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• Resort’s new £65m Multiversity starts to rise from the ground

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• Campaign launched to back Blackpool for City of Culture

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• Man jailed after killing a grandfather on a pedestrian crossing in Cleveleys

  A man has been jailed after killing a grandfather on a pedestrian crossing in Cleveleys.

• Padel courts set to open at Stanley Park

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• Government denounced for Guild Hall response

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