The ''Blackpool Gazette'' (locally marketed as simply ''The Gazette'') is an English daily

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based in

Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately north of Liverpool and west of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. It is the main settlement in the Borough of Blackpool ...

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...

. Published every day except Sunday, it covers the towns and communities of the

Fylde coast The Fylde () is a coastal plain in western Lancashire, England. It is roughly a square-shaped peninsula, bounded by Morecambe Bay to the north, the Ribble estuary to the south, the Irish Sea to the west, and the foot of the Bowland hills to ...

. It was founded as ''The West Lancashire Evening Gazette'' in 1929 before being renamed the ''Evening Gazette'', and then ''Blackpool Gazette''. The paper's history dates back to a weekly publication founded in 1873.

Background

The newspaper is published by

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, and is known locally as ''The Gazette''. The editor is Vanessa Sims. Two other weekly newspapers are also published – the '' Lytham St.Annes Express'' and the ''

Fleetwood Weekly News ''Fleetwood Weekly News'' is a weekly newspaper based in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England published every week, on a Wednesday, which covers Fleetwood and North Fylde. The newspaper is published by ''Blackpool Gazette & Herald Ltd'' who also publ ...

''. It is online at blackpoolgazette.co.uk. ''The Gazette'' had a close link with local football club

until the club's relegation from the

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in 2011. In 2014, the newspaper decided to scrap club chairman

Karl Oyston Karl Samuel Oyston (born 20 February 1968) is an English businessman and the former chairman of Blackpool Football Club. Oyston took over the chairmanship at Blackpool from his mother, Vicki Oyston, in 1999. Mrs Oyston had taken over three year ...

's weekly column "given such disgusting and offensive comments" he made to a Blackpool fan."Gazette comment: More shame on Blackpool FC"
– ''Blackpool Gazette'', 22 December 2014 Oyston's response was to stop recognising ''The Gazette'' as local media, instead only allowing them to attend national news conferences. The Oystons left the club in 2019.

References

External links

Blackpool Gazette – official website
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