• 2 days ago
The latest news headlines in Preston, Blackpool, Lancashire, Burnley and Wigan.
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00:00Hello, I'm Emma Downey and these are your top news stories from across the North West
00:06this Thursday.
00:07An investigation into a huge blaze that ripped through a Darragh-like Preston building on
00:12Church Street on Tuesday evening is still ongoing.
00:16Fire crews alongside search dogs could be seen hunting through the wreckage for any
00:20casualties.
00:21At the height of the fire, four engines along with two aerial ladder platforms and a drone
00:27descended on the scene.
00:28The cause is currently unknown.
00:31Two people have been arrested in connection with the murder of a 59-year-old man in Blackpool.
00:37Kevin Price was found dead inside the Garfield Hotel on Springfield Road on Sunday with multiple
00:43stab wounds.
00:45An eight-year-old boy missing from Lancaster Village has been found safe and well.
00:50Mounted police on their horses Finnegan and Kelbrook assisted in the search on Tuesday
00:55after the boy was reported missing from an address in Quinmore.
01:00Thankfully he was later found safe and well and returned home.
01:04A Colne shoplifter has been given a two-year criminal behaviour order and banned from a
01:11couple of stores in Burnley.
01:13Chris Costello, 36, of Padernon Street has been given the CBO as a result of shoplifting
01:19offences and he has been banned from Guillaume's Store and Boots in Burnley.
01:24A Wigan mum diagnosed with breast cancer while pregnant has celebrated her daughter's
01:28first birthday.
01:2934-year-old Laura Hudson was told the devastating news while preparing for the birth of her
01:34baby girl Aurora.
01:36Laura has called Aurora her beautiful light in the dark.
01:40And finally the weather.
01:41Starting off with frost and frog patches which will gradually break into some sunny spells
01:45with a maximum temperature of 12 degrees.
01:48This evening will be frost free but with a minimum temperature of 6.
01:53So make sure you wrap up well.

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