Digital reporter Aimee Seddon with today's top north west news headlines and weather
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00:00 Hi, I'm digital reporter Amy Seddon bringing you the latest news from across the North West.
00:06 Two men from Lancashire were fined for fishing illegally during closed season in the River Ribble.
00:11 The pair were caught fishing during closed season when fishing is prohibited on June 15th by an Environment Agency enforcement team.
00:18 Nathan Hart, 31, of Lordstreet Fleetwood and Jonathan Mundell, 40, of Cedar Road, Preston, pleaded guilty to breaching national bylaws at North Cheshire Magistrates Court.
00:28 They were each told to pay £191 in fines and costs.
00:33 An investigation is underway after a blaze broke out at a worksite in Cleveley on Sunday night.
00:39 Eight fire engines and around 30 firefighters were called to the scene at Jubilee Gardens car park near the seafront at around 7.30pm on Sunday.
00:48 The fire reportedly involved a number of construction vehicles in the car park which is closed whilst work takes place on Cleveley's sea defences.
00:56 A pharmacy at the heart of a local community in Morecambe will be closing next year, leaving residents without a chemist.
01:03 Boots Pharmacy Westgate, which is on Braddon Close next to Westgate Surgery, will be shutting in early February 2024, leaving customers disappointed and outraged.
01:13 The decision has been taken to close the chemist and hopefully move patients to the larger store in Morecambe's Arndale Centre.
01:20 A murder probe has been terminated and a suspect told she is free to go after police decided a Wiggins dad's death was not suspicious.
01:29 A major investigation was launched when a 45-year-old Andrew Brown was found dead at his home in Fernclose, Shevington on the morning of Wednesday, August 9th.
01:38 Concerns for his welfare haven't been raised with the emergency services.
01:42 Five days later, a woman aged 47 was arrested on suspicion of his murder, then bailed pending further inquiries.
01:49 Since then, a number of toxicology and forensic tests have been carried out and when the results came back, it is understood they do not indicate foul play.
01:59 A Bowerford woman has spoken of her pride ahead of the screening of her new film about the Pendle Witch Trials.
02:05 Emma Swinton's The Witch's Daughter will be shown online on Monday, November 13th at 7.30pm.
02:12 Based partly on true events, the film is set in 1612 and tells the story of how Lancashire nursemaid Sarah, played by Bank of Daves star Jo Hartley,
02:20 helps to groom an impoverished nine-year-old to testify against her own family as they stand trial for witchcraft.
02:28 Burnley girl Esme Wally and Nelson woman Maureen Roberts join big names among the cast, including Jo and Bernard Gorman of Game of Thrones and The Dark Knight Rises.
02:39 And now for the weather. Across Lancashire throughout the day it will be cloudy.
02:43 There will be the highest temperature of 11 Celsius and lows of around 8 Celsius near midnight.
02:49 There will be spurts of rain throughout the day but also spurts of sunshine in the morning.