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Blackpool Gazette
  • 03/01/2025
A round up of the top stories from across Lancashire.
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00:00Hello, my name is Lou Patrick, I'm a reporter for the Lancashire Post and the Blackpool
00:06Gazette. Here is a daily bulletin.
00:0915-year-old boy stabbed outside Lytton Wotherspoons on New Year's Eve.
00:16The boy was attacked by the side of the Railway Hotel in Station Road at around 11pm.
00:22In a desperate bid to defend himself, the teenager used his hands to shield himself
00:26from the blade as the knifeman slashed at him. He suffered stab wounds to his hands
00:32but managed to get away and ran into the Wotherspoons for help. Staff called 999 and ambulance crews
00:38made their way to the scene, followed by the police.
00:42Here is what is ahead for the Blackpool Airport as major investment is on the horizon. Work
00:48is due to begin early in the new year on a new passenger handling facility at Blackpool
00:52Airport as part of a major investment in the Air Hub in 2025. It is hoped the development,
00:59which is part of a replacement administration block, will be ready by the spring after a
01:04planning application was approved last September. It will enable the airport to handle larger
01:09aircraft than at present, such as charter flights.
01:13Lancashire man accused of driving partner Keena Dawes to suicide tells jury I am not
01:18a monster. A Lancashire man accused of driving his vulnerable partner to suicide through
01:22domestic abuse and violence. He drank Prosecco and took cocaine after being charged with
01:27her manslaughter, he told a jury. Ryan Wellington, 30, said he left the police
01:32station after being accused of being responsible for the death of Keena Dawes, 23, and then
01:37recorded and uploaded a video to Facebook blaming Ms Dawes' mother for her daughter's
01:42death. Preston Crenshaw heard. Wellington is on trial for manslaughter of Ms Dawes who
01:46left a suicide note saying I was murdered, Ryan Wellington killed me.
01:52Former primary school headteacher who called child fat slug avoids teaching ban. A headteacher
01:57of primary school made inappropriate and abusive comments about pupils and staff including
02:03calling one child a fat slug. Nicola Brogan, who was head of Woodland Community Primary
02:09School in Hayward, made derogatory remarks about staff, pupils and parents and was highly
02:15likely to create an uncomfortable and negative working environment. A teaching regulation
02:20agency, TRA, panel has found.

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