North west news update 8 Nov 2023: Man wins £425,000 dream home

Digital reporter Dominic Collis with today's top north west news headlines and weather

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00:00 A man has died in hospital after falling from a motorway bridge in Lancashire.

00:04 The incident happened shortly before 11am on Tuesday when the man fell from a bridge

00:08 over the M6 in Rachington and was struck by a Scania lorry.

00:12 At Orrington Cleveley's man is celebrating after he won a life-changing £420,000 dream

00:19 home.

00:20 Max Fox, 34, beat thousands of other entrants to scoop the prize of a lifetime.

00:25 He was in Disneyland when he found out he had won the three-bedroom bungalow in Poulton

00:29 Lafald and said "It's a dream come true".

00:32 Gossip about the eagerly awaited sequel to Burnley's set Bank of Davis is hotting up

00:36 in Hollywood.

00:38 Influential magazine The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the film forms part of a

00:42 huge new Netflix investment in British-made films, expected to be an additional $500 million

00:49 in the UK each year.

00:50 A new 34-home development will be coming to Leigh despite frustration over the lack of

00:55 affordable homes and concerns about additional traffic.

00:59 The Planning Committee heard from objectors how congested Warrington Road is currently

01:04 and that the planned Audley Lane development would cause further traffic disruption.

01:11 Comedian Ed Byrne will be bringing his tour to Lancaster in the new year.

01:15 Fresh from a slew of brand new five-star reviews and critical acclaim, the household name is

01:19 heading to Lancaster Grand Theatre on January 17th.

01:23 And finally the weather.

01:24 Wet conditions look set to continue across the region with Saturday being the best day

01:29 boasting plenty of sunshine.

01:31 It's gone.

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