Digital reporter Alan Weston with today's top north west news headlines and weather
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00:00 Hello, here are the top headlines today making the news across our newsrooms in the North West.
00:07 Widespread warnings are in place across the UK as Storm Esher brought rain and gusts of winds of up to 90 mph.
00:16 Electricity companies have reported cuts to thousands of homes across the country, including 5,000 in the North West of England.
00:25 Elsewhere, a new restaurant under the name of celebrity chef Marco Pierre White is set to open in Blackpool in the spring.
00:34 The eatery will go under the banner Marco's New York Italian and will open within the new 4 Star Holiday Inn on Talbot Road.
00:42 It means Blackpool will join just six other locations across the whole of the UK to be getting a restaurant in the chef's New York Italian range, most of them in hotels.
00:54 A JCB parked in a field near a Lancaster village suffered thousands of pounds worth of damage.
01:03 An electronic unit was stripped from the dashboard, rendering the machine inoperable and causing a loss of around £22,000.
01:13 Police said they believe the incident took place between January 10th and 17th when the JCB was parked in a field off Clapham Road, High Bentham.
01:22 A transport chief has blasted saboteurs who have sawn down four speed cameras in Wigan, saying that it will cost taxpayers £100,000 to fund their replacements.
01:35 Transport for Greater Manchester's Head of Highways was speaking after yet another act of criminal damage against newly installed two-way safety cameras around the town and its suburbs.
01:48 Police have arrested a man after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed in a Burnley Park.
01:54 Officers were called at around 1.50pm on Saturday to report of an assault in which a 16-year-old boy suffered a minor head injury.
02:02 Kyle Kaylor, aged 19, of Cog Lane was arrested and is due to appear at Blackburn Magistrates Court today.
02:12 Now for the weather. Another windy day with coastal gales at times, although not as windy as last night.
02:19 Brighter than yesterday with sunny spells and occasional brief blustery showers, these locally quite heavy.
02:27 Feeling chillier than yesterday although temperatures around average.
02:31 Any showers fading away this evening to leave a largely dry night with clear spells.
02:37 That's it for now, thanks for watching.
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