Blackpool, Wyre & Fylde News from Wednesday, June 18th, 2025

Resort’s youth homeless charity Streetlife boosted by £475K Lottery funding

A Blackpool charity which provides vital support for vulnerable young people has been awarded £475,000 funding from the National Lottery.
Pupils lined the streets in tribute to a much-loved Blackpool teacher

The streets outside a Blackpool school were lined with pupils, parents and staff paying their respects to a much-loved teacher who died last month aged just 38.
Hold-up on Blackpool prom was not down to ‘huge pothole’, says council

Blackpool Council has clarified that a huge ‘pothole’ which held up traffic on the promenade Monday was in fact emergency work by a utilities firm.