Man appears in court over stabbing
A Blackpool man has made his first court appearance accused of stabbing his landlord in the back. Thirty seven year old Steven Leslie Carter of Reads Avenue, is charged with ... more
A Blackpool man has made his first court appearance accused of stabbing his landlord in the back. Thirty seven year old Steven Leslie Carter of Reads Avenue, is charged with ... more
A Blackpool man's been up in court after he knocked down and killed a cyclist in Cleveleys. 83 year old Barbara Taylor died after David Kilgannon pulled out of a ... more
Thousands of fans have packed into town to see Robbie flick the switch on the illuminations. Andy Mitchell's been speaking to the Council's Head of Tourism Helen France. She says ... more
Police have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with a stabbing in Blackpool. Officers detained the thirty seven year old in Brighton this morning after the ... more
TV designer Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen is back in Blackpool to unveil his latest creation for the Illumiantions. Glampires is a spooky black tableau on the cliffs at Bispham. Click on ... more
Work is continuing on building Blackpool's new multi million pound trams....with the first one just about ready. The new articulated Flexity 2 trams built by Bombardier will take the ... more
An amazing Lotto prize of £134,847 has yet to be claimed in the Blackpool and Lytham St Annes area, so National Lottery players are being urged to check and double-check ... more
As the demand for boarding school places surges, Rossall School at Fleetwood is investing millions in bringing it's Victorian accomodation up to date. Gone are the days of large dormitories ... more
Tony Blair will not cancel a party to celebrate the launch of his memoirs, despite a pledge by protesters to disrupt the event. more
CCTV images have been released by police as part of an appeal for information on the death of MI6 worker Gareth Williams. more
Andy Coulson, the Prime Minister's communications chief, would be happy to meet police to discuss allegations of phone-hacking, Downing Street has said. more
Two British soldiers who died after being caught up in separate explosions in southern Afghanistan have been named. more
Rescuers in Guatemala are taking advantage of a brief let-up in torrential downpours to search for victims and survivors of a series of landslides that have so far claimed 44 ... more
England coach Fabio Capello and principal sponsors are backing Wayne Rooney, despite newspaper allegations concerning a relationship with a prostitute. more
Two schools in Northern Ireland have been evacuated after an eight-year-old boy found a suspected pipe bomb and carried it into a classroom. more
A former headteacher who abused at least a dozen schoolboys has been jailed for 21 years. more

A Blackpool man has made his first court appearance accused of stabbing his landlord in the back. Thirty seven year old Steven Leslie Carter of Reads Avenue, is charged with ... more
A Blackpool man's been up in court after he knocked down and killed a cyclist in Cleveleys. 83 year old Barbara Taylor died after David Kilgannon pulled out of a ... more
Thousands of fans have packed into town to see Robbie flick the switch on the illuminations. Andy Mitchell's been speaking to the Council's Head of Tourism Helen France. She says ... more
Police have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with a stabbing in Blackpool. Officers detained the thirty seven year old in Brighton this morning after the ... more
TV designer Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen is back in Blackpool to unveil his latest creation for the Illumiantions. Glampires is a spooky black tableau on the cliffs at Bispham. Click on ... more
Work is continuing on building Blackpool's new multi million pound trams....with the first one just about ready. The new articulated Flexity 2 trams built by Bombardier will take the ... more
An amazing Lotto prize of £134,847 has yet to be claimed in the Blackpool and Lytham St Annes area, so National Lottery players are being urged to check and double-check ... more
As the demand for boarding school places surges, Rossall School at Fleetwood is investing millions in bringing it's Victorian accomodation up to date. Gone are the days of large dormitories ... more