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Blackpool Gazette
  • 07/03/2025
A round of the top stories from across Lancashire.
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00:00Hello, my name is Leo Patrick, I'm a reporter for the Lancashire Post and the Blackpool Gazette.
00:04Here is the Daily Bulletin. This has stopped his life. Dad of a man who was dragged under a van
00:09in Poulsen hit-and-run sacks up fundraiser. The dad of a man who was dragged under a van
00:15in a hit-and-run in Poulsen has issued an update on his recovery.
00:2120-year-old Connor Smith suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment after a
00:26Ford Transit van collided with him and a pedestrian in his 40s. He suffered minor
00:32injuries after the incident last month on Brook Road in Poulsen La Folle.
00:37Connor's dad, Jay Reynolds, 39, who lives in Blackpool,
00:41has said his son has since been released from hospital but has a long road to recovery.
00:48Blackpool driver smashes into new brick wall leaving homeowner with £3,500 repair bill.
00:54A reckless driver smashed into a newly built garden wall before driving
00:59away leaving a furious homeowner to fork out thousands in repairs.
01:05Rene Schaffer, owner of Granada Apartments in the resort, has been left facing a repair bill of £3,500
01:11to rebuild the front wall of his home, the former Cliffhead
01:14Hotel at the junction of Queen's Promenade and Cambridgesh Road in Bispol.
01:18Rene has been transforming the former 11-bed hotel bought at auction into his private home
01:26and work had only just been completed and a brand new garden wall now reduced to rubble.
01:33The brick wall has been destroyed after a BMW ploughed into it around 11pm last Friday, February
01:3928. Neighbours said the driver appeared unharmed as he climbed out of the vehicle and made up a
01:44foot before the police were called.
01:49Stunning Lancashire Railway Bridge, named among the world's most beautiful alongside Star of
01:54Harry Potter. An iconic Lancashire structure has been named among the world's most beautiful
02:02railway bridges. Wally Viaduct which was built to carry the Blackburn-Toclero railway line across
02:09the River Calder Valley in 1850 has been hailed by travel writers like Euronews as an engineering
02:16marvel that is becoming a tourist hit. They place it amongst the internationally acclaimed bridges
02:23including Montenegro's Mallorca Viaduct, France's Champs-Bourgiard Viaduct and Scotland's
02:29Glenfinnan Viaduct which had a starring role in the Harry Potter films carrying the Hogwarts Express.
02:35The article called Wally Viaduct a miracle of masonry adding this towering structure
02:39has often been compared to a cathedral or monastery. It is suspected this was intentional.
02:46The viaduct is close to Wally Valley which dates back to the 1200s
02:51and Terence Wolfe Flanagan, the engineer behind the bridge was inspired by the Abbey's
02:57Ecclesiastical design.
03:04Owners of Anakali Indian Restaurant in Haslingdon send messages to customers after St Cole destroys
03:10road. The owners of a popular Indian restaurant in Rosindale have issued a
03:16heartbreaking plea to their customers after a landslip closed the main road to their business.
03:22Business has been affected at Anakali restaurant at the Farmer's Glory Inn in Haslingdon since
03:27early January due to ongoing roadworks. The landslip occurred along the B6236 Haslingdon
03:34Old Road following heavy rain at the start of the new year which saw a number of flooding
03:38incidents across the county. It caused a wall supporting the road and one line of the carriage
03:45It caused a wall supporting the road and one line of the carriageway to collapse.
03:51The road has been closed ever since with temporary diversion routes in place as it
03:55is not safe for vehicles to continue using the remaining carriageway even under traffic control.