Curwood: Grassroots football on Fylde coast will be benefit from Town’s new...
Fleetwood Town’s chief execuitve Steve Curwood says grassroots football on the Fylde coast will benefit from the club’s academy Category Three status. Town’s £8.5m Poolfoot Farm training complex has...
View ArticleLancashire prepares for its Referendum result
It has been a long day’s journey into Referendum count night. But the county’s polling stations have now closed and just after 10pm the Referendum entered its third phase.After the fiercely contested...
View ArticleEU REFERENDUM: How Lancashire voted
The votes are in from across Lancashire and victory for the Leave campaign has been confirmed.Here is how you voted across the county.Blackburn - Leave 56.3% / Remain 43.7%Blackpool - Leave 67.6% /...
View ArticleEU REF: Wyre votes OUT
A total of 40,163 people in Wyre voted to leave the EU, with 22,816 opting to remain.There were 49 spoiled papers.Turn-out was 74.6 per cent.The pound fell sharply on financial markets overnight as...
View ArticleWhat happens now that Britain has voted for Brexit?
David Cameron to quit?With the vote going against David Cameron, it is no surprise that he has announced his decision to stand down and make way for another Tory leader to negotiate Britain’s exit from...
View ArticleFylde coast cricket preview: Blackpool relish top-two test
Blackpool captain Paul Danson is praised title rivals Leyland ahead of tomorrow’s crunch clash between the Northern Premier League’s top two – saying they have a similar philosophy to his own...
View ArticleSPEECH: PM David Cameron to step down following EU Referendum result
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced he will step down after Britain voted to leave the European Union this morning.In a speech on the steps of 10 Downing Street, Mr Cameron, he said: "It has...
View ArticleValue of Lancashire’s top companies tumble following Brexit vote
Lancashire’s leading companies have seen their share prices plunge as more than £100bn was wiped off the FTSE 100 within minutes of the market opening following Britain’s shock decision to leave the...
View ArticleWeird EU referendum stories you may have missed through the night
If you’ve been glued to the telly all night watching the results come in you might have missed some referendum stories that aren’t all about the numbers.Stories like ...Lindsay Lohan getting...
View ArticleHere’s what Twitter thought to the EU referendum
Thousands of people have taken to social media to talk about the EU referendum results this morning.Here’s what a few of them had to say:
View ArticleSilent tribute to victims of Tunisian beach massacre
Staff in council buildings and offices in Blackpool will stand in silence on Monday to mark the first anniversary of the death of a resort couple murdered in last year’s beach massacre in Tunisia.South...
View ArticleSpurned ex drove his BMW at ‘love rival’
A jealous dad has been found guilty of dangerous driving after speeding in his BMW towards man he believed was his ex’s new partner. Jason Howman, 43, “accelerated and drove hard” at Stephen Smith,...
View ArticleCommissioner unveils £2.3m spending plan
Police and crime commissioner Clive Grunshaw has announced a £2.3m spending plan to cut crime, protect vulnerable people and support victims across the Fylde coast.Initiatives working to reduce youth...
View ArticleCharity vows to help Fylde patients
A new charity group has started up in Lytham and St Annes.The new Marie Curie fund-raising group will raise money to support nurses in the Fylde area providing free care to people with terminal...
View ArticleSex attacker breached court order banning him from being with lone women
A SEX attacker has been convicted of breaching a court order to protect the public.Andrew Brook, who was given an extended jail term in 2003 for falsely imprisoning and indecently assaulting a woman,...
View ArticleFleetwood Town ready for Reds’ show of strength
Fleetwood boss Steven Pressley is expecting Liverpool to field a strong line-up when they travel to Highbury in July.Fleetwood’s opening pre-season game is at home to Jurgen Klopp’s men on July 13.It...
View ArticleUpdate: MP Cat Smith promoted to shadow cabinet
MP Cat Smith has been named as part of the new shadow cabinet, following a reshuffle amid a revolt against Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.Mr Corbyn began a reorganisation of his shadow cabinet, following...
View ArticleDiscount store recalls flasks over safety fears
Discount retailer Bargain Buys has been forced to recall two types of vacuum flasks over concerns about their safety.The retailer has urged customers who bought either its 1 Litre Vacuum Jug Flask or...
View ArticleMP Cat Smith: The answer isn’t re-running the referendum
Following the decision for the UK to leave the EU, MP Cat Smith has said she does not support calls to re-run the referendum.The UK voted in favour of a Brexit, with 52 per cent of voters backing the...
View ArticleThompson’s twin threat
Fleetwood climbed to second in the Northern Premier League with victory at Lancaster on a day Blackpool and St Annes had to settle for draws, both failing to chase down targets. In the match of the day...
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