When antisemitic graffiti was discovered at the Blackpool Reform Synagogue this week, the town’s small Jewish community was ...

A one-off Thursday morning edition to announce Blackpool will go up against Wrexham, Sheffield and Milton Keynes to be UK City of Culture 2029 ...

A derelict Blackpool seafront hotel demolished after being targeted by firebugs has found itself at the centre of an international investment storm. The New Hacketts Hotel, on Queens Promenade near ...

Ryan Ferguson, 26, of Barberry Crescent in Netherton, pleaded guilty to three counts of causing to be sent by public ...

Hello and welcome to The Blackpool Lead. Staff accessing patient records at NHS trusts is very much under scrutiny after ten people were suspended relating to the death of three-year-old Noah Woods in ...

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Hello and welcome to The Blackpool Lead. Hard to miss this one if you’ve opened your phone over the last week. In an incident condemned across the political sphere, a young black man was told to leave ...

The result for the Claremont by-election is one from which many conclusions can be drawn - it just depends on the outlook you choose and few of them will be safe. For Labour, the election of new ...