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Strictly Come Dancing stats: Which dance has been most successful in Blackpool?

The show’s Blackpool Special airs at 6.45pm on Saturday on BBC One and iPlayer.

Evening Standard

There is so much excitement swirling round: Strictly stars prepare for Blackpool

The special of the BBC dancing show will feature an appearance from Pet Shop Boys.

Evening Standard

Strictly Come Dancing 2024 fans THRILLED as one celeb marks a TV milestone!

Strictly Come Dancing 2024 got serious this week as the celebs and their professional partners fought to make it to Blackpool.All the stars really upped their game with Tasha Ghouri and Aljaz Skorjanec - who danced first - scoring two tens right off the bat.But while everyone impressed, it was…

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Strictly Come Dancing: week eight results – as it happened

Tasha Ghouri and JB Gill tied at the top, with Shayne Ward and Jamie Borthwick joint bottom. But who’d be doomed to the dance-off and who wouldn’t make it to Blackpool?

The Guardian - UK

Labour MP Chris Webb attacked in London by masked bike gang who stole his phone

Blackpool South MP is latest victim of London phone theft epidemic

Evening Standard

Man who killed himself in Blackpool hospital was badly failed, says mother

Jamie Pearson, 27, had waited nearly 24 hours to see an NHS mental health worker after taking an overdose in August

The Guardian - UK

Steve Bruce and the long and winding road that leads to … Blackpool

In today’s Football Daily: ‘Best wishes’ v ‘best interests’, dynamic pricing and the London School of Samba

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Blackpool and Bournemouth among top spots for a bank holiday getaway

City breaks and seaside stays are among the most searched for getaways

The Independent UK

Where tourists seldom tread, part 11: five British seaside towns with hidden histories

Some of the less-loved and gently crumbling British resorts still teem with hidden pleasures, for those who care to look

The Guardian - UK

Watch: Sentencing of Blackpool rioter televised from court

Watch as rioter Roger Haywood is sentenced in Preston on Friday 16 August, for taking part in the violent disorder that erupted in towns and cities across the UK.

The Independent UK

Mora Romero’s path from Blackpool circus to Olympic weightlifter

Bristol-based refugee team lifter set personal bests in the men’s 102kg event at Paris 2024 and said he wanted to represent Britain at the 2028 Games

The Guardian - UK

Mapped: Violent protests grip the country with fears of more to come

Violence and disorder has been seen in locations including Rotherham, Tamworth, Manchester, Hull, Liverpool, Bristol, Blackpool, Plymouth, Birmingham and Belfast

The Independent UK

The bucket and spade list: 10 new reasons to visit the British seaside this summer

From snorkel trails and seafood restaurants to maritime festivals and a ‘museum of fun’, here’s what’s new and exciting around the UK coast

The Guardian - UK

Paris 1924: Sport, Art and the Body review – an Olympic revelation from first to last

Hollywood’s Tarzan, a swimmer from Blackpool and devout Eric Liddell are among the stars in a superb show of art, film, photography and more capturing the speed and style of the city’s pivotal modernist Games

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Luke Humphries battles past Dimitri Van den Bergh to reach Blackpool semis

A stunning 164 finish from the world champion helped him win five straight legs to complete a 16-10 victory.

The Guardian - UK

Four-year-old rescued from Blackpool blaze by neighbour with bat

Boy and younger brother, whose parents died in the house fire, remain in hospital

The Independent UK

Man and woman in 20s die in Blackpool house fire as two children taken to hospital

Lancashire Police keeping ‘open mind’ as to cause of blaze

Evening Standard

Blackpool: Parents killed and two children injured in house fire

One child is ‘in a very poorly condition’, Lancashire Police say

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The Independent UK

Luke Humphries lays down marker on opening night of World Matchplay in Blackpool

Humphries is aiming to become just the fourth man to win the World Championship and World Matchplay in the same year.

The Independent UK

Father’s double tragedy as son killed in parking row attack two months after wife dies from cancer

Anthony Harley’s father saw his son die following the attack in Blackpool - exactly two months after losing his wife of 57 years

The Guardian - UK

‘Times have changed’: is the writing on the wall for the British seaside postcard?

The Guardian - UK

Ben Stokes lights up Blackpool on Durham return: county cricket – as it happened

England’s Test captain thrilled Stanley Park on his county comeback but Keaton Jennings helped Lancashire hold firm

The Guardian - UK

Desperate Tories left in disarray as Labour celebrates seismic swing

Rishi Sunak’s government tries to limit the damage as the Conservatives’ worst fears prove correct in the English local elections

International Business Times

Labour Demands UK Election After Routing Tories In Local Polls

Britain's Labour party on Friday urged beleaguered Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to call a general election, after making huge gains in English polls that included a seat in parliament.

Evening Standard

Local elections: the Tories’ heavy council losses explained - The Standard podcast

Jitendra Joshi and Rachael Burford discuss the Conservatives' significant losses in the local elections and Labour's success in the Blackpool South by-election.

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