Blackpool Gazette
  • 7 hours ago
A round up of the top stories across Lancashire.
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00:00Hello, my name is Luke Patrick and I'm a reporter for the Lancashire Post and the Black Bug is Air.
00:04Here is the Daily Bulletin.
00:05Billionaire Isabel has plans to build Britain's biggest Muslim cemetery in Lancashire, slammed by locals.
00:11A proposed 45-acre Muslim cemetery in Lancashire, planned to be the largest in Britain, has sparked strong opposition from local residents.
00:20Aerial images show the scale of the Memorial Garden project, which includes 12,250 burial plots, a funeral parlour and prayer halls.
00:29The cemetery will be located near Uzzle Twistle, west of Blackburn, a town with a population of just 10,815.
00:36Opposition are worried about increased traffic and harm to wildlife.
00:41Preston Tesco Express store filled with smoke in the early hours as police arrested and charged a 36-year-old man.
00:48Police were called to the Express store in Blackpool after an intruder smashed his way inside using a brick at 12.23am on Sunday.
00:56Officers found the store filled with smoke and fire grease were called to the scene.
01:01No signs of fire were found and it is believed the smoke was as a result of the smoke suppression system triggered by the forced entry.
01:08My neighbour from Hell posed as police to stop me parking outside their house.
01:14A woman's petty neighbour posed as police in a bid to stop her parking near his house.
01:20Lytham resident Flory Mee discovered a note from Lancashire Constabulary on the windshield of her car after parking a few doors down from her home in South Clifton Street in Lytham.
01:31The police notice warned Flory that the road is access only and only residents were allowed to park there.
01:36But Flory wasn't fooled. She suspects the letter was not from the police at all,
01:41but actually the work of a petty neighbour whom she had previous disagreements with over parking on South Clifton Street.
01:49Lancashire actress Jenna Coleman surprisingly dropped, narrating Jojo Moy's book We All Live Here.
01:55Lancashire-born actress Jenna Coleman has a brand new job lined up and it might surprise you.
02:0138-year-old Jenna from Blackpool is best known for her roles on various TV shows,
02:06from her first role in Emmerdale between 2005 and 2009, to most recently The Jetty this year and many more shows in between.
02:14The former Arnold School head girl will now be adding another string to her bow as her latest job takes her away from the TV streams.
02:21The news comes only a week after a TV insider told The Sun that Jenna is likely to be taking a break from work for some time,
02:28after giving birth to her and Jamie Charles' first child in October.