Digital reporter Hannah Bridgeman with today's top north west news and weather
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00:00 I'm Hannah Bridgman and here are your headlines for today. A huge and hugely popular new mural
00:06 in Preston City Centre will remain in place after Town Hall officials concluded that it
00:12 did not harm the listed building on which it had been painted without planning permission.
00:18 The mother artwork appeared on the site of Hogarth's Chimbar on Church Street in July.
00:23 However, as the Lancashire Post revealed last month, an oversight by the owners of the Grade
00:28 2 listed property meant that the depiction of a woman cradling a lamb did not have the
00:33 green light from Preston City Council's Planning Department.
00:38 The Chief Executive of two key organisations in Greater Manchester has announced his plans
00:43 to retire after 42 years in public service. Eamon Boylan took the helm of Greater Manchester
00:50 Combined Authority, which includes Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, in 2017
00:57 before taking on the same role for Transport for Greater Manchester in 2019, but he now
01:03 plans to retire after next year's mayoral elections.
01:07 A £500,000 graded football pitch is now up and running in Stanley Park following investment
01:14 from Blackpool Council and the Football Foundation. Work has been completed to upgrade the facilities
01:22 with the refurbished flood-lit 3G pitch set to meet growing grassroots demand to play
01:27 football. At least 80 new teams have been formed in the town in recent years, including
01:32 women's and girls' teams.
01:37 National Highways have announced the narrow lanes and speed restrictions along the northbound
01:43 M6 between Preston and Lancaster are being lifted this week. Roadworks between junction
01:49 32 and junction 33 will be removed by Thursday morning and will move onto the southbound
01:55 carriageway. All remaining work will be delivered using overnight lane closures, only with no
02:02 further carriageway closures scheduled.
02:06 One of Burnley's oldest pubs could soon be turned into shops after plans were submitted
02:10 to Burnley Council. If given the green light, the ground floor of the Rose and Crown pub
02:16 in Manchester Road would be split into two retail units while the first floor would remain
02:21 a flat. The application has been made by Rosehill North West Ltd.
02:25 The weather today is the maximum daytime temperature across Lancashire is 12 degrees, with the
02:30 minimum night time temperature at 9 degrees Celsius. Light rain is to be expected changing
02:36 to overcast by lunchtime.
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