North west new update 20 July 2023: 'Botched' café conversion set for demolition
Digital reporter Hannah Bridgeman with today's top north west news headlines and weather
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00:00 I'm Hannah Bridgman and here are today's headlines.
00:02 An empty shop in a residential area of Preston is set to be demolished after it was discovered
00:07 that work to convert it into a cafe was not up to scratch.
00:12 The renovation of the unit at the junction of Harwood Road and St George's Road in Deepdale
00:16 began in May last year after planning permission was granted by Preston City Council.
00:22 The building had been vacant for several years after last operating as the base for a claims
00:26 management company.
00:29 According to the documents submitted to the Town Hall's Planning Department seeking approval
00:33 to flatten the property and replace it with an entirely new structure, the applicant behind
00:39 the scheme concluded that the design that was taking shape after the initial project
00:44 got underway was poor.
00:47 A businessman has been given the go ahead to turn former Royal Bank of Scotland into
00:52 Albert Square Blackpool into a bar.
00:55 A former bank is poised for a new lease of life as a bar after council chiefs approved
01:01 a licence for the premises.
01:02 Lancashire businessman Mark Eggar is set to invest around £100,000 into converting the
01:07 ground floor of the former Royal Bank of Scotland into Albert Square which closed in 2018.
01:13 Police have seized counterfeit e-cigs and tobacco from various Burnley shops.
01:18 Officers from the Burnley Neighbourhood Policing Team have worked alongside Trading Standards
01:23 and visited numerous shops around the town yesterday based on intelligence received.
01:28 They discovered either items at all of the shops with some being on show and some being
01:33 very hidden.
01:34 A Morecambe man has been fined in court for not having car insurance.
01:38 Jacket Thomas Welski, 38, of Robbins Crescent, Morecambe, was found guilty of not having
01:43 car insurance at Preston Magistrates Court.
01:46 He was fined £660, an order to pay court costs of £90 and a victim charge of £264.
01:55 He was also given six penalty points on his licence.
01:59 A Wigan mum whose brother died by suicide two weeks before she started a master's degree
02:04 in mental health hopes to honour his memory.
02:07 During her studies, Nina used existing research and theory to develop and deliver targeted
02:14 interventions for at-risk adolescents who engaged in self-harm or attempted suicide.
02:21 She said, "I hope if my brother can see me that he will be proud."
02:24 Today's weather forecast is a scattering of showers through Thursday but with bright or
02:30 sunny spells in between and some places may remain dry.
02:33 The maximum temperature is 19 degrees.
02:36 Have a great day.
02:36 [BLANK_AUDIO]
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