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Blackpool Gazette
  • 30/01/2025
An round-up of the top stories from across Lancashire.
Transcript
00:00Hello, my name is Luke Patrick, I'm a reporter for the Lancashire Post and the Blackpool Gazette.
00:04Here is the Daily Bulletin.
00:07M6 cars says HGV leaves carriageway causing lane closures on 45 minute traffic delays.
00:13Motorists are advised to avoid the M6 this morning after a good vehicle,
00:17HGV, has left the carriageway.
00:21A spokesperson for the National Highways North West said there are delays in excess of 45 minutes
00:28on the M6 between junction 26 and 25 Wigan due to a HGV that has left the carriageway.
00:35The congestion of approximately five miles with two or four lanes closed.
00:41Lancashire Garden Centre beats over 200 competitors to be named best in the UK.
00:46Barton Grange Garden Centre in Preston is celebrating after being named destination
00:51garden centre of the year at the Garden Centre Association 2024 awards.
00:56It received the prestigious title of best large garden centre in the UK as a ceremony held at
01:03De Vere Workfield Estate in Reading on Tuesday.
01:08The GCA represents more than 200 garden centres nationwide and each year rewards the centres that
01:15set that benchmark for high retailing standards within the industry.
01:20The awards recognise quality standards not only of the products and department but also
01:24the people and services.
01:27Why a popular bowling and mini golf venue has closed suddenly.
01:33Chorley Council confirmed on Tuesday the escape entertainment venue in Market Walk had shut down.
01:40They said the reason for this was due to the owner falling into significant rent arrears.
01:46In a statement posted on social media a spokesman for Chorley Council said
01:51no one wants to see an established business in the town centre close and we have only taken
01:56possession of the property as a last resort.
02:00We know that since Covid-19 and through the ongoing challenges of the cost of
02:04living crisis that many in the hospitality industry have struggled.
02:10Last remains of former TBR car building in Blackpool being demolished.
02:17The final remains of Blackpool's famous former TBR building are being demolished
02:21bringing the curse down on the resource last surviving structural link
02:25with the sports car firm.
02:27TBR first moved to the Bristol Avenue site in Bistboom back in 1970 after relocating
02:34from a smaller premises down the road at Hoothill.
02:38Then 20 years ago the TBR factory closed with hundreds of employers losing their jobs.
02:43Although most of the TBR building has already been demolished and replaced by
02:47modern commercial units a number of firms stayed on the site until recently.