21st January Daily Bulletin

A round up of the top stories from across Lancashire.

Transcript

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

00:04Here is today's bulletin.

00:07Permanent lane closure in place from Asda to the Baker Road Junction in Roughton Stall.

00:13Changes to the road layout on St Mary's Way in Roughton Stall have started to take shape this

00:17week. From today a permanent lane closure will be put in place southbound from the Asda Junction

00:23to the Baker Road Junction. The work will take place on Monday and Tuesday at off-peak times

00:29between 9am and 3.30pm to minimise disruption as much as possible. Construction of a further lane

00:36will be closed on this section of the road, temporarily reducing travel southbound to one

00:41lane at the moment. Preston Man Cargo is charged with burglary at Blackpool pub The Duke in Dixon

00:48Road. The man from Preston has been charged after a burglary at a pub in Blackpool.

00:53Kerr Road 24 from Ingle was charged after a break-in at The Duke pub in Dixon Road yesterday morning.

01:02Lancashire Police were alerted to the burglary at 4.59am before the suspect was allegedly assaulted

01:07a short time later while being detained under a citizen's arrest in Clifton Street. Officers found

01:14him and for response he was taken to hospital for treatment. He has since been discharged and

01:20arrested on suspicion of burglary. The force at Kerr Road 24 at Threefields, Ingle has been remanded to appear

01:28before Lancaster Magistrates Court today. A motorcyclist in his 50s dies after a crash with a van near

01:34Trolleytown Centre. A motorcyclist in his 50s has died after a crash in Trolley. The man was taken to

01:41hospital after a collision with a van at the junction of Palmwell and Coventry Street in Trolley.

01:48Emergency services were called to the scene around 8.07am and the injured

01:54man was rushed to hospital for treatment. He sadly died from his injuries on Saturday.

02:00Family of a Preston man who died of drug overdose aged 33 get answers.

02:07Anthony Murray aged 33 was found dead at the Park Hotel on Talcott Street in Preston on August 24th.

02:16Preston Coroner's Court heard his inquest on Thursday that Andrew died from drug toxicity.

02:23Responding to a comment from his family, area coroner Kate Bessett said that she was

02:28she was sure he had no intention toward his own life.

02:34The inquest said that Mr Murray, known as Taffy, had a history of abuse in drugs, alcohol

02:38and he had mental health issues.