Aerial footage shows the Fylde Coast sand dunes as they get lined with used Christmas trees, during the annual three day planting event.

Merlin Entertainments has been revealed as the new operator of Sandcastle Waterpark in Blackpool. The theme park firm, which operates eight other attractions in the town, will manage the council ...

On December 23, Kitty left her job at a music shop in Bradford and caught a train to Blackpool ... the young sweethearts heading towards the sand dunes. This was the last time Kitty was seen ...

Owen Humphreys/PA Media Staff member Jennifer Allinson cleans one of the chandeliers in the Blackpool Tower Ballroom ... and Dennis Zenz speed past sand dunes during the Dakar Rally in Saudi ...

Senior reporter Aimee Seddon with her entertainment guide to five things to do next week in Central Lancashire and the Fylde Coast.

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