• 4 months ago
North West Daily Bulletin 20/08/24
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00:00Hello, I'm Michelle from the Lancaster Guardian with your latest regional news.
00:05EDF and the Lancashire Wildlife Trust have temporarily closed the Nature Reserve car park due to anti-social behaviour and overnight camping.
00:15The closure of the car park at Heysham Nature Reserve was making it difficult for elderly and disabled people,
00:22and families with prams, as well as dog walkers and members of the public, to access the oasis.
00:28EDF said they were working to establish a system for securing the car park at night to enable normal access to resume during the day as soon as possible.
00:39Lancashire neighbours, in a street where Gandhi once stayed, turned the area into a party zone after winning a whopping £540,000 on People's Postcode Lottery.
00:5118 residents in Darwin scooped £30k each in Postcode Lottery's weekly street prize, and some of the winners halted traffic as they celebrated in the road outside their homes.
01:03A road rage victim was left needing surgery after being attacked on a mountainous way in Thornton.
01:10Lancashire Police are appealing for witnesses and dash cam footage after the assault at around 2pm on Monday August 5th.
01:18The victim was left with serious facial injuries requiring surgery after an altercation became physical.
01:25Two people were arrested after police discovered a man allegedly running a mobile pharmacy from his car near Wigan Town Centre.
01:34A vehicle was stopped on Orchard Street, Scholes, after partnership working by Wigan Central Watch and the Town Centre Neighbourhood Policing Team.
01:45Police say they discovered a man dispensing suspected stolen or fake prescription-only medicines.
01:52The man was arrested on suspicion of supplying controlled drugs, along with a woman, after a raid at a property in Atherton.
02:00A retail park on the outskirts of Burnley Town Centre is being extended to include four new businesses.
02:08Burnley Retail Park, which is already home to household names TK Maxx and Home Bargains, will soon see the introduction of three further shops and a cafe.
02:19A spokesperson for Orbit Developments said the units, which will be located next to the former Adlington House opposite St Peter's Centre, had not yet been leased.
02:30As for the weather, there will be sunny spells today with the odd brief shower and it will be wet and windy from Wednesday.
02:37The maximum temperature today is 19 degrees centigrade.
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