North West News Update 17 November 2023

Here are your latest headlines from across the North West for Thursday, November 17th 2023

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00:00 Hello, I'm Michelle from the Lancaster Guardian with your news from across the region.

00:06 Two men arrested after a 73-year-old man died when a bridge collapsed on rural farmland

00:12 have been released by police without charge.

00:15 Brian Harwood was among 11 people thrown from an all-terrain vehicle pulling a trailer when

00:21 the bridge gave way in Robendale near Rae on January 18, 2022.

00:27 Mr Harwood from Penrith in Cumbria died at the scene.

00:32 A 55-year-old man from Preston and two men aged 52 and 57 from Lancaster were later arrested

00:39 on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.

00:43 The 52-year-old man was later released with no further action and the 55-year-old and

00:49 57-year-old have also now been released with no further action, police have confirmed.

00:56 A small plane made an emergency landing on the beach in Blackpool last night, Thursday

01:02 November 16.

01:04 Police and Coast Guard crews rushed to the scene after the small two-seat single-engine

01:09 aircraft touched down on the beach close to the promenade at around 7pm.

01:16 Efforts swiftly got underway to rescue the plane before the tide came in.

01:22 No injuries were reported as a result of the impromptu landing.

01:26 A man was spotted naked from the waist down during two incidents of indecent exposure

01:31 in Preston.

01:33 The first occurred near Lancaster Canal where it meets Aqueduct Street at around 4pm on

01:38 Monday November 13.

01:40 The suspect is described as a black man aged around 20 to 25 and around 6ft tall.

01:48 He was wearing a dark coloured beanie hat, a mid-thigh length black puffer jacket and

01:54 was naked on the bottom half of his body.

01:57 The second incident happened on Ashmore Street at around 7.30am on Tuesday November 14.

02:04 Police said no arrests have been made and enquiries are ongoing.

02:09 A new high-end and Instagrammable coffee house and cocktail bar with live entertainment and

02:15 a selfie station is coming to Burnley Town Centre.

02:19 CC Cocktails and Creams in Hamilton Street will open on Saturday November 25 with a special

02:26 event from 7pm boasting three DJs and a street performer.

02:31 Everyone can enjoy two free drinks on the opening night.

02:35 A man has been arrested after police found a haul of cocaine during a raid at a Wigan

02:41 Borough home.

02:43 Police discovered the class A drug while executing a search warrant at a property on Siddle Common

02:49 Lee on Wednesday afternoon.

02:52 Police said one man was arrested at the scene but has since been released to attend the

02:56 police station at a later date.

03:02 Weather for the North West.

03:03 It will be cloudy this evening with rain arriving later in the night.

03:07 Saturday will be a wet and windy start to the weekend with outbreaks of rain.

03:13 Sunday to Tuesday will be a mixture of blustery showers merging into longer spells of rain

03:18 and sunny spells on Sunday and Monday.