North west news update 7 Feb 2024: Police pursuit of ‘stolen car’ leads to crash

Assistant editor Iain Lynn with today's top north west news headlines and weather

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00:00 Hello and welcome. These are the top headlines making the news today from our newsrooms across

00:04 the North West. People living in the Shevington area of Wigan reported a dramatic car crash

00:09 late last night. It happened on Gattus Lane shortly before midnight and continued into

00:13 the early hours of today. An eyewitness said it was a multiple police car chase, possibly

00:18 involving a stolen car. It's understood the road has now reopened. A resident living opposite

00:24 a controversial warehouse development in Fullwood in Preston has branded trees designed to replace

00:29 those wrongly removed during its construction as a joke. Mark McCormack says that the recent

00:34 planting of what he describes as saplings alongside the three 12-metre tall buildings

00:39 at the junction of Eastway and Durton Lane have added almost comical insult to the long-standing

00:44 injury felt by those living nearby. It comes as Preston City Council revealed that it's

00:48 not yet been provided with enough detail to determine a fresh planning application submitted

00:53 in an effort to address a breach of planning control in connection with the Durton Lane

00:57 Business Park site. Blackpool is poised to get a new coffee and craft beer bar operated

01:03 by the company, which runs the Shipwreck Brew House in neighbouring Cleveland. A new branch

01:08 of the independent micro-pub is set to open in Talbot Road after an eight-year lease was

01:12 agreed to take over empty premises on the ground floor of the Council offices in Bickerstaff

01:17 House. Contractors have started work at a major business site close to the M6 in Carnforth.

01:23 Barnfield Construction have begun work on the 90,000 square foot of commercial land

01:27 located near Junction 35. Five acres of land north of Kellett Road was acquired by Barnfield

01:32 Contractors UK with an outline planning permission in December 2020.

01:38 Police in Pendle have launched a hard-hitting campaign to rid the streets of abandoned and

01:42 untaxed cars. The Bin the Bangers operation is being run by the Pendle Community Policing

01:47 Team and the aim is to work with partner agencies to target nuisance vehicles. On Wednesday

01:52 this week, officers seized 26 vehicles parked in the road illegally.

01:57 The weather now on Wednesday looks set for a fine and dry day, leading to a frosty and

02:01 chilly start on Thursday. Rain then arrives, which is likely to turn to sleet and snow.

02:06 Which is nice.

02:07 That's it for now, thanks for watching, we'll see you tomorrow.

02:10 Thank you.