mould problem – but some tenants fear being forced out if they complain

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Strictly week eight talking points: From Layton’s ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ Argentine Tango to Ellie and Vito’s romantic Rumba

Craig Revel Horwood refuses to give out a 10 before Blackpool week as celebrities battle it out for spot in the Tower Ballroom

The Independent UK

Strictly week eight talking points: From Layton’s ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ Argentine Tango to Ellie and Vito’s romantic Rumba

Craig Revel Horwood refuses to give out a 10 before Blackpool week as celebrities battle it out for spot in the Tower Ballroom

The Independent UK

Strictly Come Dancing: week eight results – as it happened

Our pro-celebrity couples danced for their place in next week’s seaside special. But which pairing would miss the bus to Blackpool Tower Ballroom?

The Guardian - UK

Angela Rippon gets Strictly Come Dancing boost ahead of Blackpool

Fans have been speculating that the veteran newsreader, 79, has ‘Blackpool Week Plot Armour’ after the last results show

The Independent UK

Angela Rippon makes Strictly Come Dancing confession ahead of return to Blackpool

Rippon said she was “cross” with herself after a dreaded dance-off alongside Emmerdale actor Adam Thomas

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Strictly fans say Angela Rippon’s Blackpool fate ‘is decided’ as dance list revealed

Rippon, 79, became the show’s oldest participant when this year’s lineup was revealed

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British mother and children stuck in Gaza have experienced ‘horrible things’

Stephanie Abwasi and children, from Blackpool, want to flee Gaza and seek refuge in Egypt.

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CPR did not cause ‘multiplicity’ of baby’s rib fractures, murder trial jury told

Prosecutors say Laura Langley, 37, squeezed her seven-week-old daughter Edith to death at their home in Blackpool.

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Murder-accused mother ‘squeezed baby girl to death’, jury told

Seven-week-old Edith Langley, from Blackpool, sustained 33 fractures, with virtually all her ribs broken, Preston Crown Court has been told.

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Tim Burton pictured on Alice in Wonderland ride at Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Director appeared to enjoy rides including the ‘Journey to Hell’ and the ghost train

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Blackpool nurse found guilty of sedating patients to ‘keep them quiet’

Catherine Hudson, 54, faces jail after drugging patients in 2017 and 2018 amid ‘culture of abuse’ on unit

The Independent UK

Nurse who denies unlawfully sedating patients is a ‘complete fraud’, jury told

Catherine Hudson, 54, is accused of drugging patients on Blackpool Victoria Hospital’s stroke unit with unprescribed sleeping pills.

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Inquest opens into death of 10-year-old boy electrocuted at Blackpool hotel

Coroner says there are ‘questions to be asked about how this incident happened’ after Jack Piper-Sheach died

The Independent UK

‘Questions to be asked’ after 10-year-old boy’s Blackpool hotel electrocution

Jack Piper-Sheach, of Clarendon Road, Grimsby, suffered a heart attack after being shocked and his brain was starved of oxygen, an inquest heard.

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Boy dies after electric shock at Blackpool hotel

Ten-year-old taken to hospital on Sunday but died from injuries sustained at Tiffany’s hotel on promenade

The Independent UK

Boy dies after electric shock at Blackpool hotel – police

The youngster died on Thursday after an incident on Sunday night, Lancashire Police said.

The Independent UK

Boy dies after electrocution at seafront hotel in Blackpool

Child was rushed to hospital on Sunday but died four days later with family by his side

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