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• Update on £7.5m Stanley Buildings project

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• Council to shut square for Britain’s Got Talent auditions

  Part of Blackpool town centre will be closed to traffic to enable the resort to literally lay down the red carpet for visiting celebrities next month.

• Keys handed over for £1.7m new youth centre

  A £1.7m new youth centre in Blackpool is on track to launch in the spring after the building work was completed two months ahead of schedule.

• Fleetwood to Knott End ferry out of action until February due to ‘fault’

  The Fleetwood to Knott End ferry service will be out of action until February due to a fault with the vessel.

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