Blackpool firms axe 100 jobs

This month it revealed further details of its plans and announced the closure of nine stores in Wales and five in Northern Ireland as it shifts its focus to its Screwfix hardware chain which it plans to increase by up to 200 outlets. Staff at the

Probe launched after toddler wanders out of nursery towards busy main road

“Officers attended and the boy was collected and taken to Bispham Police Station. “We were later called to an address in Toronto Avenue at around 4.50pm after reports a two-year-old boy had gone missing from a nursery. “Officers believed it wa

£7m Royal Mail centre gets stamp of approval

A £7m new Royal Mail delivery centre has officially opened in Blackpool bringing around 260 workers to the site in Bispham. Footballing legend Jimmy Armfield and Blackpool North and Cleveleys MP Paul Maynard officially unveiled the new complex