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Notes from the North: Reform UK slammed over AI image of library, Blackpool in the Epstein files

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Luke Beardsworth
Feb 05, 2026
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Queues to get into The Harris over Christmas during the Wallace and Gromit exhibition

Reform UK being accused on ‘cynically increasing tensions’ in communities might not seem like the most ground-breaking of articles on the surface.

But this one is notable for the level of anger it caused - with the much-loved Harris in Preston manipulated by AI to featur…

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