John Bickerstaffe News Today

Was a musician. He went to the Royal Academy of music in london where he was a pianist. So he was very artistic, if you like. And what i think is so clever about this painting is, yes, sure it says in a literal way with the ring and the objects around that this is what this man is about, but its the expression as well. Theres a feeling of sensitivity introspection, fragility. We need to value this intriguing object, and jackson, ken jackson although dead, was a considerable force in portrait pai...

Blackpool Tower turned 130 this month and The Tower people want to hear your memories

Angela Epstein reveals that Blackpool is set for a new museum and Marco Pierre White is opening a restaurant in the town. Clearly Blackpool is trying hard to serve all tastes, she says.

Pictures and videos of the flames coming from the top of the 520ft cast iron structure quickly went viral across social media before it was revealed to be orange netting.

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) deployed six fire engines to the scene.

Police say the "fire" was actually "lights on a reflective netting surface at the top of the tower".

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service said earlier today that six fire engines and a drone team had been sent to the iconic structure and urged people to stay away.

Emergency services were scrambled to a “fire” that had apparently broken out at the top of Blackpool Tower on Thursday – only to discover it was orange netting blowing in the wind.

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