Coleen Rooney and her four sons brace the rain to head to Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Coleen Rooney shares sweet family selfie as she and her four sons brace the rain at Blackpool Pleasure Beach By Connie Rusk For Mailonline Published: 15:45 BST, 21 October 2020 | Updated: 15:50 BST, 21 October 2020 She is in the midst of a legal WAG war with her arch nemesis Rebekah Vardy.  But Coleen … Read more

Nicola Sturgeon has warned Scots NOT to travel to Blackpool as 180 covid cases are linked to town

Nicola Sturgeon has told Scots not to travel to Blackpool and other high-risk areas of England after almost 200 cases in Scotland were linked to the holiday seaside town.  Scotland’s First Minister warned Celtic and Rangers fans that they should not travel to the Lancashire town to watch the Old Firm match in pubs on … Read more

Hospitals in Blackpool, Newcastle and Liverpool seeing two thirds as many Covid patients as at peak

NHS hospitals in Blackpool are treating up to 65 per cent as many patients as they were at the peak of the outbreak in April, statistics show. In Newcastle and Liverpool, admission rates are nudging closer numbers not seen for six months as the second wave of Covid-19 rips through the North of England. Cases … Read more

Blackpool Illuminations are lit behind closed doors and will stay on an extra two months

Blackpool Illuminations are lit behind closed doors for the first time in 70 years and will stay on two months longer than normal in a bid to get tourism moving after lockdown The Blackpool Illuminations lighting was held away from the public for the first time in more than 70 years It usually runs for … Read more

Football fans won’t be allowed to sing or chant when they return to stadiums next month

Football fans will be allowed back into stadiums NEXT MONTH as the Government ease up on lockdown rules for sport… but capacity will be capped and spectators ‘must sign a code of behaviour that could include a ban on singing’ Fans could be allowed back into football stadiums again from next month Their return could … Read more

Football fans won’t be allowed to sing or chant when they return to stadiums

Football fans will be allowed back into stadiums NEXT MONTH as the Government ease up on lockdown rules for sport… but capacity will be capped and spectators ‘must sign a code of behaviour that could include a ban on singing’ Fans could be allowed back into football stadiums again from next month Their return could … Read more

‘Unemployment map’ of Britain: Blackpool tops list of areas hit hardest by Covid jobs bloodbath

The parts of Britain that are claiming the most Government help since lockdown started have been revealed.  Blackpool topped the list of areas where working-aged residents claim Universal Credit, with 12.3% of the population, representing an increase of 5.1% since March.  Birmingham is next with 10.9%, with Thanet third on 10.5%, then Wolverhampton on 10.4%, … Read more

Fire strikes ride and workshop on Blackpool pier

Blackpool’s historic Central Pier was engulfed by fire overnight just six days after the 152-year-old attraction reopened to the public following lockdown. The blaze, which started at around 3am, required ten fire engines and 50 firefighters to bring it under control. Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service said they had put out the fire and are … Read more

Mother slams huge crowds at Blackpool beach despite travelling 125 MILES to get there

Mother slams huge crowds at Blackpool seafront for ‘risking everything’ during lockdown – despite travelling 125 MILES to get there A Birmingham mother decided to take her children on a 215 mile trip the beach The unnamed 27-year-old then filmed crowds and criticised a lack of distancing  Weeks prior the woman became a viral hit … Read more