Assistant editor Iain Lynn with today's top north west news headlines and weather
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00:00 Hello and welcome. These are the top headlines making the news today from our newsrooms across the North West.
00:05 A Preston man has been crowned the youngest billionaire in the UK with the highest net worth.
00:10 Fifty five year old Michael Platt, born and raised in the city, has the highest net worth in the top 10 after amassing an estimated 12.7 billion pound fortune.
00:19 He's the co-founder and managing director of Blue Crest Capital Management, Europe's third largest hedge fund firm, which he co-founded in the year 2000.
00:29 A Blackpool councillor has been left with a broken rib and facial injuries following a shock attack in a park with his wife, a fellow councillor, also assaulted.
00:36 Conservative councillors Danny and Michelle Scott, who represent Warbreck, were in Giddon Gardens in North Shore responding to a resident's inquiry when they were confronted by a passerby.
00:46 The individual who had approached them from behind as they were leaving the gardens became abusive and spat at councillor Michelle Scott, claiming they had Covid before snatching and stealing her phone.
00:58 A trial date has been set for a young man accused of a string of motoring offences following a collision at a Wigan fun fair, which left a woman badly injured.
01:06 21 year old Jordan O'Reilly of Crowell Avenue in Plattbridge is charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving, disqualified driving, not having insurance and perverting the course of justice.
01:19 The closure of a historic Burnley hotel where scores of happy couples tied the knot over the years has sent shockwaves across the borough.
01:25 The owners of Rose Hill House announced the news last night in a post on the hotel's Facebook page.
01:32 And a bee-friendly bus shelter with plants and flowers on the roof is set to be installed at Morecambe Battery in the new year.
01:38 According to Lancaster Bus Users Group, one of the two bus shelters for northbound buses along the promenade at Morecambe Battery was removed in December 2021 after having been hit by a vehicle.
01:49 In the weather, Thursday is set for cloud and showery rain to clear for this afternoon and Friday will stay mostly dry with some more sunny spells.
01:58 That's it for now, thanks for watching, we'll see you tomorrow.