The Latest Breaking News from Blackpool

Forty-two council seats were up for grabs in the wards Anchorsholme, Bispham, Bloomfield, Brunswick, Claremont, Clifton, Greenlands, Hawes Side, Highfield, Ingthorpe, Layton, Marton, Norbreck, Park, Squires Gate, Stanley, Talbot, Tyldesley, Victoria, Warbreck and Waterloo

With the average cost of a portion of fish and chips in the UK currently standing at £11.05 - many will be looking around for more reasonably priced alternatives, and Blackpool's Tower Fisheries might just be the place

A huge blaze tore through the derelict hotel on Blackpool's seafront

The teens, 16 and 18, are being questioned on suspicion of suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life following the fire which destroyed the derelict hotel

An investigation into hospital transport found some patients had been left with no means to get home after being discharged from Blackpool Victoria Hospital - and were forced to beg for money

A number of roads are closed with Lancashire's Chief Fire Officer adding the building is "unstable"

Dramatic pictures and videos from the scene show the usually-busy promenade completely blocked off as smoke billowed overhead

Emergency services raced to the New Hacketts Hotel on Queens Promenade earlier this afternoon after reports of a fire.

Fire services in Lancashire have swarmed the scene at Blackpool's Queens Promenade after a fire has ripped through the New Hacketts Hotel, with smoke seen rising above the town