Digital reporter Michelle Blade with today's top north west news headlines and weather
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00:00 Hello, I'm Michelle from the Lancaster Guardian with your latest news from across the region.
00:06 An autistic artist and her mum will have devastated after her artwork was tossed behind a temporary
00:12 fence when bad weather blew down the Morecambe Frontierland hoarding. Josie Conroy had painted
00:18 a large picture of a mermaid which was installed on the hoarding along with other pieces of
00:23 art. Her mum Karen noticed the hoarding had blown down and paintings were dumped behind
00:28 a temporary fence and left to the elements. The council have since returned Josie's artwork
00:34 after retrieving it.
00:36 Two teenagers have been charged after a mother youth was assaulted at a Star Store in Walton
00:41 Leedale. Police were called to the shop in Sandringham Road on New Year's Eve where the
00:47 victim was ambushed by two teenagers at 5.48pm. The boy was assaulted and allegedly threatened
00:54 with a knife before his two assailants fled the scene before police arrived. Officers
01:00 later arrested two 17-year-olds who have since been charged with multiple offences including
01:05 common assault and possession of knives.
01:09 A Lancashire woman started 2024 with a bang after winning £50,000 jackpot on the bingo.
01:17 The 58-year-old woman from Fleetwood, who asked not to be named, was playing in the
01:21 afternoon session at Club 3000 Bingo in Blackpool on Tuesday when she won. The bingo player's
01:28 lucky numbers came up on the national bingo game resulting in the top prize of a whopping
01:33 £50,000 jackpot.
01:36 One of Burnley's oldest and best known pubs is up for sale. The Angel Inn, which dates
01:42 back to the mid-1800s, is on the market for £150,000 with licensed property specialist
01:49 Sydney Phillips. The pub pays homage to the Clarets as the walls are decorated throughout
01:54 with Burnley FC memorabilia. There is also a distinctive mural of Jimmy McElroy in an
02:00 outdoor sheltered patio area.
02:04 An out-of-control van smashed into four cars in a Wigan Borough main road before the driver
02:10 made off. Firefighters say that at least four of the vehicles were written off by the early
02:15 hours collision on Bolton Road, Atherton. A silver Mercedes minibus-type van had crashed
02:21 into a line of stationary cars only for its driver to flee the scene.
02:27 As for the weather for the North West, there will be sunny spells and scattered showers
02:31 and it will be drier later.
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