North West Daily News Bulletin 03/09/24

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00:00Hello, I'm Michelle from the Lancaster Guardian with your latest regional news.

00:0580s icon Paul Young is coming to the platform in Morecambe. Paul Young will appear for one

00:12night only with his From No Parley to the Secret of the Association, An Intimate Evening

00:18with Paul Young show. The singer became a teen idol when he broke into the big time

00:2340 years ago. He also made an appearance at Live Aid.

00:29Plans to turn Garstang Marina into a destination spot for tourists has taken a further step

00:34forward. Back in 2012, planning permission was granted for a new 28-pitch touring caravan

00:41park at Garstang Marina on Nateby Crossing Lane. Now the site, known as Nateby Fields

00:47Leisure Park, is home to a 23-pitch caravan park which is preparing to open later this

00:53year. In an update, the site owners A&R Chippendale submitted a new planning application to Wyre

01:00Council last week for the erection of a facilities building, ticket office and pumping station

01:07to serve the approved touring caravan development. A heroic youngster swung into action by bravely

01:15saving another child from probable drowning in the sea off Blackpool Beach. Bernice Matthews,

01:2112, was visiting the resort on a group trip with Warrington Youth Zone. Whilst on the

01:27beach, Bernice noticed a young boy, aged about only four, struggling in the water. With time

01:33being of the essence, the young visitor wasted no time in going to the rescue. Ashley Finn,

01:38Bernice's aunt, said,

01:40My niece saved the little boy's life. He must have been seconds away from drowning.

01:46Plans to convert a disused gym into two houses of multiple occupation for 14 people alongside

01:55six apartments in Wigan have been submitted. The building on Warrington Lane, close to

02:00the town centre, is the former headquarters of the Sea Cadets but has more recently been

02:05used as a gym and physiotherapy hub as JB Fitness. Plans would see the building converted

02:11into two residential units comprising seven beds each and a separate area for six flats,

02:18two one-bed and four two-bed.

02:22The owner of an award-winning Burnley Nail Salon has scooped another title to add to

02:27her growing collection. Harder's Nails Beauty and Training in Paddyham Road was named as

02:33Nail Salon of the Year North in the Nation's Hair and Beauty Awards 2024. Harder's Nail

02:40Salon owner, Lesley Lawrence, an experienced nail technician with over 25 years experience,

02:47said she was delighted to have won another award.

02:50As for the weather, today it will be drier and brighter but feeling fresher. The maximum

02:56temperature is 19 degrees centigrade. For all these stories and more, please visit our

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