North West news bulletin

Daily North-West news bulletin

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00:00 A driver who found himself trapped behind the wheel of an out-of-control electric car

00:05 which accelerated to nearly 100mph on the motorway was on his way home from work in

00:10 Lancashire when his car refused to brake. Nathan Owen, 31, was driving home to Bolton

00:15 after his first day at a new job in Ormskirk when his 2019 electric car started malfunctioning

00:20 on the M62 between Manchester and Warrington last Wednesday. Police have said they are

00:26 reviewing the case of a missing man who vanished without a trace eight years ago. Shane Graham,

00:31 who worked as a landscaper for an artificial grass company, was 26 when he disappeared on

00:37 April 29, 2016. He had been working at a house on Annsdale Road in Lidham on the day he went missing.

00:43 A rescued spaniel who was struggling to walk because she was so huge is enjoying a new lease

00:49 of life thanks to Stanley House vets in Burnley. King Charles Cavalier spaniel Heidi tipped the

00:55 scales at 27kg, found it difficult to move and was unable to groom herself. Fast forward eight

01:02 months and the five-year-old is now almost half the dog she was, weighing 15kg and enjoying a

01:07 healthier and happier life. A Wigan woman who lied to police about her car being stolen to cover up

01:14 for a crime suspect has avoided an immediate prison sentence. Lauren Mackay, 30, of Whiteside

01:20 Avenue, Goulburn, has pleaded guilty to a single charge of deliberately making a false statement

01:26 that was used in criminal proceedings on a previous appearance at Bolton Crown Court.

01:30 Police want to identify three men captured on CCTV after a man was assaulted in Lancaster.

01:37 Police were called to Cheapside in the city to a report of an assault. They found that the victim,

01:43 a man in his 30s, had suffered a fractured skull and a bleed on his brain.

01:48 Finally, the weather. The region is set for warmer temperatures this week

01:51 but with heavier rain showers on Tuesday and Wednesday.