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Strictly Come Dancing’s Kai Widdrington shuts down Angela Rippon ‘fix’ claims

Rippon,79, made it through to week 9’s Blackpool show and viewers are not so happy

The Independent UK

Revealed: Strictly Come Dancing’s Blackpool week song and dance routines

Here are all the songs and dance routines to expect when Strictly returns to Blackpool on Saturday 18 November

The Independent UK

EXCLUSIVE: Shirley Ballas reveals the royal wedding dress designer behind her Strictly Blackpool gown

Strictly Come Dancing's head judge Shirley Ballas on why this year’s Blackpool special will be sparklier than ever.

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‘I don’t sleep’: how a mould crisis torments Blackpool renters

All 18,000 private rentals have a damp and mould problem – but some tenants fear being forced out if they complain

The Guardian - UK

Strictly week eight talking points: From Layton’s ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ Argentine Tango to Ellie and Vito’s romantic Rumba

Craig Revel Horwood refuses to give out a 10 before Blackpool week as celebrities battle it out for spot in the Tower Ballroom

The Independent UK

Strictly week eight talking points: From Layton’s ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ Argentine Tango to Ellie and Vito’s romantic Rumba

Craig Revel Horwood refuses to give out a 10 before Blackpool week as celebrities battle it out for spot in the Tower Ballroom

The Independent UK

Strictly Come Dancing: week eight results – as it happened

Our pro-celebrity couples danced for their place in next week’s seaside special. But which pairing would miss the bus to Blackpool Tower Ballroom?

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Angela Rippon gets Strictly Come Dancing boost ahead of Blackpool

Fans have been speculating that the veteran newsreader, 79, has ‘Blackpool Week Plot Armour’ after the last results show

The Independent UK

Angela Rippon makes Strictly Come Dancing confession ahead of return to Blackpool

Rippon said she was “cross” with herself after a dreaded dance-off alongside Emmerdale actor Adam Thomas

The Independent UK

Strictly fans say Angela Rippon’s Blackpool fate ‘is decided’ as dance list revealed

Rippon, 79, became the show’s oldest participant when this year’s lineup was revealed

The Independent UK

British mother and children stuck in Gaza have experienced ‘horrible things’

Stephanie Abwasi and children, from Blackpool, want to flee Gaza and seek refuge in Egypt.

The Independent UK

$CPR did not cause ‘multiplicity’ of baby’s rib fractures, murder trial jury told$

CPR did not cause ‘multiplicity’ of baby’s rib fractures, murder trial jury told

Prosecutors say Laura Langley, 37, squeezed her seven-week-old daughter Edith to death at their home in Blackpool.

The Independent UK

Murder-accused mother ‘squeezed baby girl to death’, jury told

Seven-week-old Edith Langley, from Blackpool, sustained 33 fractures, with virtually all her ribs broken, Preston Crown Court has been told.

The Independent UK

Tim Burton pictured on Alice in Wonderland ride at Blackpool Pleasure Beach

Director appeared to enjoy rides including the ‘Journey to Hell’ and the ghost train

The Independent UK

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Blackpool nurse found guilty of sedating patients to ‘keep them quiet’

Catherine Hudson, 54, faces jail after drugging patients in 2017 and 2018 amid ‘culture of abuse’ on unit

The Independent UK

Nurse who denies unlawfully sedating patients is a ‘complete fraud’, jury told

Catherine Hudson, 54, is accused of drugging patients on Blackpool Victoria Hospital’s stroke unit with unprescribed sleeping pills.

The Guardian - UK

Inquest opens into death of 10-year-old boy electrocuted at Blackpool hotel

Coroner says there are ‘questions to be asked about how this incident happened’ after Jack Piper-Sheach died

The Independent UK

‘Questions to be asked’ after 10-year-old boy’s Blackpool hotel electrocution

Jack Piper-Sheach, of Clarendon Road, Grimsby, suffered a heart attack after being shocked and his brain was starved of oxygen, an inquest heard.

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The Guardian - UK

Boy dies after electric shock at Blackpool hotel

Ten-year-old taken to hospital on Sunday but died from injuries sustained at Tiffany’s hotel on promenade

The Independent UK

Boy dies after electric shock at Blackpool hotel – police

The youngster died on Thursday after an incident on Sunday night, Lancashire Police said.

The Independent UK

Boy dies after electrocution at seafront hotel in Blackpool

Child was rushed to hospital on Sunday but died four days later with family by his side

The Guardian - UK

Two men arrested after death of baby boy in Lancashire

Baby taken to Blackpool Victoria hospital in ‘unresponsive’ state on 27 July and later pronounced dead

The Independent UK

Two men arrested after death of baby boy in Blackpool

Baby was taken to a local hospital in an ‘unresponsive state’ on 27 July

The Guardian - UK

Fabulous frauds, handsy surrealists and scary seaside spiders – the week in art

A revealing look at centuries of art fakes, an art movement’s obsession with hands and Louise Bourgeois in Blackpool – all in your weekly dispatch

The National (Scotland)

Jeggo hails Boyle Hibs return ahead of crucial Europa Confrence League qualifier

Jimmy Jeggo has hailed the return of ‘massive weapon’ Martin Boyle as Hibernian look to shoot their way back from the brink to reach the next…

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