North West Daily Bulletin 17/05/24

Here are your headlines from across the North West for Friday, May 2024

Transcript

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

00:06 A coroner has ruled that a Preston dad who died in Tenerife three years ago was murdered.

00:12 An inquest was held on Monday May 13th to look into the death of Andrew Ashley Alexandra

00:17 Walsh who died on May 6th 2021 in an apartment in Urbanización Island Village in Adeje,

00:24 Tenerife. The 31 year old is understood to have been stabbed during a suspected burglary

00:29 at the Island Village complex near Playa de las Americas.

00:33 United Utilities have responded to concerns of water contamination on the Fylde Coast

00:38 after posts circulated on social media claiming that the tap water was contaminated and that

00:44 it had resulted in some people being hospitalised. A United Utilities spokesperson said "There

00:49 are no issues with the tap water supply on the Fylde Coast. You may have seen some reports

00:54 about a stomach bug in another part of the UK. Tap water supplies here in the North West

00:58 are continuously monitored and we can confirm that all customers can continue to use their

01:03 water supply as normal."

01:06 In Wigan an arrest warrant has been issued for a serial domestic abuser after he failed

01:11 to report for his court date. Having previously admitted to subjecting a woman to domestic

01:16 abuse for six years and been charged with controlling and coercive behaviour, 34 year

01:21 old Deandrew Smith of Cedar Avenue in Loughton had been due to appear before a Bolton Crown

01:27 Court judge for sentencing but failed to attend the hearing.

01:32 James Anderson, the Burnley-born founder of Defa CIC, who had previously been dubbed Britain's

01:38 kindest plumber, has been accused of faking stories of kindness to raise millions of pounds

01:44 in donations by a BBC investigation. The BBC allege that Defa, a social enterprise, used

01:50 vulnerable people's photos without their consent and that founder James Anderson spent company

01:55 cash on a house and car. Defa also claimed that Mr Anderson prevented one elderly woman

02:00 from killing herself only for it to be revealed that she had died years earlier. Anderson

02:05 has denied some of the BBC's allegations but has admitted "I've made mistakes".

02:11 And in Lancaster a prison officer turned beauty queen has swapped her uniform for a ball gown

02:15 as she competes in the Miss England competition. Melissa Butcher, who secured a top 12 place

02:21 for the grand final after winning a gruelling sports round which saw beauty queens put through

02:26 their paces by a former Royal Marine, is competing at the Miss England national final at Grand

02:31 Station in Wolverhampton in the hope of winning and earning a place at the 72nd edition of

02:37 Miss World.

02:38 Onto the weather now and the Met Office forecasted a cloudy start to the day which is set to

02:42 brighten up with frequent sunny periods by the afternoon and warmer temperatures with

02:46 some isolated heavy showers and even thundery conditions. Any rain however will fade away

02:51 later in the day ahead of a dry night as conditions stay generally mild.

02:55 Thank you very much for watching and have a lovely weekend.

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