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00:00 Hello, I'm Lab Reporter Matthew Caldermite with today's headlines.
00:05 Shops in Preston will soon have another Home Bargains to visit.
00:07 Proposals for a new shop, the fifth in the city and surrounding area, were revealed in
00:11 an application to demolish the former PC World site in Blackpool Road and change its use.
00:16 Home Bargains already has stores in Deepdale Road, Queen's Shopping Park, Marketplace
00:20 and the Capital Centre.
00:22 The intention is to retain these stores alongside a new store in Blackpool Road, which will
00:25 specifically serve residents in the eastern and northern part of the city.
00:31 The owner of a five-storey B&B in Blackpool believes the standards of small holiday accommodation
00:34 in the resort and the town itself need to be pulled up.
00:38 Michael Elt, who runs the Four Rooms establishment on Reeds Avenue, says there is insufficient
00:42 assessment of many B&Bs and small hotels to ensure they meet the quality expected from
00:47 a top resort.
00:48 He says a decline in the general look and feel of the town itself has led to some of
00:51 his regular visitors from Austria and Germany telling him they won't be back.
00:56 He says the town is slipping backwards and is calling on Blackpool Council to do more
00:59 to enforce standards in local hospitality accommodation.
01:04 Police are growing increasingly concerned about a man missing from Morecambe and are
01:06 asking for any dashcam or CCTV that might help find him.
01:10 Edward Proctor, 73, has been missing from Morecambe since Saturday, April 13th.
01:13 He was last seen on Marine Road East in Morecambe at 10.30am.
01:18 Edward also has links to Lancaster.
01:21 A sofa shop that has traded in Nelson for seven years is closing this weekend.
01:25 The sofa clearance centre, based in the Pendle Rise shopping centre, is holding a closing
01:29 down sale from Thursday to Saturday.
01:31 It will be holding a closing down sale over Thursday, Friday and Saturday between 11am
01:36 and 4pm, where all the stock will be getting cleared at crazy knockdown prices.
01:41 A grieving family in Wigan have paid tribute to their much-loved father and grandfather,
01:44 who was killed in a crash.
01:46 Joe Shaw was fatally injured when a Volkswagen Golf was in a collision with his mobility
01:50 scooter as it crossed Flapper Fault Lane in Atherton on Friday, April 12th.
01:55 Despite the best efforts of emergency services, the 87-year-old sadly passed away in hospital
01:59 later that evening.
02:00 A 30-year-old woman was initially arrested for seance suspicion of causing serious injury
02:04 by careless driving and driving a vehicle while under the influence of drugs.
02:07 She has since been bailed pending further enquiries.
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