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Man held as part of ongoing investigation into mistreatment and neglect at Blackpool Victoria hospital stroke unit

A tempest is brewing in Stratford-upon-Avon after council bosses turned the historic town into an eyesore by spending £200,000 on garish safety barriers that make parking impossible.  Businesses say they are being driven out of Shakespeares hometown after shambolic attempts at making the area Covid safe forced visitors away over the summer. Tourists who were able to visit after the first lockdown said it looked like there had been a terrorist attack due to the number of safety barriers that h...

Teenage brothers who died on very safe Lancashire beach were engulfed by tide, inquest told The inquest was told the tide comes in “quite quickly” over the large stretch of beach which contained various gulleys 12:25, 25 FEB 2021 Updated Muhammad Azhar Shabbir, 18, and Ali Athar Shabbir, 16, from Dewsbury, got into difficulty in water at St Annes, Lancashire (Image: Lancashire Constabulary) Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletterInvalid Emai...

Blackpool Pleasure Beach announces when it will reopen in 2021 as Covid restrictions easing A host of new measures have been brought in for when the attraction opens Dont miss a thing by getting the days biggest stories sent direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Click here When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribing...

Inquest to take place after family day at seaside turned into tragedy Muhammad Shabbir and his brother Ali went missing on August 15 of last year after getting into difficulty in the water Muhammad Azhar Shabbir, 18, and Ali-Athar Shabbir, 16, were killed in August Cut through the noise and get the Lancashire news to your inbox for free - twice dailyInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these n...

Dublin Ports Future Lines of Development Affect Us All 30th January 2021 "Our jewel and darling Dublin…." Far from being seen as a problem, the intertwining of the city, port and sea should be thought of as something to cherish and develop Dublin and its Port. The City and the Sea. The Culture and the Commerce. The Buzz and the Business. The sense of real working and creative life, with the romance of the ocean and the hint of salty far horizons, vibrantly cheek by jowl with a thriving yet ...

Submitting... Looking east to Thornton down Victoria Road from the sea in the early years of the twentieth century. An engineer by profession, first on the old Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and then with a Preston firm, he helped to build Preston Dock and channel. Then he came to Blackpool as manager of the firm to plan and supervise the building of the Fleetwood tramroad from the Gynn that opened on July 14 1898. As he once recalled: “At that time, of course, this was all to intents barre...

Such a battler: The miracle baby born after his mum thought she was having a miscarriage Baby Jase-James was the weight of a block of butter 08:34, 24 JAN 2021 Dont miss a thing by getting the days biggest stories sent direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Click here When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe hav...

A huge new theme park is opening an hours drive from Manchester - and its inspired by a book that says aliens have visited earth Blackpool Council is planning to compel landowners to sell up to make way for a £300m entertainment complex (Image: Blackpool Council) Sign up to the M.E.N.s Manchester Family newsletter for all the latest from school closures to ways to entertain the kidsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the informat...

We interview ‘Victoria’ actor Jenna Coleman on ’70s fashion and speed-learning French to play Marie-Andrée Leclerc, the partner of serial killer Charles Sobhraj, in thriller TV series, ‘The Serpent’.