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00:00Hello, my name is Nick Patrick and I'm a reporter for the Lancashire Post and the Blackpool Gazette.
00:05Here is today's bulletin.
00:08A man who killed family in a wrong-way M6 crashed in a TV services intended to take his own life.
00:15An M6 driver who killed a family by driving in the wrong direction wanted to end his life.
00:22Former Royal Air Force pilot Richard Woods, 40, drove his Å koda at 70mph for more than a mile in the third lane of the motorway by TV services just after 4pm on October 15th last year.
00:36The 40-year-old crashed head-on with a Toyota Travelling Northman, killing Jaroslaw Rosso, 42, from Glasgow, his two sons Philip, 15, and Dominic, 7, as well as his partner, Jade McEnroe.
00:50Jade's son Aaron, 7, the only survivor of the crash, was airlifted to Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, where he remains in a coma.
00:59His current condition is serious but stable, said friends of the family, who described his survival as a miracle.
01:06Heartbreak is £33,000 a year at Lancashire Private School closes down with two days' notice to pupils.
01:13A private school which charges up to £33,000 a year in fees is closing with just two days' notice over funding issues.
01:22An emotional letter from the head of the Moreland School in Clitheroe to parents has been circulated online,
01:27including by former Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans who called it another victim of the VAT and hourly costs heaped onto them by this government.
01:37In the letter, dated Wednesday March 26th, Jonathan Harrison, who is listed on the school's website as a headteacher and proprietor,
01:46says that it is with great sadness that I write this letter to you and with deep and heartfelt sorrow that I tell you that Moreland Senior School will close on Friday 28th March 2025.
01:58Lancashire Police respond to urgent concern for welfare incident at Tiffany's Hotel on Blackpool Promenade.
02:05Police responded to a concern for welfare incident at Blackpool Hotel last night.
02:13Officers were called to Tiffany's on the promenade around 9pm and the incident was safely resolved.
02:20A police spokesperson said it was a concern for welfare all resolved.
02:26A police van was parked outside Tiffany's for more than an hour while officers dealt with the incident inside the hotel.
02:34Tiffany's were approached for comment.
02:38Plumes of thick black smoke filled the air as firefighters battled a blaze at flats in Blackpool.
02:45Plumes of thick black smoke filled the air as firefighters battled a blaze at a block of flats in Southshire.
02:53Emergency services were called to the Parkview Court at around 3pm this afternoon.
02:59Police closed Highfield Road in both directions while firefighters worked to bring the blaze under control.
03:06A spokesman for Lancashire Police said we are asking that you please avoid the immediate and surrounding area and so we are happy that it is safe for you to travel.
03:18Please be aware that due to this traffic will also be building up in other areas as people will try to find alternative routes.