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blackpoolgazette.co.uk | Richard Hunt
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowBlackpool’s very first Restaurant Week has officially wrapped after eight days of packed venues, pop-up events and a clear appetite for more. This year’s celebration of Blackpool’s food and drink scene ran from Thursday March 27 to Thursday 3, with more than 25 venues getting involved through exclusive menus, tasting events and unbeatable deals.
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1 week ago | 
blackpoolgazette.co.uk | Richard Hunt
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowFrom serving 99 Flakes to delivering body slams, ice cream man Dan Murray is adding a new title to his name - wrestling promoter. From serving 99 Flakes to delivering body slams, ice cream man Dan Murray is adding a new title to his name - wrestling promoter.
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1 week ago | 
blackpoolgazette.co.uk | Richard Hunt
Proposals for a new bar and restaurant in the heart of Garstang will not be pressing ahead just yet despite planning approval for the scheme being granted back in September. Planners gave the go ahead for a proposed change of use of the existing commercial ground floor premises at 13 High Street to a bar and restaurant (sui generis) including single storey glazed side extension, following demolition of a single storey lean-to, and internal alterations.
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1 week ago | 
blackpoolgazette.co.uk | Richard Hunt
A coroner was told that the inquest into the tragic death of a Blackpool man, linked to the alleged misconduct of a Lancashire PC, is facing further delays. Previously, a hearing into the death of 24 year old Dylan McEwan, also known as Dylan Smith, was adjourned in May 2024 pending the outcome of a possible police misconduct hearing. The inquest was first opened on January 2024.
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1 week ago | 
blackpoolgazette.co.uk | Richard Hunt
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowPoulton councillor Steve Nicholls is to be the next mayor of Wyre. Coun Nicholls, a Conservative councillor for Hardhorn with Highcross, was elected to hold the office of mayor for 2025/26 by majority vote at the full meeting of Wyre Council on Thursday, April 10. He was proposed by fellow Conservative councillor Roger Berry and seconded by Wyre’s party leader, Coun Michael Vincent.
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1 week ago | 
blackpoolgazette.co.uk | Richard Hunt
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowTeenager Amy Atkinson is something of a high flier - literally. Amy has been learning to fly a plane for the past six months and last week - on the morning of her 16th birthday - took the giant step of flying solo oer Blackpool airspace. With no one else in the plane with her, and only the air traffic control to communicate with, Amy successfully took off and landed the aircraft without any problems.
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1 week ago | 
blackpoolgazette.co.uk | Richard Hunt
If you were near Blackpool’s Winter Gardens over the weekend, you would probably have seen some weird and wonderful sights - including characters from well known sci fi films. It was all because the famous venue was playing host to the largest cosplay event in Lancashire over the weekend. Hundreds turned out for Comic Con World Blackpool 2025 – a family friendly convention where visitors are encouraged to cosplay as their favourite characters from film, TV or video games.
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1 week ago | 
blackpoolgazette.co.uk | Richard Hunt
There was a huge turn-out of Fylde coast businesses and trade organisations at the annual StayBlackpool Trade Show 2025. StayBlackpool, the trade association for the holiday accommodation sector in Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre, organises the event each year. This year’s show was held at the Norcalympia Conference and Exhibition Suite in the Norbrek Castle Hotel on Thursday, and provided a golden opportunity for the hospitality trade to see what is on offer within the industry.
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1 week ago | 
blackpoolgazette.co.uk | Richard Hunt
Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowWyre Council is urging residents affected by the vile, stinking emssions from a landfill site to help end the problem - by filling in diary sheets. The authority has come under some criticism from long-suffering residents in Fleetwood and the surrounding areas for not doing enough about the problem.
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1 week ago | 
lep.co.uk | Richard Hunt
A horse dealer from Lancashire who admitted selling horses fraudulenty across the UK has been handed a suspended jail sentence. Emma Bamber, 42, of Bridge Street, Garstang in Preston, pleaded guilty to seven charges of fraud by false representation and another count of engaging in misleading commercial practice. The trader, operating out of County Londonderry, wasgiven a suspended 18-month prison sentence.
