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Walkers battle stormy weather.

Watch: The 60 areas included in the Met Office’s amber weather warning

Linda Nolan has sadly passed away, aged 65. Inset: Tower lit up pink for Linda

Watch: Tower lights up pink after Linda Nolan's tragic cancer death

Paying respects at the Gynn Square memorial service to officers who died in the 1983 rescue mission at Blackpool.|Lucinda Herbert, Blackpool Gazette

Video: Police sea tragedy remembered as memorial goes ahead in snow

Alpacas dine on donated Christmas trees

Super-sweet alpacas tuck into prickly treat - of donated Xmas trees

Shots! TV meet the festive runners at Blackpool Santa Dash, in a Christmas Special of Unconventional Brits

Watch thousands of running Santas in quirky Christmas TV show

Santa's elves pet the animals on Lowlands Farm, including adorable goats, rabbits and alpacas.

Inside the magical Christmas alpaca farm where you can meet Santa

Chris McCausland poses for selfies outside Blackpool Tower during Strictly Come Dancing visit.

Video: Chris McCausland chats with Strictly fans and poses for selfies

The Woof Truck - 'rusty old bike' (inset) and what it looks like now.

Video: I upcycled a rusty old bike to become a mobile dog treat vendor

Katie Brett is campaigning again to keep David Minto in prison and to change the lenient sentencing appeals law. Inset: 'Evil' David Minto

I'm trying to keep the man who murdered my sister behind bars

Strictly Fever Comes To Blackpool

20 years of Strictly: Watch as fans and celebs waltzed into Blackpool

From left, Brunswick PACT chairman Brian Roberts, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and policing minister Dame Diana Johnson at the Home Office discussing the NationalWorld campaign Silent Crime on November 21, 2024

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper pledges action on Silent Crime

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Magical light display welcomes Strictly Come Dancing to Blackpool Tower. Credit: Lucinda Herbert

Blackpool Tower lights up to celebrate Strictly’s Blackpool Week

Owen Turner (inset) has been jailed for 9 break-ins to businesses across Blackpool

Burglar responsible for 9 raids including theft at Costa Coffee jailed

Mason Gee, 3, worried about his father Stephen Gee, 30, walking on a glass walkway

Toddler attempts to 'save' dad from glass floor at Blackpool Tower

Mark Taylor, a retired art teacher, paints music-themed portraits and album sleeves onto old tin lids and leaves them for gig-goers to take at Waterloo Music Bar.

Meet the tin-lid Banksy who gives out quirky free art at festivals

Bailey Wood has done his house up for Halloween, to raise money for Brian House Children's Hospice (inset)

My little boy builds a creepy garden every year to help sick children

Ad Feature Seven miles of Blackpool Illuminations still light up Scottish faces!

I visited Blackpool's Boulevard Hotel - ideal base for family weekend

Centre yourself with retail therapy

Roll up and see for yourself how Blackpool rocks

2024 Enterprise Vision Awards - The Winners

Scottish entrepreneur, Katrina Hutchinson-O'Neill wins Business Woman of the Yea...

Young Evie Smith meets her hero Melanie Martinez

Watch: Girl excluded from school over Cruella de Vil hair meets idol

Ad Feature Did you know this Blackpool hotel is now pet friendly?

Todd German from SeaLife Scarborough and Scott Blacker from SeaLife Blackpool releasing Nazare a loggerhead sea turtle into the sea off the coast of Horta in the Azores

Heartwarming moment loggerhead sea turtle is released back in the wild

Shania Twain invites 81 year old superfan, Ken, on stage during her set at Lytham Festival.

Watch: Shania Twain invites 81-year-old superfan on stage

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Adorable but naughty sheep interrupts Alpaca yoga exercise class at Lowlands Farm

Watch: Rogue handbag-eating sheep interrupts alpaca yoga class

UK Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer with Chris Webb, who won the Blackpool South by-election for the Labour Party. Image: Peter Byrne/Press Association

Tories suffer huge defeats in elections - but what have people said?

The Lake District is the country's largest National Park

Ad Feature 8 top attractions to visit this spring across the North West

The great white shark caught by Blackpool dad Gus Smith while on holiday in New Zealand

Exclusive Watch man catch great white shark while fishing on holiday

Stephen Dobbie celebrates with Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers having scored their third goal in a 4-2 win over Reading in the Championship Play-off final at Wembley. Photo by Dan Rowley/Shutterstock (7442650ad)

'Rodgers can go higher than Celtic again' says grateful former player

Stephen Dobbie salutes the Queen of the South support at the close of his testimonial encounter against a Scotland's legends team. The striker, the Palmerston club's second-top scorer of all-time, cherishing his relationship with the Dumfries club and philosophical about never earning the cap it is generally regarded his talents merited. (Photo by Ross Parker / SNS Group)

Dobbie on 'emotional' testimonial, Scott Brown gesture, and no Scotland caps

Coleen Nolan has announced she has finally quit smoking after years of trying. (credit Getty/@coleen_nolan on Instagram)

Coleen Nolan announces "big, life changing news"

The top 23 Christmas experiences to witness in the UK

Strictly Come Dancing 2023 Professional Dancers

12 things Behind the scenes at Strictly Come Dancing 2023

Woman goes into labour playing bingo - and has baby in the car park

British holidaymakers are choosing to go to Blackpool over Benidorm according to Trivago (Photo: Peter Byrne/PA Wire)

‘Blackpool more popular than Benidorm’ for holidaymakers

Blackpool’s biggest hotel offers year-round stays, with premium rooms, sea views and great links to major attractions. Supplied picture

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Charlene Downes. She disappeared 20 years ago today in Blackpool and a murder inquiry continues

£100,000 reward on offer 20 years since schoolgirl vanished

The Moffat family caravan, ready for fresh adventures. Picture: Pamela Moffat

Passions: 'It started in childhood and I’m still on my caravanning journey'
Hitch up a caravan and get ready for some wonderful adventures.

Ian and Nancy Paterson with councillor Anouk Kloppert.

Ballater couple celebrate sapphire anniversary

The Red Arrows have a busy weekend of displays, including the Clacton Airshow

Where to see the Red Arrows performing this weekend

Two thrill-seekers have taken the ultimate selfie with the red arrows

Thrill-seekers take ultimate selfie up Blackpool Tower with Red Arrows

Hibs' Martin Boyle takes the ball past Inter Club d'Escaldes goalkeeper Adria Munoz to open the scoring in the second leg of their Europa Conference League qualifier at Easter Road. Photo by Ross Parker / SNS Group

Boyle grabs two goals on a victorious night but admits he wanted more

Martin Boyle played for Hibs against Blackpool.

Boyle: The Hibs physios will hate me - I am champing at the bit to play

David Marshall made a big mistake for the Inter Club d'Escaldes second goal last Thursday.

Hibs facing major selection calls over Marshall, Bushiri and Boyle for Euro tie

Martin Boyle played 45 minutes for Hibs against Blackpool.

Boyle makes long-awaited return as Hibs mull over European inclusion

Coleen Nolan has been fined for speeding in Blackpool

Coleen Nolan fined £900 days after announcing cancer diagnosis

Most affordable coastal towns for retirement in the UK revealed

Gary Bowyer left Dundee just days after winning the Championship title with them.

'Saddened' Bowyer breaks silence after shock Dundee exit and reveals dream

Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman was an entertaining and interesting interviewee.

13 funny and interesting quotes from Strictly Come Dancing star Len Goodman

Len Goodman who has died aged 78

Former Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman dies at 78

Blackpool Zoo is on the lookout for 'seagull deterrents'

Zoo to recruit human seagull deterrents - how to apply

Kilmarnock forward Kyle Vassell falls under the challenge of Celtic's Carl Starfelt during the 4-1 defeat at Rugby Park.

Why Celtic are like a Premier League team - and the player who is 'so, so good'

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries