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00:00 I'm digital reporter Matthew Calderbank and these are the headlines today.
00:04 A Preston man remains wanted by police after a woman was punched in the face in Blackpool.
00:10 Officers are continuing to search for Simon Cooney, 35, after the woman was assaulted
00:14 inside a car at around 4am on Monday.
00:17 The woman was also bit on the hand before she escaped from the car, police said, with
00:21 Cooney then driving away with his three-year-old daughter, Autumn.
00:24 The car was later found abandoned in Lakeway, near Blackpool Victoria Hospital.
00:28 Autumn was found safe later that night outside her home in Blackpool, but police continue
00:33 to search for her father, who remains wanted.
00:36 A teenage boy from Thornton has suffered a cardiac arrest while on holiday in Mallorca
00:40 with his parents.
00:43 Jack Kane, 13, was out walking when he fell to the ground.
00:46 The teen is now in an intensive care unit at a hospital in the Spanish Resort with his
00:49 parents Michelle and Anthony by his bedside.
00:54 High Street chain New Look has announced it will be shutting its store in Lancaster City
00:57 Centre.
00:58 The shop in Marketgate Shopping Centre will close this Saturday, September 2nd.
01:03 A coach containing 50 Wigan Warriors supporters struck a motorway bridge following Saturday
01:09 night's Super League game against Catalan Dragons.
01:11 Police and rescue services attended the scene on the outskirts of Perpignan at 10pm and
01:16 a dozen passengers were assessed for injuries.
01:19 Two passengers were classified as receiving minor injuries and they were taken to a local
01:22 medical centre for treatment.
01:26 The weather today has been a cloudy start for many with outbreaks of rain moving south-eastwards
01:30 through the morning.
01:31 It is expected to turn drier and brighter during the afternoon with the odd shower further
01:35 north, becoming breezy with a maximum temperature of 19 degrees Celsius.
01:40 In the evening it is expected to stay rather cloudy with a few showers, with the showers
01:45 becoming more widespread overnight and turning heavy at times, easing by dawn.
01:50 The minimum temperature is expected to be around 8 degrees Celsius.
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