North west news update 7 Dec 2023: Man seriously injured in accident

Digital reporter Richard Hunt with today's top north west news headlines and weather

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00:00 Hello, it's Richard Humph with some of our latest headlines.

00:03 Plans to sell alcohol 24 hours a day at a Preston's bar shop

00:07 are being fought by the police and the council leader.

00:11 Anjkan Satyananakan is seeking permission to vary the premises licence at the shop

00:16 in Plungenton Road so alcohol can be sold round the clock seven days a week.

00:21 Objections have been raised by Lancashire Police,

00:23 Councillor Matthew Brown and Councillor Nuida Khan,

00:27 raising fears about anti-social behaviour and underage drinking.

00:31 Police say King Street in Lancaster has now reopened,

00:34 a few hours after a man was seriously injured in an accident in the city.

00:39 The man was unloading items from a car when he was hit by a passing vehicle,

00:43 suffered serious leg injuries.

00:45 Police said the accident happened outside Tesco Express on King Street in Lancaster

00:50 at 6.51am this morning, Thursday December 7th.

00:55 Burnley Council has been awarded a grant of £82,392 from the FCC Communities Foundation

01:03 to create an outdoor performance space with terrace seating, a small stage area,

01:08 lighting, new walkways and landscaping at Harger Clough Park in Burnley.

01:13 Additional funding has been secured from the council, Lancashire County Council

01:17 and housing company Calico towards a project which will help transform

01:21 this unused piece of land in the park.

01:25 Fewer women in Wigan completed cervical screenings last year, new figures show,

01:29 as charities urge all those eligible to get tested.

01:33 Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust said it will be challenging for the health service

01:37 to achieve its goal of eliminating cervical cancer by 2040,

01:41 as screening coverage continues to drop across England.

01:45 NHS England figures show that just 73.3% of 86,000 women eligible between the ages of 25 and 64

01:54 in Wigan were adequately screened on March 31st.

01:59 And a new golf simulator bar has opened in Poulton today, January 7th.

02:03 SimBar is based in premises at Tithe Barn Street and boasts state-of-the-art golf simulators

02:09 which will allow players to test their skills on layouts of some of the world's top golf courses.

02:15 Weather today, unfortunately it's going to be rainy and overcast for most of the day.

02:19 Hopefully it'll be better tomorrow. Bye for now.