Assistant editor Iain Lynn with today's top north west news headlines and weather
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00:00 Hello and welcome. These are the top headlines making the news today from our newsrooms across
00:04 the North West. Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire, Andrew Snowden, has published
00:09 an independent external review of Lancashire Constabulary's operational response to the
00:13 disappearance of Nicola Bully in St Michael's in January this year. The review, led by the
00:18 College of Policing, provided insight into the effectiveness of the Constabulary's response
00:22 during the period Nicola Bully was missing, which saw unprecedented levels of mainstream
00:27 and social media interest in the case. The report praised the police investigation and
00:31 search but was critical of a decision not to call the investigation a critical incident,
00:35 their media handling and the release of personal details regarding Nicola. A reminder that
00:41 we have a very special documentary live today on the events that unfolded in St Michael's
00:45 earlier this year. You can watch it at 8.20pm tonight on Shots Freeview Channel 276 or on
00:52 demand over at ShotsTV.com. In other news, a burst water pipe has left thousands of homes
00:59 without water and schools forced to shut in South Ribble this morning. United Utilities
01:03 said a pipe has burst in Fishergate Hill in Preston and repair work is now underway but
01:08 a number of schools have already confirmed they will not open today. It's believed that
01:12 thousands of homes are affected across Pembertham, Longton, Hutton and Whitestake with households
01:17 left without water or very low pressure. A gang of yobs have been caught on camera robbing
01:22 a man of his motorbike on a Wigan industrial estate. The CCTV footage shows the heavily
01:27 outnumbered victim bravely trying to fight off masked thugs until he was overpowered
01:32 and they got away with the vehicle. Police have appealed for information leading to the
01:35 arrest of the gang members who are thought to be in their late teens. And for the third
01:40 year in a row, St Matthew's Church in Burnley is being supported by Sarah Duchess of York
01:45 in its work to help and support families in the community of South West Burnley. Two years
01:49 ago Sarah's Charity, Sarah's Trust supported the church by providing 500 gift bags that
01:54 were distributed to children on the Stoops and Griffin estates. Whilst last year the
01:58 charity provided £1,500 to support the food projects at the church, this year's Sarah's
02:03 Charity has funded a trip for families to go to the pantomime at Thwaites' Empire at
02:08 Blackburn for the performance of Beauty and the Beast. And the head chef at a Morecambe
02:13 primary school is to hang up her apron for the last time next month. Jane King has been
02:18 running the kitchen at Great Wood School for the past 26 years and is retiring from the
02:22 end of term. Mrs King worked previously in other school kitchens around Morecambe but
02:26 it will be Great Wood School that will miss her the most and we wish her a long and happy
02:30 retirement. In the weather it's a cloudy start for most with a few showers but becoming
02:35 dry and bright through this morning with some sunshine at times. Wednesday will be quite
02:40 a cloudy day with a chance of some light rain now and again and a maximum temperature of
02:44 12 degrees. That's it for now, thanks for watching and I'll see you tomorrow.
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