Ben Occhipinti has fond memories of childhood visits to see family in Blackpool - and is sure they will come flooding back ...

While Manchester doesn’t have its own beach, as the famous saying goes, there’s no shortage of coastal spots to visit within a couple of hour’s drive away. Along the coastlines of the North West and ...

Mark Ineson has been operating donkey rides on Blackpool beach for more than 30 years.

A man who operates donkey rides on Blackpool beach said he has had a love for the animals since he came to the resort on ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plans for the beach include the construction of 17 rocky groynes [Blackpool Council] Building rocky flood defences along Blackpool ...

One visitor labelled the golden beach as 'one of the best' in Britain.

An iconic donkey stand may soon have to go after a state court ruled the owners need to be evicted. Tourists for more than 60 years have sought out Olvera Street to pose next to Jorge, a ...

Known as Doñana’s Firefighting Donkey Battalion, this unit is responsible for preventing wildfires in parts of Spain—all thanks to their seemingly bottomless appetites. 0:12 The donkeys from Doñana’s ...

Plans for a £57m sea defence project in Blackpool have been submitted along with a warning the resort could lose its famous golden sands without urgent action. The proposed investment in the town's ...

An £8.72 million ride has been tested for the first time at Blackpool’s Pleasure Beach Resort. Engineers carried out “controlled testing” of Aviktas, a 40-seater pendulum ride, by activating its ...

Animal advocates in Riverside County are demanding answers after many wild donkeys were found maimed in Reche Canyon – one so badly it had to be euthanized on the spot. Rescue organization Donkeyland ...