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Local elections: the Tories’ heavy council losses explained - The Standard podcast

Jitendra Joshi and Rachael Burford discuss the Conservatives' significant losses in the local elections and Labour's success in the Blackpool South by-election.

Evening Standard

Blackpool verdict looks like electoral death sentence for Tories

Full results likely to point to potential drubbing for Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives at the general election

The Guardian - UK

Blackpool byelection shows Labour is back in Brexit-voting areas

Result indicates sizeable Westminster majority, while Sunak has failed to recover ground since taking over from Liz Truss

The Guardian - UK

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Is Reform UK on the rise? Blackpool’s soup kitchen candidate will find out

Chris Webb is expected to win Blackpool South for Labour but eyes are on the fortunes of Mark Butcher, who works with the poor and insists he is ‘not a politician’

The Guardian - UK

Blackpool rock maker leads crusade to protect British seaside staple

Stanton & Novelty is one of 10 Blackpool businesses that handmakes UK rock, but cheap imports and MP scandals are frustrating attempts to gain geographical protection

The Guardian - UK

Blackpool Tower Circus: Families watch in horror as acrobat injured in high wheel accident

The performer dropped ‘several feet’ and injured his wrist before crowds were evacuated

Evening Standard

‘Grave challenge’: Blackpool rock makers fear for seaside staple’s future

Manufacturers call for geographic food name protection in face of threat from cheap Chinese imports

The Guardian - UK

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One in 52 Blackpool children in care as poverty soars in north of England

£25bn of public money would have been saved between 2019 and 2023 if north had same care entry rates as south, report says

The Guardian - UK

‘Dirty rotten scoundrel’: Blackpool voters dismayed by Tory MP Scott Benton

The run-up to a byelection triggered after the local MP was caught in a sting reveals an electorate with little faith in the main parties

The Guardian - UK

Blackpool post-rockers Blanket return with third album Ceremonia

UK post-rockers and Prog Award nominees Blanket will release their third album Ceremonia in March

Louder

10 Places To Buy A Cheap House In The UK: London, Bristol Not On The List

London has been ranked as the most expensive city in the UK for first-time home buyers, with it costing an average amount of over half a million pounds.

International Business Times UK

Whoopee cushions and Houdini’s cell: Blackpool’s new museum celebrates its rowdy heritage

Showtown depicts the outrageous past and present of entertainment industry in ‘Lancashire riviera’

The Guardian - UK

Tories may face Blackpool byelection as Scott Benton loses suspension appeal

MP for Blackpool South, who offered to lobby for gambling industry, loses appeal against 35-day Commons suspension

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: The Hills of California; Metamorphosis; Candace Bushnell: True Tales of Sex, Success and Sex in the City – review

Dreams of fame trap and inspire in Jez Butterworth’s female-centred, Blackpool-set new play; Lemn Sissay takes a personal approach to Kafka; and the Sex and the City creator is full of unsurprises

The Guardian - UK

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EastEnders’ Cheryl Fergison posts sincere Blackpool Tower tribute after netting ‘fire’ blunder

Heather Trott actor asked her followers to ‘forgive me for being passionate about the Blackpool Tower’ after reported blaze turned out to be nothing of the sort

The Independent UK

Blackpool Tower fire - live: Police say ‘fire’ at landmark attraction is orange netting

Drone and rescue team are currently at the scene after a suspected fire broke out at top of iconic Blackpool Tower

The Guardian - UK

‘Fire’ at Blackpool Tower turns out to be flapping orange netting

Police arrest man on suspicion of breaching the peace after footage appeared to show landmark in flames

Evening Standard

Police reveal 'flames' seen at reported Blackpool Tower fire was orange netting blowing in wind

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service rushed to scene following reports of blaze, but have since confirmed there was no fire

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The Independent UK

Police say ‘fire’ at Blackpool Tower was orange netting fluttering in the wind

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service urged people to not fly drones around landmark structure

The National (Scotland)

Emergency services rush to Blackpool Tower mistaking fabric for flames

SIX fire engines attended the scene of Blackpool Tower to tackle a fire which was in fact orange fabric blowing in high winds.

Evening Standard

Stroke unit nurse who drugged patients for 'easy life' jailed

Catherine Hudson illegally sedated two patients at Blackpool Victoria Hospital

The Conversation

Blackpool: why seaside towns in England are struggling – and what they're doing about it

Life expectancy in Blackpool, in the north-west of England, is the lowest in the country: 5.3 years lower than the national average for men and 4.2 years lower than the national average for women.

The Guardian - UK

‘Stripped to the bone’: Lancashire courts in chaos as Raac adds to crisis

A day at Blackburn magistrates court highlights the confusion after closures in Blackpool and Preston

The Independent UK

Strictly 2023 leaderboard: The scores from week nine as competition returned to Blackpool

Who topped the leaderboard in the iconic Tower Ballroom?

The Independent UK

‘Are you mad?’: Strictly judge Anton Du Beke addresses Angela Rippon fix claims

Strictly judge was quizzed over whether veteran broadcaster Angela Rippon, 79, was ‘kept’ in the dancing show until iconic Blackpool week

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