North west news update 5 Feb 2024: Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant stuns audience

Digital reporter Jack Marshall with today's top north west news headlines and weather

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00:00 Morning, my name's Jack Marshall and these are your headlines from across the North West.

00:05 In Tarleton, a man in his 50s and a 17-month-old baby girl tragically died in a fatal car crash

00:11 on the morning of Sunday, February 4th.

00:13 Lancashire Police officers were called to report that a Land Rover Discovery had collided

00:17 with a Mini Cooper and then a tree at 8.26am.

00:21 Two people were pronounced dead at the scene and their loved ones have been notified and

00:25 have been supported by specifically trained officers.

00:29 In Blackpool, festival goers were treated to an unexpected surprise when Led Zeppelin

00:33 legend Robert Plant took to the stage alongside his late bandmate John Bonham's sister for

00:39 an impromptu gig.

00:41 Singer Debra Bonham, sister of the late Led Zeppelin drummer, was performing with her

00:45 band Bonham Bullock at the UK Blues, Rhythm and Rock Festival at Blackpool's Winter Gardens

00:51 when she got Plant and his current bandmate Susie Diane up on stage, with the trio performing

00:57 a number of classic Zeppelin songs for the astonished audience.

01:02 In Wigan, a teenage driver stopped by police for bad driving was found to be in possession

01:06 of illegal horse tranquiliser.

01:09 Greg Finch, 19, of Grey Clothes in Wigan, appeared before borough magistrates to plead

01:14 guilty to careless driving of a Volkswagen Golf on Bolton Road in Aspall and to possessing

01:19 ketamine.

01:21 In Burnley, police have executed a drug warrant in the Piccadilly Road area, with officers

01:25 from the Burnley Task Force having located a substantial amount of drugs and cash at

01:30 the property and having arrested a 38-year-old man who has subsequently been interviewed

01:34 by the team.

01:36 The Morecambe Bay NHS Trust has been revealed to be in the top 10% for their diagnostic

01:41 imaging performance in England, with more than 95% of people receiving tests within

01:45 six weeks of being referred for imaging.

01:48 With patients across Morecambe Bay and Lancaster now waiting less time for diagnostic scans

01:52 such as CT, MRI and ultrasounds, many people are able to receive further treatment sooner.

01:59 On to the weather now and the Met Office has forecast sunny spells during the day which

02:02 will be mostly cloudy and drizzly for most people across the North West with highs of

02:07 11 degrees.

02:09 Winds will remain strong in some places however and conditions will get slightly wetter and

02:13 windier as the mild evening arrives.

02:16 Thank you and have a lovely day.

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