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Children could see their poems displayed across rail network
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Entries are being invited from children aged five to 13
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Blackpool Zoo joy as two elephants pregnant and due to give birth this year
Blackpool Zoo
"This announcement is a historic moment for Blackpool Zoo and it is testament to an incredible amount of work that has taken place over the last decade"
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Blackpool named UK's most popular and affordable staycation spot
Blackpool
The iconic Lancashire resort beat the likes of Scarborough and Weston-Super-Mare to bag the number one spot
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BBC Bargain Hunt stars bring stage show to Southport in week of Easter fun
Southport
Visit Southport has unveiled seven egg-citing events for you to take part in over Easter in Southport, including a no-holds-barred stage show from Philip Serrell, Charlie Ross and Christina Trevanion
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You can get up to 30% off theme park and attraction tickets for Easter
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Discount voucher codes will work between now and April 12
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Sir David Attenborough immortalised in wax at Madame Tussauds Blackpool
Blackpool
Sir David’s doppelganger can now be viewed by visitors in a brand-new area created especially for the figure
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The 'awesome' TikTok famous Manchester Airport pub where you can spot planes
Manchester Airport
The Airport Pub is incredibly family-friendly and has embraced the theme when it comes to keeping kids entertained
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Cadbury World sets date for opening of its new ride
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The attraction features 29 pods and liquid chocolate on an interactive journey
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Play data shows impact Glastonbury news has had on headliners
What's On News
There are winners and losers after the line-up was announced
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Lytham branded 'hotbed of crime' as Martin Kemp posters vandalised with googly eyes
Lytham St Annes
"Someone is going around Lytham putting googly eyes on the Martin Kemp posters. It’s a hotbed of crime here"
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First look at Blackpool Pleasure Beach's exciting additions for 2024
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Major investment into entertainment on the park means 'considerably' more on-park shows, live action and pop-up performances
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Blackpool Illuminations 2024 switch-on dates confirmed as Keith Lemon takes part
Blackpool Illuminations
"We can’t wait to show you we have up our sleeves"
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The ghosts that haunt Blackpool Pleasure Beach - from a man wearing clogs to a Karl Marx lookalike
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
The Ghost Train, ice skating rink and cellar are some areas of the Pleasure Beach that are reportedly haunted
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Chorley care home welcomes unusual visitors to help reduce stress and anxiety
Chorley
"Caring and spending time with the chickens will be a beautiful reminder of the past for many who recall their own families keeping chickens."
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First look inside Blackpool's new Holiday Inn and Marco Pierre White restaurant
Blackpool
Blackpool's new Holiday Inn is set to welcome its first guests
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Rainbow mysteriously appears on Blackpool zebra crossing overnight - and there are more on the way
Blackpool
A number of zebra crossings in Blackpool will undergo a multi-coloured makeover
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Moor Hall launches luxury Garden Rooms with hot tubs and woodland views
Aughton
Each of the standalone Garden Rooms will be found in the secluded woodland that surrounds Moor Hall’s picturesque gardens
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Large Elmer sculptures to line Blackpool streets next month for free family trail
Blackpool
Inspired by David McKee’s beloved children’s book character, each one will be uniquely decorated
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Red Arrows will roar over Lancashire this summer as Blackpool and Southport displays confirmed
Blackpool
The full list of Red Arrows 2024 display dates for their 60th Anniversary year
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People put off ski holidays because they don't understand the language
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Susie Dent has explained some of the key terms
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New easyJet mural features Ozzy Osbourne and Benjamin Zephaniah
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The artwork also honours community heroes
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Children in some parts of country have little access to outdoor play
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A new report has revealed a postcode lottery in lay park provision
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The household items you should never clean with white vinegar
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White vinegar is a staple cleaning product
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Artist uses 'magnificent' scenery of Morecambe and Lancaster to inspire award winning art
Morecambe
"We're never short of ideas and scenery, it's quite a diverse landscape in Lancaster and Morecambe and a bit further afield"
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Accrington
Eerie Accrington pub frozen in time after suddenly calling last orders years ago
"I live near this pub and it’s such a shame it’s being left to rot its a wonderful building so sad"
Preston's Spud Brothers keep winning rave reviews as jacket potato frenzy soars
Preston
"I didn't think I'd be this giddy over it"
Blackpool Pleasure Beach fans are only just realising how to get free tickets
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
The Pleasure Beach has shared details of the offer, with families responding to say they were unaware it existed
Hot Wheels City Experience leading the way to Lancashire's doorstep this year - how to get tickets
Greater Manchester News
It's the first time the event has been in Europe
First look inside SHEIN pop-up shop opening near Lancashire today
In The News
The store is sure to be extremely popular this weekend
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Thrillseekers offered 'final lap' on iconic Blackpool Pleasure Beach Resort ride closing for good
The Grand Prix ride first opened in 1960 and has been a family favourite ever since
First look inside SHEIN pop-up shop opening near Lancashire today
In The News
The store is sure to be extremely popular this weekend
The cinema hidden down an alleyway where visitors scribble ideas for films they'd like to see
Southport
As well as classics they also show more recent but perhaps little known films and it's that mix that draws such a loyal crowd
Preston's Spud Brothers keep winning rave reviews as jacket potato frenzy soars
Preston
"I didn't think I'd be this giddy over it"
Hot Wheels City Experience leading the way to Lancashire's doorstep this year - how to get tickets
Greater Manchester News
It's the first time the event has been in Europe
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Preston
Britain's richest man is from Preston, and he's so secretive his own receptionist doesn't know who he is
Michael Platt is worth an eye-watering £14.3bn
Music-loving mum's temperature soared beyond 42C after taking half a pill at festival
Blackburn
By the time paramedics arrived at Restricted Forest Festival in Blackburn, Stephanie Thorpe's condition was already 'unsurvivable'
Lidl worker suffers 'life-changing' injuries as supermarket taped off
Lidl
The woman was rushed to hospital with a serious leg injury and an investigation is underway
Mum's horror as she finds 'blood-stained' bed sheets in Blackpool hotel room
Blackpool
"I moved the sheet and it was full of blood. I was like, 'oh my good God we are going'"
'It sounded like a bomb had gone off': Mayhem as car ploughs into family home in '60mph' crash
Hyndburn
"The car was going between 60 and 70mph. It swerved and hit the house and two lads got out and legged it"
NHS
GPs could lose power to sign people off work sick as PM wants to get people back into work
Rishi Sunak is to call for an end to the "sick note culture" and warn against "over-medicalising the everyday challenges and worries of life" in a major speech on welfare reform
Two police forces probed by watchdog after mum fatally stabbed in street 'received death threats days before'
Burnley
Habibur Masum, from Burnley, is charged with murdering Kulsuma Akter
There were signs he was struggling but he'd always say 'I'm alright'
Edge Hill University
Edge Hill University student Nina Smith found out her brother Will had died two weeks before her course started
Mum-of-three died in Turkey after £2k weight loss surgery she 'so desperately wanted and needed'
Courts
Leanne Leary had an undiagnosed deep vein thrombosis which led to her having a heart attack on the operating table
Thrillseekers offered 'final lap' on iconic Blackpool Pleasure Beach Resort ride closing for good
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
The Grand Prix ride first opened in 1960 and has been a family favourite ever since