An entrepreneur's plan for a farm site has been rejected by councillors, one of whom claimed the standard of proposed work had gone from "an Eiffel Tower to a Blackpool Tower". Ribble Valley ...

Inspired by a trip to Paris in 1889, former Blackpool mayor Sir John Bickerstaffe had the idea of building a Lancashire version of the Eiffel Tower.

Inspired by the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Blackpool Tower was opened to the public on 14 May, 1894. It is the 125th-tallest freestanding tower in the world. One man was arrested on the day on ...

A business units plan for a Longridge farm site has been rejected by Ribble Valley councillors, who heard they had gone from being offered 'an Eiffel Tower to a Blackpool Tower' instead.

He described the latest plans as "sub-standard alternatives". "Instead of delivering the Eiffel Tower, we are being asked to accept a Blackpool Tower. A far cry from what was originally planned." ...

An entrepreneur's plan for a farm site has been rejected by councillors, one of whom claimed the standard of proposed work had gone from "an Eiffel Tower to a Blackpool Tower". Ribble Valley ...