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Blackpool Gazette
  • 11/03/2025
A round-up of the top stories from across Lancashire.
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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.
00:06Live M6 update, 90 minute delays after lorry crash closes Northbound Cabbageway near Preston.
00:14Heavy traffic is building on the M6 and M55 after a lorry crash near Preston today.
00:20The collision was reported on the M6 northbound between junctions 31
00:25Sablesbury and 32 Broughton at around 10 past one in the afternoon.
00:32Police closed the northbound carriageway while the scene was clear,
00:35leading to congestion backing up to junction 30 Blackow Bridge.
00:44Traffic was also building on the southbound carriageway and the M55 eastbound at junction 1.
00:50A spokesperson for Lancashire Police said please find an alternative route where possible.
00:55M6 remains shut in Preston after a serious lorry crash as drivers face severe rush hour delays.
01:08The M6 remains shut at Preston this morning after a serious lorry crash yesterday.
01:15The motorway remains closed northbound as emergency
01:19barrier repairs continue between junctions 31 Sablesbury and junction 32 M55 in Preston.
01:25Lane 404 is also closed on the southbound carriageway between junctions 32 and 31A
01:30to assist with the repairs. Delays are building on approach with congestion back to Leyland
01:36and slow moving traffic on the A6 through Preston along the diversion route.
01:43Traffic Monitoring Services INRIX reports severe delays due to emergency resurfacing
01:50and barrier repairs from junctions 31 A59 Preston New Road, Sablesbury to junctions 32 M55
01:57Broughton Interchange. Blackpool crash as motorcyclist smashed through the mesh
02:03fence at Burton Biscuits Factory. A man was seriously injured after crashing his motorbike
02:08through a fence at Burton's Biscuits in Blackpool yesterday. The motorcyclist,
02:13aged in his twenties, smashed through the mesh fence at the biscuit factory in Devonshire Road
02:20at around 5pm. Emergency services rushed to the scene and he was taken to hospital.
02:27Lancashire Police said he remains in a serious condition.
02:31No other vehicles were involved in the crash which led to the temporary closure of Devonshire Road
02:37between Claremont Road and Mansfield Road. Lancashire Police are appealing for witnesses
02:44and anyone who captured the incident on dashcam to get in touch.
02:53Police issue update after three people found dead in Blackpool. An investigation is currently
02:57underway after the deaths of two men and a woman, thought to be from heroin,
03:02occurred in the last six weeks. Detective Inspector Isbo Garrett of Blackpool Police
03:09said an investigation is underway following the deaths of two men and one woman in Blackpool.
03:15These deaths are suspected to be drugs related. A spokesperson for Lancashire Police said our
03:23advice would be for users to seek immediate medical attention if they notice any different
03:29symptoms or start to feel unwell. There is no safe way of taking drugs and no way of knowing
03:36what you are putting in your body and whether it is safe.