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Blackpool FC Preview- Barnsley
Blackpool will host Barnsley at the weekend as they search for a place in the play-offs.
Grundy Art Gallery to welcome newly commissioned artwork
This spring, Grundy Art Gallery is celebrating the changing of the seasons with two parallel exhibitions that each mark and measure the passing of time.
First two councillor mums for Blackpool
History has been made at Blackpool Council with the delivery of babies born to two serving councillors for the first time.
Church flats plans withdrawn
Controversial plans to redevelop the site of a former Blackpool church have been withdrawn.
Preview: Fleetwood Town vs Northampton Town
A nervous end to the season as Charlie Adam’s men seek to escape the relegation zone before the end of the League One season.
Plans for 89 seafront flats approved
A bid to demolish hotels on Blackpool seafront and replace them with 89 luxury flats has got the go-ahead more than two years after being first unveiled.
Parking wrangle over flats scheme
Plans to introduce a residents-only parking scheme for people living in luxury flats in Blackpool look set to finally go ahead.
£65m university campus approved
A Blackpool town centre neighbourhood is set to be demolished after planners gave the go-ahead for a £65m multiversity campus to be built.
New £30m hotel given go-ahead
A proposed £30m hotel on Blackpool Promenade has been given the go-ahead by town hall planners – with developers pledging to start work as soon as possible.
Preview: Blackpool vs Fleetwood
The League One Fylde Coast Derby approaches tomorrow.
Kim Knight unveiled as ADF candidate
The ADF party (The Alliance for Democracy and Freedom) has unveiled its candidate for the Blackpool South by-election.
Showtown Museum Success
Thousands of visitors have flocked to Blackpool’s £13m Showtown Museum since it opened last month.