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• Concerns raised over reduction of Avanti West Coast’s train services to resort

  A transport advisor on disability issues has raised concerns after hearing that services to London from Blackpool are to be reduced to just one train a day by operator Avanti.

• Council Executive asked to consider approving in-principle use of compulsory purchase powers to support delivery of the central housing regeneration scheme

  Blackpool Council’s Executive has been asked to reaffirm its commitment to tackling poor housing conditions and deprivation by agreeing, in principle, to consider the use of compulsory purchase powers to secure land for redevelopment if reasonable efforts to buy land and property by agreement are unsuccessful.

• Female Police Officers Assaulted

  A man was talked down from the roof of a building in Blackpool town centre

• Fleetwood’s Marine Hall to play host to Sky Sports icon Jeff Stelling

  Fleetwood’s Marine Hall will be combining sports and celebrity when it plays host to a football broadcasting icon.

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• Justice Secretary announces record prison expansion to tackle overcrowding

  Three new prisons will be built starting this year, as part of a record prison expansion, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said, as the Government grapples with near-full jails..

• New Liverpool Manchester railway line proposed

  A new railway line between Liverpool and Manchester that would punch well above its weight has been proposed by regional leaders..

• Man who killed child in blast while making cannabis gummies jailed for 14 years

  A drug dealer who caused the death of a seven-year-old boy in an explosion while making cannabis gummy sweets has been jailed for 14 years..

• No charges to be brought against ex Reform MP Rupert Lowe after threat claims

  No criminal charges will be brought against Great Yarmouth MP Mr Lowe, after he was accused of making verbal threats against party chairman Zia Yusuf..

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