blackpool, parts of north wales, edinburgh facing no service., 11 car carriages we have been hearing on the announcement here, going to various places, including wolverhampton. there are trains to crewe as well. avanti is a if you have bought a ticket for today, you can use that until the 4th today, you can use that until the 11th of january. so they are advising everyone more stable travel, you might travel on a different day or you can ask for a full refund. the rmt union, however, who are backing the train managers, indeed rmt members who are notjust striking today but every sunday from the 12 january to the 25th of may, is the deal is not set up, it's not fair that they are members who have been paid a certain amount of money, 250— £300, depending on who you believe, to come in on rest day working to take on quite a position of responsibility as a train manager. what is happening at the moment, according to mick lynch, you can catch that on bbc iplayer, he had said that senior greater managers are coming into work that rest day working and t

for almost 130 years, these lights have illuminated dancers in blackpool�*s famous tower ballroom. a year, a spring clean ensures the sparkles are worthy of the footwork down below. every january we lower our chandeliers, our edwardian chandeliers, down from the roof of the ballroom, and we clean all of the crystal. there's over 10,000 pieces of hand—cut crystal from italy here. hello, paul, over. it is a slow, careful process. yeah, go ahead, ethan. the floor's all clear. you can start lowering the chandeliers. - but it is done today exactly as it was over 100 years ago. speeded up here, but look and listen to this. this is the view from paul hulley, who's been the man on the winch in the ceiling since the 80s. he knows all too well that if you say the words "clean" and "chandelier," only one thing springs to mind. has there ever been an only fools and horses moment? no. fortunately, we've never... we've never had that moment. never, ever? we've come close a couple of times. tell me about the coming close moment. well, you never always know what everybody�*s doing, so you have to

fireworks displays in newcastle, blackpool and nonh in newcastle, blackpool and north yorkshire have all been cancelled. meanwhile, london has confirmed its annual new year's eve fireworks display will go ahead this evening despite the weather concerns. london mayor sadiq khan has received a knighthood in the new year's honours list, sparking fury among some amid his controversial ulez scheme and london's spiralling crime rate. sir keir starmer has been accused of rewarding failure as knife crime has increased in the capital by 50% since khan took office in 2016. the shadow home secretary, chris philp, said londoners would be furious. meanwhile, the newly appointed sir sadiq said he was truly humbled to receive the honour. in other news, tony blair's labour government pushed on with plans to open uk borders to eastern europe despite mounting concerns from senior ministers. that's according to newly released official files . the released official files. the national archives has published cabinet office files from 2003 to 2004, when tony blair was prime minister. the documents reveale

we've come to westcliff primary in blackpool to reveal the most important words chosen by thousands ofnumber one is... all: kindness! why do you think this is the word of the year? maybe some people — not in this school, but maybe some people around aren't being that nice to each other or something. people have to be kind, otherwise one will get hurt. so true, annie. are you kind? of course she is! and the words kids choose tell a story of our times. in 2020, the children's word of the year was coronavirus. you must stay at home. in 2021...anxiety. 2022. ..queen. and 2023... climate change. and the people behind the list think the latest word reflects awareness of current affairs and mental health. because there's been loads of wars, this isn't a very kind thing to do. nursery, shall we show our kind hands? shall we wave our kind hands? wave them? you teach the kids a lot about kindness, don't you? i think it's important for children to learn from adults about the kindness. but also, i think it's really important for adults to learn from children as well. and as we know, children tell

we have come to a primary school in blackpool to reveal the most important words chosen by thousandsnumber one is kindness. why do you think this is the word of the year?- is the word of the year? maybe some peeple — is the word of the year? maybe some people not _ is the word of the year? maybe some people not in _ is the word of the year? maybe some people not in this - is the word of the year? maybe some people not in this school| some people not in this school but may some people around are not being nice to each other. people have to be kind, otherwise someone will get hurt — otherwise someone will get hurt. �* otherwise someone will get hurt. ~ ~ hurt. so true. are you kind? of course she _ hurt. so true. are you kind? of course she is. _ hurt. so true. are you kind? of course she is. in _ hurt. so true. are you kind? of course she is. in the _ hurt. so true. are you kind? of course she is. in the words - course she is. in the words kids choose tell a story of our times. in 2024 children's of the year was coronavirus. you must stay at home. in 2021 it was anxiety. in 2022 it wa

and north wales, blackpool, edinburgh, stoke on trent and macclesfield will have no ava nti west coast negotiate but have criticised one another. the rmt general secretary mick lynch accused avanti of paying its own senior managers extortionate rates for working on their days off, while those who are union members were paid lower rates. avanti said it was disappointed by the strike action and thanked passengers for their patience and understanding. it said customers with tickets for strike days were strongly advised to travel on alternative dates, or they could claim a full fee—free refund. after doctors found that baby luca's spine wasn't forming properly in the womb, his mum was faced with a remarkable treatment option — effectively giving birth to him twice. he was removed from the womb at 27 weeks for an operation to help reduce his spina bifida. baby luca was then born naturally atjust under nine months. leanne rinne has the story. meet cheeky little luca. he's just turned two and his favourite thing to do is play peek—a—boo. again! his parents were told early on during pregnancy

fireworks displays in newcastle, blackpool and nonh in newcastle, blackpool and north yorkshire have all been cancelled. meanwhile, london's annual new year's eve fireworks display is going ahead this evening despite weather concerns. london mayor sadiq khan has received a knighthood in the new year's honours list, sparking fury among some amid his controversial ulez scheme and london's spiralling crime rates. sir keir starmer has been accused of rewarding failure as knife crime has increased in the capital by 50% since khan took office in 2016. the shadow home secretary, chris philp, said londoners would be furious. meanwhile, the newly appointed sir sadiq said he was truly humbled to receive the honour. in other news, tony blair's labour government pushed on with plans to open the uk's borders to eastern europe despite mounting concerns from senior ministers. that's according to newly released official files. the national archives has published cabinet office files from 2003 to 2004, when tony blair was prime minister. the documents revealed the issue of immigration was at the top

fireworks displays in newcastle, blackpool and north yorkshire have all been cancelled.eanwhile, london has confirmed its annual new year's eve fireworks display will go ahead despite the weather concerns. sir sadiq khan has said criticism of his knighthood is not the last he will receive from the conservatives, unless they've done a new year's resolution. the decision sparked fury among some amid his controversial ulez scheme and london's spiralling crime rate. sir keir starmer has been accused of rewarding failure as knife crime has increased in the capital by 50% since khan took office in 2016. the shadow home secretary, chris philp, said londoners would be furious. meanwhile, the newly appointed sir sadiq said he was truly humbled to receive the honour. truly humbled to receive the honour . as the new year honour. as the new year approaches, britain's farmers are not giving up their fight against the inheritance rate. tonight, farmers all over the country will be lighting beacons showing solidarity with each other. so far, 2430 farmers have pledged to take part and t

her agent said she died in hospital in blackpool this morning, surrounded by her siblings.cer which had —— she'd been receiving treatment for cancer which had spread to her brain. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba looks back at her life. # how many times?#. 1974 linda nolan singing on cliff richard's saturday night bbc one show, along, of course, with her sisters. the irish—born family had moved to blackpool when linda was three, and the nolan sisters had been performing and recording for over a decade before they earned a regular slot on cliff richard's prime time show. but it would still be another five years before their big chart breakthrough, when they finally scored a top three single. at the time, of course, we were kind of the cheesy nolans. that was our image and it was, you know, irish sisters all singing in nice harmonies and dressed the same, which was quite a difficult image to have because we were just normal girls. while younger sister bernie usually sang lead vocals, all the sisters had their moments in the spotlight, including linda. # i could cat

demonstrated that the people of rotherham, rochdale, keighley, oldham, oxford, aylesbury, newcastle, blackpool, they've not demonstrated to them that they care. have they really. we made a massive deal over the infected blood scandal. more than 30,000 people in the uk were given treatments for infected with hiv, hepatitis c or hep b. the post office scandal 900 subpostmasters were prosecuted, but right across the country, pakistani men have been raping thousands of mostly vulnerable young working class white girls for decades. it was a bigger national scandal than anything else as far as i'm concerned. i think it's time to have a full, independent national inquiry. let's get your thoughts on my panel this evening. i am joined by tory peer lord bailey. we've also got journalist linda jubilee and former labour party adviser matthew laza as well. look, sean, i want to start with you on this. in the next hour, i'm going to be asking you a little bit more about whether there might be some kind of cultural issue when it comes to some of these grooming gangs. let's focus on the actual inquiry aspect

coletta smith, bbc news in blackpool.anthem grant mitchell in eastenders. when he “oined grant mitchell in eastenders. when he joined the _ grant mitchell in eastenders. when he joined the show _ grant mitchell in eastenders. when he joined the show nearly - grant mitchell in eastenders. when he joined the show nearly 35 - grant mitchell in eastenders. wriezri he joined the show nearly 35 years ago steve mcfadden, playing his brother phil, and peggy his mother played by dame barbara windsor and now ross kemp says he is delighted to be returning and said it always meant so much to him. i was recalling the sharon love triangle. and 25 million viewers watched it and it broke all records. 25 million! — and it broke all records. 25; million! very close to and it broke all records. 2h million! very close to the and it broke all records. 25 million! very close to the figui-es million! very close to the figures we are getting right now. especially on new year's _ we are getting right now. especially on new year's day _ we are get

and north wales, blackpool, stoke—on—trent and macclesfield will have no avante coast services whatsoeverour open and willing to negotiate, but have criticised one another. the general secretary, nick lynch, accused avanti of paying its own senior managers extortionate rates are working on their days off, while those who are union members were paid lower rates. avanti said it was disappointed by the strike action and bank passengers that their patience and understanding. it said customers with tickets for strike days were strongly advised to travel on alternative dates, or they could claim a full fee free refund. the government will unveil a new artificial intelligence plan tomorrow, aimed at driving more innovation. ministers say they will attract more ai companies to the uk by shifting away from what they're calling the former conservative government's "overbearing focus on safety." the foreign secretary travelled to saudi arabia for talks on syria's future, one month after the collapse of the assad regime. david lammy is expected to offer british help in organising humanitarian efforts

we are light in blackpool�*s they must have ballroom this morning for an early spring clean. —— towert all of the chandeliers have been lowered to the ground. the priceless one tonne masterpiece will be lowered live while we're on air. join us then. today will be mostly cloudy and mostly — today will be mostly cloudy and mostly dry. a little drizzle coming out of _ mostly dry. a little drizzle coming out of the — mostly dry. a little drizzle coming out of the cloud. the brightest skies _ out of the cloud. the brightest skies will— out of the cloud. the brightest skies will be in eastern scotland and also — skies will be in eastern scotland and also the north—east of england. all of— and also the north—east of england. all of the _ and also the north—east of england. all of the details it's tuesday, the 14th of january. shortly. authorities in los angeles are bracing themselves for the arrival of strong winds, as forecasters warn gusts of up to 70mph could stoke wildfires even further. at least three fires are still burning, with tens of thousands of acres of land now scorched across t