Richard Hunt

6 days ago | blackpoolgazette.co.uk | Richard Hunt

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowMore star names have been announced for this year’s Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde Pride Festival as organisers say the spectacle will be bigger and better than ever. The event, at the Tower Festival Headland, will offer a weekend of glitter and non-stop music and entertainment on the town’s iconic Comedy Carpet beneath Blackpool Tower.

1 week ago | lep.co.uk | Richard Hunt

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowA full inquest is to be held next week to establish how a talented MMA fighter from Preston tragically met his death in Blackpool last year, aged just 27. Connor Hitchens, a former Cage Warriors Fighting Championship featherweight champion, died on the morning of May 16 last yearA pre-inquiry review in January this year heard that police had been called to an incident at 6am.

1 week ago | blackpoolgazette.co.uk | Richard Hunt

They say don’t work with children or animals - but Nigel Farrage did both on a visit to Fleetwood today The Reform UK leader was back in Lancashire as part of a nationwide campaign tour ahead of next month’s local elections, having already visited Morecambe this lunchtime and Ormskirk last Wednesday. For a politician often photographed with a foaming pint to hand, his first point of call was perhaps an apt one - the Strawberry Gardens pub on Poulton Road.

1 week ago | lep.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.

1 week ago | blackpoolgazette.co.uk | Richard Hunt

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! nowPlans are in the pipeline to open a new hub to help people who are recovering from addiction in Blackpool. The Blackpool hub for NE14Addiction is aimed at providing a vital point of contact for individuals and families seeking support in addiction recovery. Backed by sponsors, it will offer a range of programmes and services tailored to meet the needs of the local community.