Digital reporter Lucinda Herbert with today's top north west news headlines and weather
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00:00 I'm Lucinda Herbert for the Blackpool Gazette and these are your headlines for the North West.
00:05 Vandals have damaged a monument that pays tribute to Blackpool's emergency service workers.
00:11 The 8ft tall monument near Ginn Square is lit up by four ground level lights in the evenings.
00:18 But all four lights have been smashed and may prove expensive to replace.
00:23 The statue is a tribute to three police officers who tragically drowned off the North Shore in 1983 in a brave but doomed rescue attempt.
00:33 The designer of the statue has hit out at the Vandals for their mindless destruction.
00:39 Residents in Longridge have shed their dramatic accounts of watching a devastating blaze engulf a local cheese factory.
00:48 Eyewitnesses recounted seeing massive flames engulf the building.
00:53 Conor Fixpatrick had been walking down Green Nook Lane and saw the fire spreading across the back of the building at Butler's Cheeses.
01:02 He said it was terrifying to see how fast it was spreading.
01:06 Another Longridge resident praised the tireless work of the firefighters who worked through the night at the scene to help bring the blaze under control.
01:16 Morecambe residents are protesting over a new children's home.
01:20 North West Childcare are hoping to convert a property in St Christopher's Way in Bair into a residential home for 16-18 year olds.
01:30 But residents of Bair have objected to the change of use proposal and David Morris MP met with his constituents in a village to support their campaign to stop the new Ofsted registered children's home.
01:43 New landlords at a well-loved pub in Barrowford are hoping to turn things around after a spell of bad luck.
01:50 The White Bear on Gisborne Road is planning to introduce a new food menu at Christmas and in the new year.
01:58 As many as seven new jobs will also be created at the pub alongside existing staff.
02:05 A 21-year-old man from Wigan was charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving after a funfair crash.
02:14 Jordan O'Reilly of Crull Avenue in Platt Bridge was charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving, disqualified driving, not having insurance and perverting the court of justice and had been remanded in custody to appear at Bolton Crown Court on December 11th.
02:34 The charges relate to an incident on Wigan Road in Hindley at around 8.20pm on Saturday October 7th when it's alleged that a silver Ford Focus failed to stop for police officers and a woman was injured at a funfair for being held on Hinkley Market Square.
02:52 Now for the weather. Sunny spells with blustery heavy showers developing throughout the day. Feeling chilly throughout. Maximum temperature 10 degrees Celsius and a chance of patchy frost overnight.