North west news update 15 Jan 2024: Lancashire Police to get £75m headquarters redevelopment

Digital reporter Dominic Collis with today's top north west news headlines and weather

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00:00 Lancashire Police Headquarters are to get a £75 million overhaul to make the force's

00:05 South Ribble Base fit for the 21st century. The bold blueprint for the site in Hutton

00:11 first emerged just over a year ago and has now been granted planning permission.

00:15 Police meanwhile are asking for the public's help after an elderly man was assaulted in

00:19 Fleetwood. Officers were called to an address in Maple Avenue following a report of an assault

00:24 which occurred on Saturday around 10.15pm. Officers found that a man, aged in his late

00:30 70s, had been assaulted on his doorstep after answering a knock on his front door.

00:36 A red carpet premiere will be held next month for a mockumentary written and directed by

00:40 a Burnley-born actor. The Baths has been penned and directed by Jack Hartley. Set in Paddyham

00:45 Leisure Centre and starring homegrown star Alice Barry, who starred in hit TV show Shameless,

00:52 the film Real Cinema will host the premiere of the pilot episode on Saturday, February

00:58 3rd.

00:59 A transgender Wigan woman has been charged with exposing herself on the same date in

01:04 three separate years. David Flynn, who identifies as Denise, 37, of Hillary Avenue, Atherton,

01:10 is accused of exposing herself on September 22nd in 2020, 2022 and 2023. A plea hearing

01:19 was scheduled for February 2nd at Wigan and Leeds Magistrates Court.

01:24 A motorist was cut from their car after a crash on the A6 south of Lancaster on Sunday

01:28 evening. Fire engines from Lancaster and Garstang, along with a four-wheel drive vehicle from

01:34 Lancaster, attended the scene in Lancaster New Road in Kerbus just before 10pm.

01:40 And finally the weather. Snow is expected for large parts of the region on Tuesday,

01:44 and remainder of the week looking very cold but dry and bright.