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Stand out and stay safe on the roads this winter

Wearing the right clothing could help save your life on the roads this winter. That’s the message from road safety experts at Blackpool Council this month after the clocks went back and the nights get longer. Campaigners say the number of people injured on the roads always increases at this time of year. For example, last year …

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One hundred acts of Blackpool kindness

A quest to create 100 acts of kindness during November has been set up by Blackpool Fairness Commission, with anybody welcome to lend a hand. Chair of the Commission, Dr Arif Rajpura, will get the campaign going with the first act of kindness – giving up his time to go digging with Groundwork’s community food growing scheme, ‘Grow Blackpool’. Arif …

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Blackpool Illuminations Shining Bright Until 10th November

There is still time to catch this year’s Blackpool Illuminations display which is shining until November 10. As announced earlier this year, instead of turning off on November 3 as was originally scheduled, the annual lights spectacular has now been extended for an extra week. Merlin, who operate The Blackpool Tower, Madame Tussauds, the Sealife …

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