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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

Chair burlesque dancers hold midnight burlesque-athon in their pyjamas

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

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

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

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

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

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
Video shows a poignant ceremony, as over 100 people braved the sleet and snow to pay tribute to three heroic police officers who died in a sea rescue mission 42 years ago.
Richard Hunt

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

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

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

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

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

Blackpool Tower lights up to celebrate Strictly’s Blackpool Week

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
This is the adorable moment a toddler tries to “save” his dad from falling through a glass walkway at Blackpool Tower.
Sean Gleaves

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

Bailey Wood has done his house up for Halloween, to raise money for Brian House Children's Hospice (inset)

My little boy builds a creepy garden every year to help sick children

The Laurel Bank Hotel features on 4 In A Bed on Channel4 (Pics: Submitted)

Fife hotel features on Channel4’s Four In A Bed

I visited Blackpool's Boulevard Hotel - ideal base for family weekend

Young Evie Smith meets her hero Melanie Martinez

Watch: Girl excluded from school over Cruella de Vil hair meets idol

Todd German from SeaLife Scarborough and Scott Blacker from SeaLife Blackpool releasing Nazare a loggerhead sea turtle into the sea off the coast of Horta in the Azores

Heartwarming moment loggerhead sea turtle is released back in the wild

Shania Twain invites 81 year old superfan, Ken, on stage during her set at Lytham Festival.

Watch: Shania Twain invites 81-year-old superfan on stage

I went to The Ardwick pub which offers the UK's cheapest pint. Picture: NationalWorld

Video: I went to Britain's cheapest pub & paid 1997 prices for a pint

Adorable but naughty sheep interrupts Alpaca yoga exercise class at Lowlands Farm

Watch: Rogue handbag-eating sheep interrupts alpaca yoga class

The Company School of Dance has operated since 2020 (Pic: Submitted)

Fife dance school looks to regain British crowns at UDO championships

The great white shark caught by Blackpool dad Gus Smith while on holiday in New Zealand

Exclusive Watch man catch great white shark while fishing on holiday

Coleen Nolan has announced she has finally quit smoking after years of trying. (credit Getty/@coleen_nolan on Instagram)

Coleen Nolan announces "big, life changing news"

The top 23 Christmas experiences to witness in the UK

Strictly Come Dancing 2023 Professional Dancers

12 things Behind the scenes at Strictly Come Dancing 2023

Woman goes into labour playing bingo - and has baby in the car park

Charlene Downes. She disappeared 20 years ago today in Blackpool and a murder inquiry continues

£100,000 reward on offer 20 years since schoolgirl vanished

The Red Arrows have a busy weekend of displays, including the Clacton Airshow

Where to see the Red Arrows performing this weekend

Two thrill-seekers have taken the ultimate selfie with the red arrows

Thrill-seekers take ultimate selfie up Blackpool Tower with Red Arrows

Coleen Nolan has been fined for speeding in Blackpool

Coleen Nolan fined £900 days after announcing cancer diagnosis

Going Green: Warmer waters aren’t healthy for our wildlife

Most affordable coastal towns for retirement in the UK revealed

Blackpool Zoo is on the lookout for 'seagull deterrents'

Zoo to recruit human seagull deterrents - how to apply

New Brighton’s promenade miles of amazing views, as well as a lovely beach and the UK’s longest promenade

20 best and worst seaside towns ranked by The Telegraph

Ollie the emu turned 40 on Monday March 20, making him one of the oldest of his kind.

One of the world’s oldest emus has celebrated his 40th birthday

Blackpool has been named as the UK’s best budget staycation destination.

Poll ranks top UK budget staycation during the cost of living crisis

7,000 jobs will be on offer

Haven Holidays announces more than 7,000 jobs available across UK

The 'blue plaque' commemorating Rishi Sunak's Fixed Penalty on Squires Gate Lane, Blackpool.

Pranksters erect blue plaque at spot where PM was hit with £100 fine

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 18: Britain's Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, leaves 10 Downing Street to attend Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons on January 18, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Over 110 projects to benefit from government levelling up fund