Digital reporter Jack Marshall with today's top news headlines and weather
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00:00 Hi, my name is Jack Marshall and these are your headlines from across the North West.
00:04 A Charlie Primary School yesterday paid tribute to its much-loved late headteacher after she died suddenly over Christmas.
00:12 After Mrs Ashley Clayton passed away peacefully at St Catherine's Hospice after a short illness on December 29th,
00:18 Gillibrand Primary School was closed on January 17th so students and staff could attend her funeral.
00:24 In Blackpool, a medical emergency forced the referee to temporarily stop play in the home side's FA Cup tie with Nottingham Forest.
00:32 The referee was called early time on the first half, extra time in the FA Cup match while medics were called into the supporters' stand.
00:40 It's not known what happened but a Forest supporter needed urgent medical help.
00:44 In Burnley, a much-loved town centre business has been put up for sale.
00:48 Announcing that it was time for a fresh start, the owner of Ships and Giggles bar Andy Mack put the business up for sale this week.
00:56 Following the devastating death of his pregnant partner Sarah in 2022, Andy says that life has taken him in a different direction and he is currently residing in Scotland.
01:05 In North Lancashire, Morecambe MP David Morris has branded Morecambe Town Council as 'rogue'
01:10 after he learned of budget proposals to use the controversial £1m Frontierland Tax Fund to bolster their reserves.
01:18 The MP was due to raise the issue in parliamentary debate yesterday.
01:22 In Wigan, an arrest warrant has been issued for a 37-year-old woman who admitted repeatedly thieving from two shops.
01:30 Sonia Wood of Sherwood Crescent in Worsley Hall had previously appeared before borough justices to plead guilty to six theft charges.
01:39 She took cosmetic and tooth products worth £118 from Boots on July 2,
01:44 cosmetics and fragrant testers costing £168 from the same store on July 10,
01:50 cosmetic cream and razors worth £115 on September 15, and £200 worth more of cosmetics on September 18.
02:00 To the weather now, and the Met Office is forecasting another cold day with blue skies and flurries of snow.
02:05 With maximum temperatures of 3 degrees, the night will see another severe frost and temperatures dropping to -3.
02:12 Thank you very much and have a lovely day.