BBC News (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
A man is arrested after the death of another man who was struck by a motorcycle in Blackpool.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 23 hours ago
As a warning is given that more people are tampering with their energy supplies, the BBC visited a Blackpool estate to see why 'meter cheters' risk their families' lives.
Dog News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A 58-year-old dog walker dies after being struck by a motorcycle in Blackpool. Link to full story Latest Dog News from K9 Magazine and Content aggregated by Dog News
Cerysmatic Factory (Free subscription) | yesterday
The FAC 51 The Haçienda Tour 2008 rolls on, hitting Blackpool on the last Saturday of October 2008. This street poster seen in Manchester: FAC 51 Tour 2008 The Syndicate FAC 51 The Haçienda Saturday 25 October 2008 Mike Pickering Graeme Park Peter Hook Bez Tickets priced 8.00 GBP + booking fee available from thesyndicate.com
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A 58-year-old dog walker dies after being struck by a motorcycle in Blackpool.
c h r o m a s i a (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Here's one last shot taken with the Tamron AF 11-18mm - a shot of Blackpool's North Pier , taken from about five inches above the decking. Oh, and by the time this gets (automatically) posted I'll be in London. I'm going abroad for a week - I won't tell you where yet - so should have some new/different material to post. captured camera lens focal length aperture shutter speed shooting mode exposure...
Adobe Blogs (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Blackpool! Well, Lytham St Annes more like, but it's close enough to see the tower! I visited an existing client to show them how much unexplored value there was in the Acrobat product. As usual Acrobat 9 delivered and the guys were really interested in its capabilities around Collaboration, data gathering through eForms and the security features available. As is often the case, the discussions also...
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Would you ban this song? Liverpool music historian Spencer Leigh has slipped into the strange world of sex, God, drugs and executions to unearth the BBC committee, which banned songs, including this one: With My Little Stick Of Blackpool Rock by George Formby.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Blackpool's Pleasure Beach pushed into second place as country's favourite free attraction by Xscape
Google Maps Mania (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Stag Night Wizard Stag Night Wizard is a Google Maps mash-up designed to help the best man plan a great stag night or weekend. Currently the site offers a route planner for stag nights in Manchester or London in the UK but has plans to add Barcelona, Nottingham, Blackpool and Dublin soon. Registered users of Stag Night Wizard are presented with a map of their chosen city with layers for bars, hotels,...
BBC News (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Blackpool Zoo takes in 50 tiny turtles which had been imported to the UK to be sold as pets.
Toronto Cosmetic Clinic Blog (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
These days, it seems like we’re always talking about the miracle wrinkle fighter, Botox. Here’s yet another one. If you’ve got bladder problems, Botox may be the solution. England’s Blackpool Victoria Hospital is using Botox to treat women with overactive bladders. A Botox injection is made directly into the bladder, where it helps to calm the bladder. [...]
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
A MERSEYSIDE family was stranded at the top of Blackpool Tower for four-and-a-half hours during a storm.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
From the archive, October 7 1970: Blackpool is not the best place for the parties to hold their conferences: it excites in the visitor a keen sense of national decline
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Dozens of holidaymakers were trapped on top of Blackpool Tower for four hours in gale-force winds.
