Digital reporter Catherine Musgrove with today's top north west news headlines and weather
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00:00 Good morning, it's Thursday the 2nd of November and here are the headlines from across the North West.
00:04 In Preston, plans for a state-of-the-art Islamic education centre in Watling Street Road Forward
00:11 have gone back before Preston City Council. Applicants the Saleem Education Trust gave
00:15 permission for the three-storey building back in 2021 and now they want to get approval for hard
00:21 and soft landscaping designs. In Blackpool, tributes have been paid to 33-year-old Zara Taylor
00:27 who worked tirelessly to help brain cancer patients after her own diagnosis three years ago.
00:32 Her husband Jordan described her as a really lovely caring person who never liked to fuss.
00:38 In total she raised more than £19,000 for Brain Tumour Trust. In Burnley, residents have sounded
00:45 the alarm after a barge sank in the Lees and Liverpool Canal. The vessel sank on Saturday
00:51 afternoon and teams are now working to check for signs of pollution in the water. In Lancaster,
00:57 it has been announced that the new Poundland store will open next week. The retailer will
01:02 join others in the Marketgate shopping centre alongside Mountain Warehouse and Sushi Cat which
01:08 opened their doors last month. In Wigan, the occupants of a car with L-plates fled the scene
01:14 of a crash last night which left two men injured. One of the casualties had to be cut out of the
01:20 wreckage which was a smashed up Jeep which came into collision with a VW T-Roc with L-plates.
01:27 Rush hour traffic was brought to a standstill last night at six o'clock.
01:31 And the weather, Storm Kieran, it's all about Storm Kieran. It brings us wet and windy weather
01:39 throughout the North West. Today it will be mostly cloudy with plenty of heavy showers
01:44 and strong winds across the coastal areas with temperatures around 12 degrees.