‘Dirty rotten scoundrel’: Blackpool voters dismayed by Tory MP Scott Benton
The run-up to a byelection triggered after the local MP was caught in a sting reveals an electorate with little faith in the main parties
Lung disease patients waiting up to 10 years for diagnosis in poorer areas of England
A better testing regime is required as official figures show deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is three times higher in deprived parts of the country
Whoopee cushions and Houdini’s cell: Blackpool’s new museum celebrates its rowdy heritage
Showtown depicts the outrageous past and present of entertainment industry in ‘Lancashire riviera’
February 2024
Tories may face Blackpool byelection as Scott Benton loses suspension appeal
‘It’s about restoring pride’: can Blackpool use its saucy image to win back the crowds?
January 2024
Other lives
Stuart Walker obituary
Other lives: Film and TV production designer whose work included The Camomile Lawn and Portrait of a Marriage
December 2023
Drones, cat killers, ritual mass murder: Blackpool ‘fire’ recalls other false alarms
Fire engines and a helicopter were deployed to Blackpool Tower to free orange netting blowing in the wind
‘Fire’ at Blackpool Tower turns out to be flapping orange netting
Police arrest man on suspicion of breaching the peace after footage appeared to show landmark in flames
Blackpool nurse who drugged patients for ‘easy life’ jailed for seven years
Catherine Hudson, 54, illegally sedated two patients and conspired with colleague to sedate a third
November 2023
‘Stripped to the bone’: Lancashire courts in chaos as Raac adds to crisis
Living hell: Britain’s rent crisis
‘I don’t sleep’: how a mould crisis torments Blackpool renters
