Dusty Springfield, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, and more are heading to Blackpool's Grundy Art Gallery on Queen Street later this month in a photography exhibition from the famous V&A. 'My ... more
POLICE discovered a 168-plant cannabis factory after carrying out a drugs raid on a house in Poulton. Officers, acting on information passed on from Crimestoppers, executed a drugs warrant ... more
Blackpool Council's facing another massive round of job cuts...this time to pay for the increasing number of kids coming into the town to be looked after. The resort is ... more
A life size statue to honour Blackpool soccer legend Jimmy Armfield CBE will be unveiled forty years to the day of his final game for the Seasiders. Jimmy called time ... more
A US pastor has declared he will not burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks after his plan sparked international uproar. more
Six people are now believed to have died and 39 others are injured after a gas explosion sparked a fire that tore through a San Francisco suburb. more
A waitress is missing and feared dead after a river burst its banks and thundered through a pretty coastal village in southern Italy. more
Pirates trying to hijack a ship off the coast of Somalia were baffled when they clambered aboard to find it deserted and the engines dead. more
Rescuers unable to reach a hump-backed whale which is trapped off Shetland had told Sky News they fear the mammal has died. more
About 700 people are to lose their jobs after services firm Connaught collapsed and went into administration. more
The Government is to press ahead with controversial plans to privatise the Royal Mail after a report called for "urgent action". more
Hampshire's police force has unveiled plans to axe 1,400 jobs - about a fifth its workforce, including hundreds of officers. more