NW Daily Bulletin - September 19, 2024. - video Dailymotion

Latest headlines from across Lancashire and Wigan on Thursday, September 19, 2024.

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00:00Hello, I'm Emma Downey and these are your top news stories from across the North West

00:06this Thursday.

00:07A McDonald's in Preston has reopened after a convenience of the future refurbishment.

00:12The fast food chain Friargate, which closed for five weeks, promises to deliver a better

00:16customer experience for all.

00:19Denise Fergus will watch her husband scale Blackpool Pleasure Beach's flagship rollercoaster

00:24The Big One this Thursday to raise money for the James Bulger Memorial Trust.

00:29He will be joined by seven others as he climbs the 420 steps to the rollercoaster summit.

00:35Two-year-old James was abducted and beaten to death on February 12th 1993.

00:41John Venables and Robert Thompson, who were both 10 at the time, were jailed for his murder.

00:47Star Wars fans got the chance to meet with some of their heroes at the vintage and performance

00:52chore show last Saturday in Burnley.

00:55The Imperial Alliance, a non-profit Star Wars costume group that collects money for

00:59charities around the North West, stormed into Burnley for the chore show and posed for pics.

01:06And in Lancaster, plans for a new solar farm which could provide 80% of Lancaster City

01:11Council's electricity consumption will be discussed later this month.

01:16The council is behind a planning application for 10,500 panel development of Borrow Back

01:22just north of Bulrig Lane, which previously said could provide power equivalent to the

01:28electrical usage of around 1,300 homes and offset 80% of its electricity consumption.

01:36And in Wigan, a fundraising appeal has been launched to pay for vet bills for a much loved

01:40pet dog who was seriously hurt in a vicious attack by another dog.

01:45Julianne Rooney's husband had taken dogs Poppy and Pippin for a walk along Unsworth

01:50Street off Oxon Street, Hindley.

01:53When an escaped dog locked its jaw onto the Yorkshire Terriers, Pippin suffered a puncture

01:58wound to the neck while Poppy needed extensive surgery in a desperate attempt to save her

02:04leg.

02:05And the weather, it'll be a cloudy and murky start but turning warm and sunny with temperatures

02:10reaching as high as 21 degrees and the minimum temperature of 11 this evening.

02:15Have a lovely day!