A 30 year old emergency services worker has appeared at court charged with the murder of a nurse on her way to work.Jonathan Vass stood in the dock at ... more
A 14-year-old boy has drowned after getting into difficulties in the sea near Central Pier. Emergency crews were scrambled late this afternoon after the boy was seen with a friend ... more
A BLACKPOOL man has been convicted of the murder of his estranged wife following a two week trial at Preston Crown Court. Fifty two year old Stephen Green was sentenced ... more
Blackpool's Talbot Gateway Project's been dealt a major blow as the North west Regional development Agency pulls its 20 million pound cash injection. Its part of the massive round of ... more
Blackpool Pleasure beach has done a deal with Kid's Satellite TV station Nickelodeon to redevelop part of the attraction and build fourteen new rides. The project will feature cartoon favourites ... more
Six Piers Ltd, owners of the resort's three piers, has unveiled impressive plans for an £8 million redevelopment of South Pier to turn it into a state of the art ... more
Blackpool homeless shelter "Streetlife" has been given the Queens Award for Voluntary Service. The Church Street based charity provides accomodation for young homeless people in town. Now volunteers are set ... more
Cabin crew strikes and the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud sent British Airways £164m into the red for the three months to June 30. more
Iain Duncan Smith is to unveil his plans to encourage the unemployed to find work in a "radical" shake-up to the welfare system. more
The funeral of fugitive gunman Raoul Moat will be held on Monday next week at a crematorium less than a mile from his Newcastle home. more
Two young women have been jailed for the "sadistic" kidnapping and torture of a friend who they learned had slept with one of their ex-boyfriends. more
The investigation into who leaked the US' secret Afghanistan war diary may go beyond the military, the Pentagon has said. more
The two adult daughters of a Frenchwoman who confessed to suffocating eight of her newborn babies and hiding their bodies have said they are in shock and "didn't notice anything". more
A US senator investigating the early release of the Lockerbie bomber has told Sky News he has issued a new appeal for British officials and BP executives to answer his ... more
The inner workings of Tony Blair's government will be examined in detail later this morning with the appearance of Lord Prescott at the Iraq Inquiry. more
