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00:00 Police have arrested the driver of a BMW following an accident in Crown Point Road Burnley over
00:05 the weekend. Several passengers were injured and the road was closed for several hours
00:09 as a result of the accident on Sunday morning.
00:13 Organisers of the Preston Caribbean Carnival are promising that this year's 50th staging
00:18 of the event will be a spectacular celebration of Caribbean culture like never before.
00:24 The highlight of the festival on Sunday 26th May will as usual be the lively City Centre
00:28 procession which will have a nostalgic flavour of this time around with participants reflecting
00:34 half a century of Preston cultural history.
00:37 A man was taken to hospital with serious head injuries after he was assaulted on a night
00:44 out in Blackpool at the weekend. Police and paramedics were called to the scene in Devonshire
00:49 Square at the junction of Whitegate Drive and Newton Drive at 10pm on Saturday. No arrests
00:55 have been made at this stage but Lancashire Police want to speak to a man pictured on
00:58 CCTV.
00:59 A 12-year-old schoolgirl is receiving hospital treatment after being hit by a bin lorry on
01:05 a busy Wigham Road. While the casualty is not believed to have been seriously injured,
01:10 the aftermath of the collision close to the junction of Moor Road and Sefton Road in Norrell
01:14 brought traffic chaos to morning rush hour traffic.
01:19 The last ever league game in the North Lanx Football League takes place this evening between
01:23 Middleton and Overton Sports FC reserves and Cater United FC cults. It will be a sad day
01:29 for the thousands of people who have played football in this local grass roots league
01:33 which has existed since 1919.
01:36 And finally the weather, the region looks set to be in for more unsettled conditions
01:39 this week with slightly cooler temperatures than last.
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