Vicky Ellis

Blackpool Council has announced its support of Good Morning Britain’s Just Read campaign, to encourage parents and carers to spend ten minutes reading with their children every day. The campaign will see the library giving away 50 copies of bestselling book Diary of a Wimpy Kid to local children on Saturday 13 September. Blackpool Central Library and Moor Park Library are two of 200 libraries across the UK taking part in the Just Read giveaway which is supported by national charity The Reading Agency and children’s publisher Puffin. The campaign comes as a coalition of leading charities, teachers, parents and…

If you noticed some rumblings coming from overhead this weekend, you'd have been forgiven for assuming that Bertha was trumping her way across the heavens.  Not so.  The Fylde Coasts's skies were alive with the purring of whatever witchcraft it is that keeps tonnes of metal up in the air for hours.  They were hard to miss, particularly if, like photographer Jo Harley-Hynes, you were standing beneath them.  So, for all you aviophiles (yes, I had to look that up) Here's a glimpse of what she saw on Sunday.   All images courtesy of Jo Harley-Hynes.

Fleetwood is going to be awash with entertainment and floods of pleasure-seekers this weekend as Tram Sunday finally arrives. This year it boasts many attractions, including over two hundred different vehicles – from stream trucks and fire engines to vintage cars and bicycles, a scarecrow festival, funfair, shops, stalls, town criers, local bands, a mini ride-on railway, local dance troops, and a procession of heritage vehicles. As if all that weren't enough, the SpareParts itinerary, focused around the Mount and Marine Hall, features workshops, a parade, street theatre and a whole raft of unusual entertainment. You can read more about…