Daily North West News Bulletin 24-6-24
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00:00A major route through Preston City Centre will see disruption for three months as roadworks get underway today.
00:07The works will see a lane closure in place along a stretch of ringway for 12 weeks from today until Monday, September 16th.
00:15Thornton, Cleveland and Poulton Police have responded to angered criticism of a new policing initiative.
00:21After launching a new community road watch initiative to clamp down on road safety concerns,
00:26the police responded to the criticism of the programme from people who branded it a waste of time.
00:32Police in Barraford are appealing for information after a report of a sexual assault on Thursday, June 20th in the town.
00:40It was reported that a woman in her 30s was sexually assaulted on the canal path near to Barraford Locks between 11.30am and 11.45am.
00:49Enquiries are ongoing and a 77-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault.
00:56A trial date has been set for a Wigan man charged with a Christmas Eve assault.
01:05Cameron Foley, 30, of Lower Longshute Schools, is charged with assaulting the woman by beating her on December 24th.
01:12Three men have been jailed for a serious assault in Morecambe.
01:16During the incident, an address on Sefton Road on November 18th, 2023, a man was threatened with an imitation gun.
01:23Unfamiliar with the weather, the region looked set for dry, bright and warm conditions in the early part of the week, turning a little wetter towards the weekend.