Monday, North West Bulletin

Monday, Daily North West Bulletin 28-10-24

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00:00A Lancashire coroner has probed the death of a former Royal Marine found dead on the

00:04sofa at his flat. Area coroner Kate Bissett was told Ewan Sherriff had battled alcohol

00:10addiction throughout his life. Ms Bissett said the cause of death was alcohol intoxication

00:15and concluded that Mr Sherriff's death was alcohol related.

00:20A luxury Blackpool hotel named Tripadvisor's Best of the Best for three years in a row

00:25has now gone on the market. The award-winning 10-bedroom Fossil Tree Hotel on Queen's Promenade

00:31is up for online auction with starting bids from £400,000.

00:36A Wigan 30-year-old has been hit with a restraining order and community punishments for making

00:41a threatening phone call to a woman. Liam Redford of Winstanley Road, Bamfurlong appeared

00:46before Borough Justices to plead guilty to a single charge under the Malicious Communications

00:51Act in that he rang a named female and made a distressing threat against her on April

00:578th last year. Work to repair a gas pipe in Burnley Town

01:01Centre is taking longer than expected. Cadent teams began work the weekend before last to

01:07investigate the source of the smell of gas underneath Royal Road, near the Active Way

01:11roundabout. However, the work is set to continue throughout this week.

01:18Police closed Bowerham Road in Lancaster on Friday due to a road traffic collision.

01:22Police said a motorcyclist came off his bike but no other vehicles were involved. A man

01:27in his 40s was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

01:32And finally, the weather in the region looks set for damp conditions throughout this week

01:36but turning cooler and drier at the weekend.