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La Boheme at the Grand Theatre Blackpool La Boheme joins tour to make a trio of exquisite operas performances DESCRIBED as “genuinely exquisite”, with “extraordinary performances”, Ellen Kent’s spring opera tour visits Blackpool in March - with a brand new production of La Boheme.

Madama Butterfly and La Traviata delighted audiences back in November and the new tour adds the romantic and emotional La Boheme – playing at just 16 of the 75 performances around the UK and Ireland.

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Local slimming expert shares secrets of success!

To celebrate the start of 2012 a weight loss expert from Fleetwood is sharing the secrets of successful slimming to help people turn their New Year’s resolutions to lose weight into a healthy reality.

This January Slimming World has trawled its research to identify the recipe for successful – and sustainable – weight loss. The UK’s favourite slimming club surveyed the lifestyle habits of its most successful slimmers, the target members who have lost weight and kept it off for at least 12 months. It found most people had seven habits in common and dubbed them ‘the seven secrets of successful slimmers’.

Janet who runs Slimming World groups in Fleetwood, Thornton and Blackpool says: “By learning from other slimmers’ success, and perhaps where they’ve gone wrong with past New Year’s resolutions, people in the Fylde who want to slim down this January can give themselves the best possible chance of achieving their goal.

“Successful weight loss isn’t just about losing weight, it’s about keeping it off too.The key is to make healthy, realistic changes to your lifestyle that you can keep up for the rest of your life.”

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Festival House on the People’s Promenade is Blackpool’s newest, architecturally inspired, venue providing a unique experience for weddings, naming ceremonies, civil partnerships or even renewing marriage vows.

Welcome to BLACKPOOL’S new exciting WEDDING VENUE

The eye catching gold clad promenade venue provides an amazing scenic backdrop for weddings with a difference, where couples can exchange vows enjoying the summer sun or the winter illuminations Kelly and Simon who live locally and have been engaged for five years were overwhelmed to receive the sponsorship package which is helping to build the wedding of their dreams.

The couple officially opened the building on Thursday 15 December 2011.

Festival House couples have the chance to tie the knot with their loved one in the amazing Tower View Room in front of the huge plate glass, looking out across the Promenade to the world-famous Blackpool Tower.

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