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Blackpool's climate plan 'vital' to protect people and their homes
A Climate Adaptation Plan 2024 to 2029 has been agreed by the council’s executive, reports Shelagh Parkinson
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Blackpool teenagers involved in building new DWP base say work has been life-changing
The seven-storey building is being delivered by Blackpool Council, alongside its development partner Muse
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Blackpool Council forced to cancel £1.6m of debt for failed businesses
The council writes off debt after it has pursued all avenues to try and collect it
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Inside Blackpool's regeneration story
From swathes of new housing to Talbot Gateway there's billions being pumped into the town - we look at where and what impact it is having
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Blackpool Indian deli forced into closure just after opening over extensive food hygiene breaches
Eat Indian, on Church Street, was hit with a zero hygiene rating and forced to close temporarily to implement improvements
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Extension to Household Support Fund welcomed in Blackpool
It was set to be axed by the end of September
The long wait for work to resume on the Sands Resort Hotel in Blackpool
It is nine years since plans were first put forward - and almost three years since any work has been done
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Demolition finally underway at Hartes which had become notorious Blackpool eyesore
Developers are now hoping to build a block of 23 holiday apartments on the site with retail on the ground floor
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Metropole Hotel 'wholly inadequate' to house refugees but has been their home for three years instead of three months
Webb believes more appropriate accommodation than the hotel chain named worst in the UK for 11 consecutive years should be found
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Metropole asylum seekers need more than 'board and lodgings'
Blackpool charity share how they've organised trips out for those within the hotel - as one of the town's two MPs calls for the government to stop using…
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Blackpool family trapped in financial nightmare after naming error
Marc Thomas has been embroiled in a tussle with VW Financial Services after his details were mixed up with another customer
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