Ahead of this year's Blackpool Illuminations switch-on, creative curator Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, is feeling the pressure. "Once a year my work is visible from space, so it's something you can't ...

For 145 years, the illuminations have been a staple part of Blackpool's seafront. Once described as "artificial sunshine", the display - first staged in 1879 - is one of the biggest and longest ...

The Changing Rooms star will pull the switch at the end of a concert in Blackpool Tower Ballroom ... a stretch of Art Deco-style features for the illuminations, said they represented "something ...

Mel B said she felt very privileged to switch on the Blackpool Illuminations in her "old stomping ground". Thousands turned out to see the Spice Girls singer flip the switch. She said the resort ...

A celebration of Blackpool’s famed beach attractions has been unveiled by Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen as part of this year's illuminations display. The celebrity designer's tableau shows 12 donkeys ...