Digital reporter Michelle Blade with today's top north west news headlines and weather
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00:00 Hello, I'm Michelle with your latest news from across the region.
00:05 Police have launched a murder investigation after a man was found dead in Lancaster.
00:10 Police were called to report of a sudden death at a flat in Regent Street, Lancaster on Tuesday,
00:15 July 25th.
00:17 The body of Damien Jackson was found at the property.
00:20 The cause of death was multiple injuries.
00:24 Police are asking for anyone with CCTV or dash cam footage from the area between Sunday,
00:30 July 23rd and Tuesday, July 25th.
00:35 Tesco will open their first ever Preston Superstore after striking a deal to take over the Morrisons
00:41 store at Deepdale Retail Park.
00:44 Morrisons have confirmed to the Lancashire Post that the deal is complete and they have
00:48 agreed to sell their Blackburn Road store to Tesco.
00:52 The store is expected to close on Friday, September 29th before reopening as Tesco in
00:58 early December.
01:00 A crackdown on illegal vapes has seen products worth £16,000 seized in Wigan Borough.
01:07 The seizures by Trading Standards Officers were from shops in Wigan, Leigh, Ashton and
01:12 Hindley.
01:13 Last week, councillors backed proposals to tackle the illegal sale of vapes and to highlight
01:19 their harmful effects, particularly on young people.
01:23 A Nelson man has been charged with burglary after an elderly woman had items stolen from
01:28 her home.
01:29 Gul Jamal Din, 40, of Albert Street, appeared at Blackburn Magistrates Court yesterday charged
01:36 with burglary and five counts of fraud.
01:40 The alleged incident occurred last Friday at an address in Pembroke Street in Burnley
01:45 when the offender asked the resident, a woman in her 90s, if he could borrow a tin opener
01:51 and use her toilet.
01:53 The woman realised after he had gone that several bank cards and cash had gone missing.
01:58 Loose Women's Colleen Nolan has been fined nearly £1,000 for speeding in Blackpool.
02:05 The 58-year-old singer and TV presenter broke the 30 mph speed limit while driving her Toyota
02:12 in Preston New Road near the psychiatric hospital at M55 on July 8.
02:19 Nolan was fined £900 and six penalty points were added to her licence.
02:25 The weather today will be overcast with a maximum temperature of 20 degrees and possible
02:30 rain until 12pm.
02:33 Temperatures throughout the day will be between 18 and 19 degrees.
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02:39 Thank you.