North west news update 13 Oct 2023: Go-ahead to extend Next store

Digital reporter Catherine Musgrove with today's top north west news and weather

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00:00 Good morning, it's Friday the 13th of October.

00:03 Businessman Alfie Best has claimed a great victory in a planning row

00:07 over Penwith and Residential Park that he owns off Strictlands Lane.

00:12 A planning inspector has previously ordered him to reinstate an embankment

00:16 that was excavated without permission in 2019

00:19 but Mr Best says that an updated site plan now makes that out of date.

00:24 South Ribble Borough Council completely disagree.

00:28 Blackpool Council has given the go-ahead to updated plans to almost double the

00:33 next store at Clifton Retail Park in Martham.

00:36 The scheme was originally passed a year ago but there have been slight

00:39 amendments to the colour of bollards, to doors

00:41 and the position of a glazed bay. In Burnley, new management are to take

00:46 over the historic Round Inn at Clivager. The pub will close briefly before

00:51 opening again under a new operator next month. In Lancaster,

00:56 police are appealing for witnesses after a car crashed into a garden wall in

01:00 Sline Road, Boltonlea Sands at 9.40pm on Monday.

01:05 In Wigan, newlyweds Rachel and Adam Eastwood are fundraising to bring home

01:10 stray dog they fell in love with on honeymoon.

01:12 They need £2,000 to bring Sandy, that's the dog,

01:16 back to the UK from Mauritius. And the weather,

01:20 a wet start to today but it's going to clear up and get much drier

01:24 and sunnier by the afternoon. Over the weekend it is looking much better,

01:28 it's going to be quite cold, something like 10 degrees across the northwest

01:31 but there's going to be plenty of sunny spells with a little bit of mist and

01:35 foggy patches in some areas.