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Award-winner Kate Moremont of Restore Compliance Limited.

From one laptop to almost £1m: Whitby woman wins national business award

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Fortress Festival 2026: Stunning photos from Scarborough’s black metal gathering

A coach service run on Sunday nights to take young men from the Forest of Dean to their sweethearts, most of whom are in domestic service in Cheltenham, in 1932

31 atmospheric photos show the UK after dark

Jonathan Rippon at BGT

BGT sensation brings his cabaret show to Hull

Seaside breaks don’t get more classic – and these Wowcher deals put the beach within reach from just £59.

Three bargain UK beach breaks from £59 on Wowcher

Omani Hamer has transformed her rented home into a colourful living space by painting vibrant murals on her garden fence and her fridge.

I transformed my boring grey fridge into a colourful piece of art

Johnnie Norman and his wife, Rachel

Watch: Man's romantic gesture for wife goes hilariously wrong

Whitby Town have signed highly-rated wide man Jarrett Rivers from Darlington. Photo by Darlington FC

Whitby Town sign highly-rated wide man Jarrett Rivers from Darlington

James Taylor at a Sandgrown Beardsmen meet up

We're pruning our facial hair ready for Oktoberfest beard championship

Frmer West Auckland Town winger James Harrison has signed for Whitby Town. Photo by Tyler's Mission

Whitby Town sign former West Auckland Town and Hebburn winger James Harrison

Scarborough Resident, Comedy Hypnotist Ken Webster is raising money for charity with his "Benidorm in a Banger" Challenge

Comedy hypnotist Ken Webster hits the toad for charity in 'Benidorm in a Banger'...
Following the huge success of his "Ken Down Under" challenge, which saw him travel from England to Australia without flying, the Scarborough native and Blackpool favourite has launched a new fundraiser: the “Benidorm in a Banger” Challenge, all in aid of Brian House Children’s Hospice in Blackpool.
Jonathan Royle

Why Brits love Benidorm

Rachel Ward plays the saxophone while riding a unicycle in Stanley Park

I'm a musical juggling unicyclist - it makes me feel ‘free’

Landlord Chris Bracegirdle rides into the Bloomfield Brewhouse on horseback for St Georges Day.

Moment patriotic landlord rides into pub and orders pint...on a HORSE

Walkinshaw drives along the tram lines.

Watch: Drunk driver drives on tram lines before hitting pedestrian

The Whitby Way pub.

The Whitby Way pub to host money-spinning event for Breast Cancer UK

Crusty the Pie football mascot

Meet beloved UK football mascots in a brand new mini-documentary

Kenny Higgins, 48, lost 22 stone after frightening wake-up call

I recorded a goodbye message to my family...then I lost 22 stone

Inside Blackpool Brick Festival

Amazing LEGO Olympic stadium even has Red Arrow flyover

The sun sets over Camber Sands.

Later time the sun will set in your area on day clocks change

inside the Glasform workshop, where John Ditchfield makes his beautiful glass sculptures, at Singleton, Lancashire

Video: I built 30ft glass sculpture in my garden...watch how I made it

Blackpool Pleasure Beach: at 138ft, new £8m theme park ride will be the tallest in the UK, making riders feel as though they are being swung out to sea

Theme Park ride will be biggest of its kind in the UK

Chair burlesque dancers hold midnight burlesque-athon in their pyjamas

We had all-night pyjama burlesque-athon. We feel sexy and empowered

Ms Philippines Great Britain 2024

Great British Hobbies - Pageant queens and model railways

John Bolloten, documentary photographer at his Blood Brothers exhibition

I photograph brutal bare-knuckle fights. I'm often sprayed with blood

A reckless teenager, 17, was forced off his e-bike after a high-speed chase in Blackpool

Reckless yob forced off e-bike after high-speed chase through park

Sammy Rodgers, 53, from Stockport, won her wrestling comeback match at Rascals Pro-Wrestling Academy in Blackpool

I made a wrestling comeback at 53 after seeing my picture in a museum

Police seized £21,000 in cash and approximately £25,000 worth of cannabis during drug raids in Blackpool and St Annes

Watch: Police smash into warehouse using chainsaw as £25k drugs seized
Watch the moment when police break into an industrial unit using a chainsaw, as they seize £21,000 in cash and approximately £25,000 worth of cannabis during a series of drug raids
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Katie Brett and Lorraine Beavers with a photo of Sasha Marsden.

My sister was murdered after fake job interview: MP backs Sasha's Law

Ashes at Carleton Cemetery and Crematorium.

I found a 'mass grave' of human ashes dumped unlovingly at crem

Karen Downes says an inquiry is needed into grooming gangs - including in Blackpool

'Living in limbo': Missing teen's mum wants grooming gang inquiry

Cillian O Connor

Watch: I'm autistic. I felt invisible before discovering magic

Vicky Bennett, 60, a former Miss Blackpool, with daughter Tabitha Bennett, 20 - Miss Blackpool 2024.

I won decorated beauty pageant 40 years after mum was crowned champion

Stolen car crashes into wall...and gets seized

Video: Stolen car crashes into wall...and gets seized

Mourners at the funeral of singer Linda Nolan have been told she would have “loved all the fuss”

Video: Massive crowds pay respects to Linda Nolan at showbiz funeral

Linda Adams plays Mrs Crossley - the Blackpool landlady who helped to get justice for murder victims of serial killer George Smith.

I found a dead bride in my hotel. I proved husband was a serial killer

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

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

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Exclusive Government reveals how it will tackle scourge of nuisance behaviour

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

Magician and Punch and Judy entertainer Martin Scott Price at his Blackpool Puppet Museum

Secrets of puppet museum hidden under coastal guest house revealed

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
Watch a fun video report that shows how a live-in carer transformed a ‘rusty old bike’ into a mobile dog treat business, to boost his mental health.
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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

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Take a look at Partington’s Holiday Parks fresh new website. It’s a virtual deli...

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

Thief steals giant Santa from charity Christmas display.

Watch: Thief steals giant 20ft Santa from charity Christmas display

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

Blackpool Tower lights up to celebrate Strictly’s Blackpool Week

The aftermath of the blaze at the Bristol Avenue tip

Video shows devastating tip blaze caused by a single e-bike battery

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

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Maryam Moshiri will appear in Taskmaster’s New Year Treat after becoming known for a viral BBC News moment in which she was accidentally shown making a middle-finger gesture during a studio countdown.

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Is a Sudden Stratospheric Warming about to deliver a massive cold snap in the UK? It could, but it’s not that simple.

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Kevin the Carrot and Chantenay launch a search for missing Cauli Dog in Aldi's 2026 Christmas advert.

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