You know the countdown towards Christmas is officially underway once the Blackpool Illuminations have been switched on. Following suit from last year, the lights will be turned on at the start of ...

Heckmondwike is celebrating 149 years of its festive display.

Thousands across the UK are getting ready to witness the world-famous Blackpool Illuminations be switched on tonight. This year the event will be held in association with MTV and will feature live ...

The Best Bits. Some of the biggest names in music light up the stage at the iconic Blackpool Tower ballroom as we count down to the switch on of the world famous illuminations!

Singer Olly Murs is to switch on this year's Blackpool Illuminations. Murs, 41, said he was "buzzing" to be the headline performer for the Illuminations Switch-On event on the evening of Friday 29 ...

Pop icon Mel B said she was excited to be back in Blackpool as she switched on the town's famous illuminations. The singer made a nostalgic return to the place where her career first started to light ...

Mel B said she felt very privileged to switch on the Blackpool Illuminations in her "old stomping ground". Thousands turned out to see the Spice Girls singer flip the switch. She said the resort was ...

Some of Blackpool’s newest Illuminations have rubbished by a leading councillor – prompting a rousing defence of them by the council. Councillor Paul Galley, leader of the the town’s Conservative ...