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Blackpool was once the UK's most popular seaside resort, but while locals dub it as a 's***hole' - many are quick to point out it boasts the UK's cheapest pint

Blackpool has seen a surge in annual visitors thanks to an events and investment boom, such as Christmas by the Sea and Blackpool Tower featuring on the BBC's Lighting Up The Nation

Mike Fisher, 90, is still averaging a hattrick every game following a footballing career which began 75 years ago in 1949

Blackpool's seaside splendour is no longer the draw it once was, with the streets littered with junkies and children who play bare foot in the mould and rat-infested streets

Statistics have revealed the areas across England and Wales with the highest proportion of violent crime - and a holiday hotspot on the Irish Sea coast of England has clinched the top spot

Councillor Michael Taylor, who represents the Trafford's Hale Barns area, spoke out after being contacted by families about the 'noise and swearing' and parking chaos around St Ambrose College

The town has copped a bad rap in recent years, losing its crown as one of the UK's most popular tourist destinations. But is it really as down-trodden as people say? Mirror writer Danielle Kate Wroe went to investigate

Michael Bartlett, 86, was smitten as soon as he clapped eyes on Jean, 89, when she was pulling pints behind the bar of his local in 1962