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Britain's best-loved comedian, Peter Kay, is to switch on this year's Blackpool Illuminations. The full line-up for the Friday night Switch-On concert is now complete with chart toppers Little Mix headlining the star-studded show with a live performance full of their biggest hits. The Guinness World Record Breaking comedian, who currently holds the record for […]

The Grade II* listed Grand Theatre celebrates its 120th Birthday on Wednesday 23 July. The Theatre first opened its doors on 23 July 1894, having been built by the leading Victorian architect Frank Matcham. It still remains as one of the few surviving examples of his work. The Grand Theatre has hosted a multitude of […]

Two male tiger cubs getting ready for zoo debut! Two tiny endangered male tiger cubs have been born at Blackpool Zoo to resident couple Zambar and Alyona. The stripy pair are the first Amur tiger cubs to arrive at the zoo for more than 18 years. Keepers discovered that Alyona had given birth overnight on […]

Queen Street Mill Textile Museum (QSM) in Harle Syke, Burnley, is celebrating the 1950s at a special event on Saturday 26 July. 'Strawberries and Steam' takes a trip back to an era when QSM was a thriving cotton-weaving mill. From midday to 5pm, visitors of all ages will be able to see how the mill […]

It’s official; Preston is one of the happiest places to live in the UK being crowned the ‘Proudest city in Great Britain’.  The city beat off some stiff competition from towns and cities across the country to make it to the top spot in the annual Right Move Happy at Home survey.  Late 2013, Preston […]

VisitBlackpool are today thanking coach companies and drivers for helping out with a study into the resort’s coach facilities. Drivers and coach company bosses from up and down the country took part in the survey, which asked about existing facilities and improvements they would like to see to help them bring more visitors to town. […]

Blackpool Pleasure Beach has been named as the best amusement park in the UK by social review website TripAdvisor. Its Travellers’ Choice Awards saw the 42-acre park top the list which took into account value for money, customer experience and overall comments on its website from its millions of users. Reviewers praised the amusement park’s […]

Hollywood director Tim Burton is back at Blackpool Pleasure Beach! The Alice in Wonderland director has given his thumbs up to the UK’s favourite amusement park after it was awarded the accolade by social review website TripAdvisor. He spent time at the 42-acre attraction and rode the Big One as part of his whistle-stop tour […]

Blackpool’s world famous Illuminations will be powered up by BES Commercial Electricity for the next two years thanks to a deal that has been signed today. Over the last ten years new technology has meant that energy consumption for the Illuminations has reduced by two-thirds. Fylde coast company, BES Utilities, has now signed a deal […]

Council chiefs in Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen have welcomed the announcement of £1.8 million revenue funding from the Government's Local Sustainable Transport Fund to promote sustainable transport across East Lancashire including the local cycle network. The funding is in addition to £2.6 million capital funding for the East Lancashire Cycle Network, announced last week […]

The race for up and coming riders on Grand Prix night Wednesday 16 July 7pm has a new name and a headline sponsor. Fort Vale Engineering is headline sponsor for the Sprint for Success race which takes place just before the Colne Grand Prix. Councillor Paul White who leads on enterprise and promotion explained: “We’re […]

Blackpool’s tourism season has kicked off with a boom this year with over 3 million adults visiting the resort between January and April. This is over 600,000 more visitors than the same period in 2013, which is fantastic news for local residents and businesses. Better still, visitor satisfaction levels have also seen significant improvement, rising […]