Blackpool Gazette
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A round up of the top stories from across Lancashire.
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00:00Hello, my name is Luke Patrick. I'm a reporter for the Lancashire Post and the Blackport Gazette. Here is the Daily Bulletin.
00:08Another St Anne's man undergoes brain surgery after being knocked down near Fairhaven Lake.
00:13A dad in his 30s remains in a coma after he was knocked down near St Anne's and Lytton last week.
00:19Johnny Hart was seriously injured when he was struck by a Volkswagen Polo on a cliff-and-drive at 8.45am on Friday.
00:26The collision happened near the junction with Lake Road, a short distance from Fairhaven Lake, and Johnny was taken to hospital in a serious condition.
00:34Toronto Council issues update after closing popular Winter Wonderland.
00:39Toronto Council has provided an update after being forced to close Winter Wonderland in the town centre on Sunday.
00:45Due to a yellow weather warning of high winds being put in place by the Met Office for Sunday, the popular festive attraction was closed for safety.
00:53A spokesperson for the council said at the time, unfortunately, due to the windy conditions, Winter Wonderland, including the tippits, will be closed for the rest of the day.
01:03A woman in her 70s dies after a Concerned for Welfare incident on M6 in Preston.
01:09Emergency services attended the scene between junctions 32 and 33 at 9.45am on Saturday.
01:16Lancashire Police said the woman had fallen from a bridge onto the southbound carriageway and was pronounced dead at the scene.
01:24She was not struck by any vehicles, and the force said that her death has not been treated as suspicious.
01:31Preston Premier in her turn at the M6 to get dozens of new rooms after Beefeater restaurant closure.
01:38The Premier in Preston East on Bluebell Way, closer to junction 31A of the motorway, will see its former restaurant converted into a new overnight accommodation, while a three-storey extension will also be added to the building.
01:51The changes follow the closure of the Norman, Jepps and Beefeater eatery on the site in the summer.
01:5720 new bedrooms will be housed within the extension, while 32 will be contained in the former restaurant space.
02:02With three existing rooms being lost as part of the overhaul, a total of 49 extra bedrooms will be created, taking the hotel's capacity to 116.