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Blackpool Gazette
  • 12/02/2025
A round-up of the top stories from across Lancashire.
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00:00Hello, my name is Luke Patrick, I'm a reporter for the Lancashire Post and the Blackpool Gazette.
00:04Here is the Daily Bulletin.
00:06Tragedy, a St Anne's man dies after being hit by a car in Blackpool as Lancashire Police arrest
00:11driver. A man has died after being hit by a car in Blackpool last night. Emergency services were
00:17called to the scene at the junction on Mowbray Drive and Plymouth Road shortly before 8pm.
00:23A man in his 70s from St Anne's suffered serious injuries after he was struck while using a
00:28pedestrian crossing. He was taken to Blackpool Victoria Hospital for treatment but sadly later
00:35died. A 43 year old man from Blackpool was arrested on suspicion of causing death by
00:41dangerous driving and is currently in custody. I checked into my Blackpool hotel room and I was in
00:48the middle of a championship football match. This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a
00:55small commission on items purchased through this article but that does not affect our editorial
00:59judgment. A hotel stay in Blackpool has gone viral after the guests unexpectedly found themselves in
01:07the middle of a football match. A TikTok video posted by FJerry shows a family opening their
01:14bedroom curtains and looking directly out onto a Blackpool FC game with supporters in the stands
01:19on the other side of the glass. Its caption just got to our hotel and I think we need to change
01:25rooms. So far it has been seen 5.9 million times. In the short clip the mum says we've just arrived
01:33at our hotel in Blackpool and we've got a football match outside our window, are you ready for this?
01:39New Preston Primary School, where it will be built and what it will be like. Details have
01:46been revealed of the design of a new primary school set to be built on the outskirts of Preston.
01:51The facility of Whittingham Drive in Whittingham was mooted about six years ago but now Lancashire
01:58County Council has unveiled formal plans for the project. The school will cater for 210 pupils
02:07aged between 4 and 11 and will include a special educational needs unit for up to 16 children.
02:12As the Lancashire Post revealed in June 2023, County Council cabinet members gave the go-ahead
02:17for the scheme, ultimately to accommodate 420 youngsters with two new receptionist classes
02:23being admitted each year. However the blueprint that has now been drawn up by County Hall is based
02:28on the original plan of one annual reception form of 30 reception children, suggesting further
02:33development on the site would be needed for any future expansion to increase capacity.
02:39Former Strictly star Giovanni Pernice bounces back after controversy and treats Fleetwood
02:45dancers to a workshop. If you were in Fleetwood on Saturday you may have seen a face that looks
02:52strictly familiar. Giovanni Pernice, a former Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer,
02:58paid a visit to the Crown Ballroom where he taught his own Ballon d'Or workshops.
03:04More than 100 people at the Chancel and the Drive and the Samba from the Italian dancer who
03:08were the 90th seasoner of Strictly with EastEnders actress Rose Ayling-Ellis in 2021.
03:15The Crown Ballroom, based on a site at Farmer Paris in Fleetwood, is owned by Alice Slinger,
03:20who is also the creative director for the Dance Floor Heroes,
03:24a Strictly show with real people from all walks of life living the ultimate dance dream.