You can report breaking news or travel info to us in a number of ways – The normal way is to email Newsdesk@bplnews.co.uk
Text us
The quickest and easiest way to let us know about breaking news or a jam on the roads is to pre-save our number in your phone and then use your phone’s voice text function to alert us to any accidents on the road or emergency situations.
Our number is 07562 269826.
Save it in your phone as Blackpool Newsdesk.
You can send pictures via imessage and whatsapp
Pictures and videos
For usage enquiries contact syndication@bplnews.co.uk
To send us pictures or video please email us directly at media@bplnews.co.uk or inbox us on facebook.
We will assume that by sending us the pictures to this email address you acknowledge that they are your pictures and you authorise us to use them and authorise their re-use on your behalf. If we do manage to sell your photos or videos on – we will share 50% of the revenue with you as is standard with most media outlets.
In some cases we will offer you an one off fee to release the rights to us completely. We won’t do this without letting you know. You will have to agree to the terms before we proceed any further. That email again media@bplnews.co.uk
You can email us with your press releases general news, business news or other local info. You can use this email address to send us links to other local news stories you’ve seen or to report to us your own news story.
Our email for general news is newsdesk@bplnews.co.uk
Phone
We generally don’t answer inbound calls as a company policy.
We prefer to call back when it’s convenient for us to do so.
We also don’t monitor the voicemails on our phone line.
If you would like us to call you back about something – please text us on 07562 269826 and give us a brief outline of what you’d like to speak about.