North West news bulletin 02/04/24
North West news bulletin 02/04/24.
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00:00 I'm Michelle from the Lancaster Guardian with your latest regional news.
00:06 Possible human remains were found in the sea at a beach in Silverdale.
00:10 Police were called to Cove Road Beach, Silverdale on March 31st to report bones had been found in the water.
00:17 Work is ongoing to establish the origins of the remains and whether they are human.
00:23 Lancashire Police have launched a murder investigation after a man was fatally stabbed at a property in Cone.
00:30 Officers were called to Newmarket Street, Cone at 2.26pm on March 31st, where paramedics were treating a man with a number of serious injuries.
00:40 The man, who has been named as 34-year-old Richard Chamberlain from Cone, died a short time later.
00:47 A 44-year-old man from Cone was arrested on March 31st on suspicion of murder.
00:54 Plans to build five homes on a part of land near to where leisure narrowboats are moored in Wigan's Bridgewater Canal Conservation Area have been submitted.
01:04 Applicant John Smith of the Joseph Unsworth Trust wants to build two two-storey, two-bed houses and a three-bedroom, three-storey house on a fifth of an acre of land adjacent to Plackcroft in Leigh.
01:18 The site has previously been used for garages and a garden but is now derelict.
01:24 As for the weather, it will be unsettled through the week.
01:28 Today will be a cloudy start to the day, though turning brighter. You can expect scattered showers and sunny spells with light winds and average temperatures.
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