North west news update 14 Aug 2023: A climb for the best air show view
Assistant editor Iain Lynn with today's top north west news headlines and weather
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00:00 Hello and welcome. These are the top headlines making the news today from our newsrooms across the North West.
00:05 Preston is set to get its own water sports lake and dry ski slope after councillors gave the go ahead to a leisure facility that one of them described as 'like nothing else' on offer in the city.
00:16 We have had the first pictures of how it will look. The development on the edge of the River Ribble and close to Preston Marina will involve a radical revamp of the existing Trax Motor Centre site and will offer sports including canoeing, stand-up paddle boarding and water skiing.
00:32 A Wigan Police inquiry has been launched after a body was found in a canal. A passerby is believed to have made the grim discovery where the waterway passes close to Beach Hill Crossroads.
00:43 No details of the deceased have so far been released, although a more detailed update is expected from police shortly.
00:50 A Pendle landlord has been fined £20,000 after letting a comb property fall into a terrible state. Pendle Borough Council issued the fixed penalty in May under the Housing and Planning Act of 2016
01:02 after the landlord failed to carry out badly needed repairs and ignored serious hazards like a toilet leaking into the kitchen, causing imminent risk to the tenant's health.
01:11 The landlord neglected to fix a large hole in the kitchen ceiling and a broken kitchen sink, taps and waste pipe and leaking radiators. The property also needed a new gas boiler.
01:22 Police issued 15 fines to motorists as part of a crackdown on driving in the Lancaster City pedestrianised zone.
01:29 14 of the £50 fines were given to people driving through restricted areas of the city and one to a driver not wearing a seatbelt.
01:36 Lancaster Neighbourhood Police team, supported by a team of special constables, carried out the operation on Friday evening.
01:42 And in Blackpool, excitement was literally in the air as thousands of spectators enjoyed the amazing sights of Blackpool Airshow.
01:49 Two thrill seekers scaled the Blackpool Tower for a stunning selfie with the Red Arrows display team.
01:54 And the Red Arrows themselves posted this amazing video of them arriving in the resort for the big event.
02:01 [Sound of jet engine]
02:26 Looks like fun. In the weather, outbreaks of rain will move north-east across England and Wales, giving some heavy and locally thundery downpours on Monday.
02:35 A bit of fog on Tuesday will clear to leave a day of sunny spells and showers.
02:40 That's it for now. Thanks for watching. We'll see you tomorrow.