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Digital Reporter Sian Jones with the latest headlines
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00:00 Hello, my name is Sian Jones and these are the latest headlines from our newsrooms across
00:04 the North West.
00:05 Residents of a rural village in South Ribble have voiced their objections to development
00:10 proposals by a company part owned by Freddie Flintoff.
00:14 Logic Developments, which cites the Preston-born cricket star as a company director, has submitted
00:19 planning applications for three locations across St. Elsbury for a number of industrial
00:24 units, hotel and retail outlets, all of which will be built on grassland fields.
00:30 Called Querdale Employment Site, the proposal includes 170,000 square metres of employment
00:37 floor space, up to 10,000 square metres of hotels, 5,000 square metres of Class EB retail
00:44 use and up to 7,500 square metres of offices with associated car parking, service yards,
00:51 loading bays, landscaping and access across the three plots of land at Querdale.
00:57 A Bar Melswick business has been named the best restaurant of the year 2023.
01:03 Barlett Crouch Balls in Station Road struck gold in the Curry Life Awards during a glamorous
01:07 ceremony hosted by ITV News presenter Lucrezia Millerini in London earlier this month.
01:13 Owner Habib Ullah runs the business front of house while his brother, Muhaibur Rahman,
01:19 whips up a storm in the kitchen with the pair also being consecutively named one of Traveller's
01:24 Choice Best of the Best in 2022 and 2023.
01:30 In other news, a stand-off of almost four hours ended when police stormed Wigan Borough
01:34 Home to detain a distressed man who had self-harmed and was threatening to do himself further
01:40 injury.
01:41 The unnamed Alastair resident, who is in his 50s, was taken to hospital for treatment to
01:45 several cuts, including to his neck, before being arrested on suspicion of causing criminal
01:51 damage.
01:52 Streets were cordoned off and there was a heavy emergency services presence, including
01:56 the Tactical Aid Unit, after police responded to reports of a concern for welfare in the
02:02 Culzey Sack at around 3pm on Monday.
02:06 Team Rees' Halloween Trail in Overton has been cancelled due to a huge downturn in advance
02:11 ticket bookings this year.
02:15 The outdoor spectacular trail includes a haunted house, dragon lair, jack-o'-lanterns patch,
02:20 the witch's coven, a ghostly graveyard and much more and was to have been held at Overton
02:25 Memorial Hall on October 28th.
02:29 Team Rees said on their Facebook page, "Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control, we
02:34 have made the decision to cancel the Halloween event this year."
02:38 And finally, the winner of the World Fireworks Championship 2023 in Blackpool has been announced
02:44 and it was the country's first ever display in the UK.
02:49 The display by Amir Morani Fireworks Team was the first of three spectacular shows staged
02:56 on the Tower Festival headland during September and October.
03:00 Designed by Azad Morani, who has programmed some of the largest and most complex shows
03:03 in the world, the winning display was praised for its use of pyrotechnics never seen before
03:09 and for the diverse selection of music that included a taste of Bollywood.
03:13 The winner now, widespread rain and plenty of cloud for most with a risk of hill fog
03:18 and highs of 12 degrees.