North West Daily News Bulletin 01/10/24
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00:00Hello, I'm Michelle from the Lancaster Guardian with your latest regional news.
00:05Halifax Bank in Morecambe's Arndale Centre will close in September 2025, it has been announced.
00:12The bank had originally been expected to shut in January next year, as announced earlier this month by Lloyd Banking Group.
00:19Halifax said they were contacting customers to let them know about the alternate local banking services available.
00:26A dog was reportedly punched and slapped on a street in Blackpool, prompting the RSPCA to launch an appeal for information.
00:35A man was allegedly seen yanking a boxer-type dog away from another dog on Waterloo Road shortly before 4pm last Monday.
00:44He then reportedly punched and slapped the dog between two parked cars near the cash converters and cash generators shops before walking away.
00:52A member of the public reported the incident to the animal charity, prompting them to launch an investigation.
01:00Travellers had been moved off Wiggins Robin Park for the third time this month.
01:05A small number of caravans had set up home outside the arena four weeks ago and after having an eviction notice served on them, disappeared but then came back for another short spell only days later.
01:17Before the weekend, caravans appeared in the car park outside the sports centre, preventing people from parking for their gigantic comic-con inside, plus Wigan Athletics hosting Exeter City at the nearby stadium, both on Saturday.
01:33A Wigan Council spokesman said that a new eviction notice had been served on the travellers and they had now gone again.
01:41An exciting plan to transform a Burnley Town Centre building into a nine-bedroom hotel with a cinema and food court is well underway.
01:51The renovation work is taking place at the former retail premises at the foot of Manchester Road.
01:57The six-screen cinema will be located in the basement and the food court will be open on the ground floor with the hotel on the first floor.
02:05There will also be solar panels on the roof.
02:08As for the weather, today will be mostly dry at first with bright spells. Some patchy rain will be developing and it will also be rather windy.
02:17The maximum temperature will be 15 degrees centigrade.
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