North west new update 20 July 2023: 'Botched' café conversion set for demolition

Digital reporter Hannah Bridgeman with today's top north west news headlines and weather

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00:00 I'm Hannah Bridgman and here are today's headlines.

00:02 An empty shop in a residential area of Preston is set to be demolished after it was discovered

00:07 that work to convert it into a cafe was not up to scratch.

00:12 The renovation of the unit at the junction of Harwood Road and St George's Road in Deepdale

00:16 began in May last year after planning permission was granted by Preston City Council.

00:22 The building had been vacant for several years after last operating as the base for a claims

00:26 management company.

00:29 According to the documents submitted to the Town Hall's Planning Department seeking approval

00:33 to flatten the property and replace it with an entirely new structure, the applicant behind

00:39 the scheme concluded that the design that was taking shape after the initial project

00:44 got underway was poor.

00:47 A businessman has been given the go ahead to turn former Royal Bank of Scotland into

00:52 Albert Square Blackpool into a bar.

00:55 A former bank is poised for a new lease of life as a bar after council chiefs approved

01:01 a licence for the premises.

01:02 Lancashire businessman Mark Eggar is set to invest around £100,000 into converting the

01:07 ground floor of the former Royal Bank of Scotland into Albert Square which closed in 2018.

01:13 Police have seized counterfeit e-cigs and tobacco from various Burnley shops.

01:18 Officers from the Burnley Neighbourhood Policing Team have worked alongside Trading Standards

01:23 and visited numerous shops around the town yesterday based on intelligence received.

01:28 They discovered either items at all of the shops with some being on show and some being

01:33 very hidden.

01:34 A Morecambe man has been fined in court for not having car insurance.

01:38 Jacket Thomas Welski, 38, of Robbins Crescent, Morecambe, was found guilty of not having

01:43 car insurance at Preston Magistrates Court.

01:46 He was fined £660, an order to pay court costs of £90 and a victim charge of £264.

01:55 He was also given six penalty points on his licence.

01:59 A Wigan mum whose brother died by suicide two weeks before she started a master's degree

02:04 in mental health hopes to honour his memory.

02:07 During her studies, Nina used existing research and theory to develop and deliver targeted

02:14 interventions for at-risk adolescents who engaged in self-harm or attempted suicide.

02:21 She said, "I hope if my brother can see me that he will be proud."

02:24 Today's weather forecast is a scattering of showers through Thursday but with bright or

02:30 sunny spells in between and some places may remain dry.

02:33 The maximum temperature is 19 degrees.

02:36 Have a great day.

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