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9 hours ago
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Port Vale sign wing-back Gabriel on two-year deal
Jordan Gabriel came through the Nottingham Forest academy and has spent four seasons at Bloomfield Road [Getty Images] Port Vale have signed Blackpool wing-back Jordan Gabriel following the conclusion of his contract with the Seasiders this summer. The former Nottingham Forest academy player has been released by the Lancashire club after four seasons and made 37 appearances during 2024-25. Advertisement Gabriel has signed a two-year deal to become the Valiants first signing of the summer as they prepare for life back in League One following automatic promotion. Manager Darren Moore told the Vale club website: "He's a player we have watched and admired for some time, and his experience at Championship and League One level will be really valuable to us."
BBC News
10 hours ago
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Port Vale sign wing-back Gabriel on two-year deal
Port Vale have signed Blackpool wing-back Jordan Gabriel following the conclusion of his contract with the Seasiders this former Nottingham Forest academy player has been released by the Lancashire club after four seasons and made 37 appearances during has signed a two-year deal to become the Valiants first signing of the summer as they prepare for life back in League One following automatic Darren Moore told the Vale club website: "He's a player we have watched and admired for some time, and his experience at Championship and League One level will be really valuable to us."
BBC News
2 days ago
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Striker Dalby in demand
Bolton Wanderers have joined Wigan Athletic and Blackpool in the race to sign ex-Wrexham striker and free agent Sam Dalby, who spent last season on loan at Dundee United. (Football League World), externalRead the rest of Friday's Scottish gossip.
BBC News
2 days ago
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A third of Blackpool's five-year-olds have tooth decay says MP
One in three five-year-olds in Blackpool has "visible signs of tooth decay", while only a third of adults in the seaside town have seen an NHS dentist in the last two years, an MP has South MP, Chris Webb, told the Commons that every week his constituents have come to him to raise problems constituents about accessing a said a four-year-old boy from Blackpool was left with agonising tooth decay for two years because of a shortage of dental care minister Karin Smyth said the government is "determined" to improve access to dentists. Webb told BBC Radio Lancashire the mother of the four-year-old boy felt "helpless" and it was "heart-breaking"."She didn't know where to turn, her son's constantly in pain," he said."To treat that with ibuprofen rather than getting into a dentist to solve the problem is just wrong and it just shows how badly the system's been broken and that has to change.""Too many kids are turning up at A&E with a tooth problem, but at that point it's too late and the only course of action is extraction." 'Empty facilities' An survey in February of 10 dental practices in Blackpool by the local branch of consumer health service champion Healthwatch found none were accepting NHS told MPs in a debate on access to NHS Dentistry the problem "seems to be more prevalent in Blackpool because of the deprivation" and it was "essential" to educate parents to make sure they supervised children brushing their said he has been unable to find an NHS dentist in the town for himself since he became an MP a year ago, even though he has been told they have capacity."I've seen dentists where they've got new, fantastic facilities empty because they're not taking any more NHS patients," he said. "So we've got to look at the contract and make sure that it's financially viable and it's incentivised for them to take on more patients."Responding on behalf of the government, Smyth, said: "There are no perfect pay models and careful consideration is being given to any changes to the complex dental system, so that we deliver genuine improvements for patients and the profession."It is an immense challenge, there are no quick fixes and no easy answers, but people across the country deserve better access and we're determined to make that happen." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
BBC News
3 days ago
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Trinity Hospice: 'Our crucial service needs more financial support'
The level of state funding for end-of-life care has become unsustainable, the director of a Lancashire hospice celebrating its 40th anniversary has Houston, chief executive of Trinity Hospice in Blackpool, said government funding "doesn't go far enough to enable us to continue to grow our services and meet the increasing needs of people for dedicated hospice care".Trinity accepted its first patient on 3 June 1985 after years of fundraising to build a hospice to service the Fylde Department for Health and Social Care said hospices carry out "incredible work" and that is why it recently announced the "largest investment in hospices in a generation". The department said it was working to make sure the sector was sustainable for the long Houston said the hospice, in the Bispham area of the town, used to have 40% of its annual £12.5m covered by the government but that has since dropped to 26%.He said: "It means our community – the people we serve – are left to fill the gap."He added the service was also crucial to relieve end-of-life pressures felt in local hospitals. The hospice was developed by local GP Dr David Cooper, who believed everyone living in Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre had the right to good end-of-life Cooper said: "There have been many hurdles to overcome, financial, political and administrative but with the help of the local community, various levels of the NHS management and government ministers, we have reached our 40th year."He urged local people to continue their "ongoing support in any way you can so it "can succeed for another 40 years, at least".Last year, Trinity's community palliative care team supported 1,594 patients, while 362 patients were admitted into the hospice. 'Meant so much' Among those paying homage to the hospice was Anne Nolan of 1970s girl band The Nolans, whose late sisters Bernie and Linda received care Nolan said Bernie died in the hospice in 2013, adding: "At that time, we weren't The Nolans. We were treated with all the compassion and care that everyone else receives at Trinity."Ms Nolan said Trinity "meant so much" to her sister Linda."She spoke so often about the wonderful people she had met at the hospice and honestly, I don't know what she'd have done without them," she said. "And although her final days were at the hospital, a Trinity nurse came to see us to make sure we were alright." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
