27th Daily Bulletin.

A round up of the top stories from across Lancashire.

Transcript

00:00Hello, my name is Luke Patrick and I'm a reporter for the Lancashire Post and the Blackpool Gazette.

00:05Here is the Daily Bulletin.

00:08Work could finally start on these new branded hotels in Blackpool in 2025 after years of delays.

00:15Regeneration Chiefs hope 2025 will see stalled hotel projects get off the ground in Blackpool,

00:21bringing more national brands to the resorts holiday sector.

00:25Schemes to transform the former post office in Abingdon Street into an indigo hotel

00:30and build a new hotel next to the Winter Gardens are both being expected to begin within the next 12 months.

00:36Each project has seen numerous delays but has planning permission and developers on board.

00:41The Council's Planning Committee has approved reserved matters in December for a five-storey development

00:46with 266 bedrooms on land opposite the Winter Gardens, currently used as a car park.

00:53Causes of a house fire in St Anne's being probed by Lancashire Fire and Rescue.

00:58Firefighters were investigating the cause when early hours blazed at a Fylde Coast house.

01:04Four fire engines from Blackpool and St Anne's were called out at 3.18am on Christmas Day

01:10to a domestic building fire on Kenilworth Road in St Anne's.

01:14Firefighters used six breathing apparatus and three hose reel jets.

01:18They also brought an aerial ladder platform from Blackpool.

01:22Lancashire Police in urgent appeal over Andrew Greenhough who is missing over Christmas.

01:27An urgent appeal has been issued by police in Hingburgh over a man who has gone missing over the Christmas period.

01:33He is described as being 5ft 3in tall, of medium build, with brown hair, short brown beard.

01:39Police say that he was last seen wearing a green bomber jacket, grey jeans and red trainers.

01:45Anyone with information on Andrew's whereabouts should call 999 as police are treating the matter urgently.

01:51Preston School shares concerns over traffic problems expansion could cause.

01:56A school in rural Preston that is set to double in size says it understands why locals are concerned

02:01about the impact the changes could have on traffic in the village where it's based.

02:06Lancashire County Council gave their go-ahead to the expansion of Goosenow-Oliverton Church

02:13England Primary School earlier this month.

02:15The move approved by the Authority's Cabinet will see the capacity of Goosenow Lane facility

02:20gradually rise from 210 pupils to 420 over the course of the next seven years.