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00:00Hello, my name is Luke Patrick. I'm a reporter for the Lancashire Post and the Blackpool Gazette.
00:05Here is a daily bulletin.
00:07Lancashire traffic updates after lorry crash shuts M6 in Preston.
00:12The Northbound M6 is shut in Preston this morning after a serious crash involving a lorry and van overnight.
00:20All northbound lanes are currently closed from junctions 32 and 55 to 33 near Garlestown.
00:27After the crash at around 5.30am.
00:30Traffic is queued up back to junction 28 Leyland and National Highways is reporting delays of around 50 minutes.
00:37Congestion is also building towards junction 32 where the M6 meets the M55.
00:42Routes through Preston are also affected as traffic diverts including the A6 London Way and the B625H Holy Road.
00:51Ribby Hall placed into lockdown as Lancashire Police swarmed grounds of Holiday Village and Spa.
00:57Officers flooded the Spa and Holiday Village site of Ribby Road, Kirkham as they searched for a missing person around 8am.
01:06Ribby Road was blocked by police and both staff and visitors were prevented from entering the site including its gym and nursery while the search took place.
01:18The missing person was reportedly located in the woods on the ground and taken to a place of safety. No one was arrested.
01:26Reports from Ribby Hall said a woman was running around with a knife before she was caught and detained by officers.
01:34I was left for dead by a BMW driver who nearly killed me in a A59 Langhurst smash near Northcote Manor.
01:43A Lank's dad said he is lucky to be alive after being left for dead by a speeding BMW driver who crashed into him and flooded the scene at the weekend.
01:53Xander Sumner, 42, suffered multiple injuries in the smash on the A59 close to the Northcote Manor and restaurant at around 7.30pm on Sunday.
02:06He was approaching the Langhurst roundabout when a BMW sped past a HGV carrying cattle and crashed head-on into his Fiat 500L.
02:17First in the UK, View Cinema unveiled in Southport.
02:22Southport Cinema has undergone a major refurbishment, the first of its kind in the UK.
02:29Exciting enhancements have been unveiled at View Southport.
02:36Located inside the Ocean Plaza leisure complex include new luxury seating options, promising a new world of comfort.
02:44The refurbishment has been undertaken in phases to enable the site to remain open throughout and minimise any disruption to customers.
02:51With all screens benefiting from new reclining seating.