Shelagh Parkinson Local Democracy Reporter
  • Blackpool
  • National World

Local democracy reporter based at the Blackpool Gazette.

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Blackpool Gazette, Lancs Live

Focus Areas

  • Blackpool

1859 Articles
about 1 month ago
lancs.live

Secondary school where pupils have to spend their breaks in a car park

Currently, the youngest students at Sir Tom Finney Community High School in Ribbleton let off steam where its minibus...

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about 1 month ago
lancs.live

Solar power 'helping make Blackpool streets safe at night'

"We responded to resident requests to light up an area that was once very poorly lit"

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about 1 month ago
lancs.live

Inside proposed £10m Cultural Hub as exciting plans submitted

This will be "central to the creative transformation of Queen Street and the north of Blackpool’s town centre"

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about 1 month ago
lancs.live

Bumper first week for Blackpool's new £21m Backlot cinema

"We have been blown away by the support we’ve received from the local community"

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about 1 month ago
lancs.live

Everything we know after fire at £100m civil service hub

Smoke could be seen billowing into the air

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about 1 month ago
blackpoolgazette.co.uk

New gallery space and cafe on the cards as further details revealed for a £10m Cultural Hub in Bl...

Further details of the exciting plans have been revealed

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about 1 month ago
lancs.live

Crackdown on rogue Botox clinics targeting children in Blackpool

Blackpool Council has received £8,500 from the government to protect under-18s from unscrupulous practitioners

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about 1 month ago
lancs.live

Town's illicit tobacco trade now 'key cash generator for organised criminals'

"This shift in illicit vaping products has provided evidence that young people are being targeted by unscrupulous tra...

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about 1 month ago
lancs.live

Inside Blackpool's new £21m cinema with UK's 'best IMAX' and seats like no other

“I don’t think anywhere will come close to it, and I have built over 200 multiplexes around the world”

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about 1 month ago
lancs.live

Resident discounts at cinema founders hope will become 'cultural haven'

The Backlot opens its doors with an exciting line-up of new blockbuster releases: Dune: Part Two, Ghostbusters and Go...

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about 1 month ago
blackpoolgazette.co.uk

Blackpool sets out vision for £1bn of economic growth by 2030 including new rail links

The vision sets out a strategy for further regeneration

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about 1 month ago
blackpoolgazette.co.uk

More £10,000 trees 'not ruled out' if funding is available

There was controversy when the £10,000 trees were planted

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