The headlines across the North West with Lucinda Herbert, digital reporter for the Blackpool Gazette
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00:00 I'm Lucinda Herbert for the Blackpool Gazette and these are your headlines for the North West.
00:04 Onlookers in Blackpool were left delighted this week as they witnessed a very bold marriage proposal.
00:11 A hopeful romantic proposed to his girlfriend outside the Blackpool Tower this Wednesday
00:16 as a plane flew over with a banner reading "Will you marry me?"
00:20 Samit, a barber from Manchester, made the romantic gesture in the middle of the Blackpool night run
00:26 and was thrilled when Charmaine, a project manager also from Manchester, said yes.
00:32 They hope to marry this autumn.
00:34 Management at the Tower have invited the happy couple for a complimentary afternoon tea
00:39 and bottle of champagne to celebrate.
00:42 A father who was found dead in a Preston car park with a syringe by his side
00:47 had said that turning to drugs was the biggest regret of his life.
00:52 Preston North End van Ian Cross was discovered early one morning by a motorist
00:58 at the back of the old Tokyo Joe's nightclub.
01:02 An inquest heard how the 42-year-old joiner died as a result of complex drug misuse.
01:10 A post-mortem revealed he had a cocktail of drugs and alcohol in his system when he died
01:16 and found a swelling in his brain which would have occurred as a direct result of drug toxicity.
01:23 A statement from Ian's family said his biggest regret in life was ever starting to take drugs or drink.
01:30 They said the death came as a big shock as he'd been in a good place for some time.
01:38 Police are appealing for information about a missing man from Lango near Blackburn.
01:43 Connor Mason was last seen in Long Sight Road at 1.40pm on Tuesday.
01:50 The 24-year-old man was wearing a black Nike jumper, black Nike joggers and black Nike trainers.
01:57 He is around 5 foot 9 with short brown hair and is clean shaven.
02:02 He has a mum tattoo on his wrist and a large black mole on the back of his leg.
02:07 He has links to Blackpool, Cumbria, Manchester, Bradford and Aberdeen.
02:12 Police are asking the public not to approach him and to call 999 if they see him.
02:17 Quoting log number 1161 of August 29th 2023.
02:25 A cafe in a Lancaster village was burgled and police are appealing for information.
02:30 Cash was taken from the Arnside Beach Hut during a break-in between 6pm on August 25th
02:37 and 8am on August 26th. Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
02:49 Firefighters tackled an early hours blazing wigan when some tyres were deliberately dumped and set on fire.
02:55 Around 30 of the tyres had been tipped onto land down a very narrow track
03:00 with overhanging trees off Beeffold Lane in Tildesley before being set alight at 3am this morning.
03:07 A crew from Atherton station had to proceed with extreme caution to get their tall and wide engine
03:14 down the track before dousing the flames and toxic smoke with hoses.
03:19 The alarm had been raised by people who were night fishing nearby and heard noises.
03:25 Now the weather. It's a cloudy start to the day with some patchy rain.
03:30 Brighter skies will develop but there is a chance of some slow moving heavy showers in the afternoon.