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Butlin's wants to buy abandoned holiday resorts off rival Pontins
Butlin's wants to expand and is targeting Pontins' old sites in Southport, Merseyside, and Prestatyn, north Wales, which closed without warning in the past six months
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List of 40 surnames Pontins blacklisted amid discrimination against travellers
Pontins has been a popular domestic holiday destination for many Brits but after a whistle blower came forward in 2020, it's been revealed that the company extensively discriminated against travellers
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Pontins 'blacklist' saw guests with certain surnames banned from booking
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has condemned the firm after a whistleblower raised concerns about Pontins singling out Irish Travellers as "unwanted" guests
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Hi-de-Hi cast now from early death to fatal fall and star who hasn't aged a day
Set on a classic British holiday camp, the eighties sitcom Hi-de-Hi! was beloved by fans and its relatively unknown cast went on to become famous household names
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What life is like at Pontins resort after holiday park closed to home workers
Tommy Marshall, who is living at Pontins Brean Sands in Somerset while working on the Hinkley Point C project, has told how his kids love visiting him at the resort
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Tory MP says Pontins closure is 'fantastic opportunity' as staff fired by text
Southport's Conservative MP Damien Moore has urged businesses to see the closure of Pontins in Southport as an opportunity as the holiday park closes without any notice
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Pontins fans 'gutted' by latest closure but some call it a 'concentration camp'
Pontins' Southport site announced its sudden closure on Wednesday, a matter of weeks after its locations in Prestatyn, North Wales and Camber Sands in Sussex suffered the same fate
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Third Pontins site closes in matter of weeks as just three remain open across UK
Pontins has stunned both holidaymakers and staff by announcing the sudden closure of its Southport park in Merseyside, following the shutdown of parks in Prestatyn, North Wales and Camber Sands
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Pontins staff say 'they were fired over text' as owners shut third camp in weeks
Pontins, which is owned by Britannia, said customers with future bookings would be refunded and apologised for any inconvenience - staff took to social media claiming they had found out they had lost their jobs by text message
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Life at Pontins former holiday park as it's transformed into worker housing
Pontins Brean Sands, in Somerset, closed to the public earlier this year to make room for 900 workers on the Hinkley Point C project as EDF builds two new nuclear reactors in the area
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Pontins customers who booked closed holiday parks can get their money back
The Official Pontins Holiday's Facebook page released a statement to let customers know it would be closing its Prestatyn and Camber Sands locations immediately
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Life at seaside town with locals 'stuck in lockdown' as iconic pier remains shut
The historic Southport Pier remains closed after nine months, leaving locals and business owners fighting to survive and in desperate need of a cash injection following the tourist season
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'I booked a family holiday for less than £10 a day including activities'
Taylor-Rae Falconer, from Northern Ireland, toom her family to the Pontins Southport Holiday Park and had a great time, praising the entertainment and cheap price
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Woman says she ‘wouldn’t let dog stay’ at 'hellhole' Pontins resort after visit
Becky Swiers had been looking forward to a weekend away with her partner and two friends at the Pontins Prestatyn Sands site in North Wales before they were met with "hellhole" conditions, she claims
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Village with 'most beautiful' beach in UK becomes famous for 'appalling' Pontins
Holidaymakers who stayed at Pontins Camber Sands described the resort as 'dirty' and 'filthy', saying they spent more time at the beach to avoid the 'abysmal conditions'
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Life at seaside town with locals 'stuck in lockdown' who 'can't find the sea'
Southport Pier has been closed for five months, leaving locals and business owners fighting to survive and in desperate need of a cash injection from tourist season
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Pontins horror as guest finds poo in room amid 'filthy' and 'abysmal' conditions
Some holidaymakers heading to Pontins Camber Sands hoping for a family-friendly, or even clean, were left severely disappointed after finding their rooms filthy with one guest finding a poo still in the toilet
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Life at Pontins 'haunted' seaside town - new crowd, big divide and 'hidden gem'
After Pontins shut its gates to the public, Mirror writer Nia Dalton took a trip to Brean's 'ghost town' to discover how the closure is affecting local businesses and holiday goers
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Pontins seaside town haunted by empty bars, derelict shops and deserted streets
Many holidaymakers head for the sprawling Pontins Holiday Park each summer, but this year marks the start of a three year construction project at the nearby Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant which will close down the holiday park.
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Inside abandoned Pontins that survived an air disaster before abruptly closing
Pontins Blackpool, which was in Lytham St Anne in Lancashire, was outlived by holiday parks in Southport, Prestatyn and Morecambe despite surviving a tragic air disaster
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Pontins still has holidays from £5 per person over the May bank holidays
Stays at the Pontins holiday camps in Camber Sands, Prestatyn Sands and Southport are currently on offer for cut prices ahead of the May Bank Holidays and half terms
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Popular Pontins resort visited by thousands annually to shut for next 3 years
The Brean Sands Pontins resort in Somerset will house as many as 900 Hinkley Point C workers for the next three years, with improvement works to be carried out to the chalets