Notes from the North: Arena talk, local government reorganisation, and a rare apology

All the highlights from our exclusive reporting as part of The Lead North, including the potential for a new major venue in Lancashire.

How an arena in Blackpool could look

If you want to watch a big gig and you live in Lancashire, you have to go to Manchester or Liverpool.

Once you take once-a-year outdoor occasions off the calendar, (Lytham Festival has done great things) that is the reality for people who live anywhere from Lancaster to Chorley, Lytham to Nelson.

But that could all chan…