North west news update 9 Feb 2024: Police hunt gunman after shooting

Digital reporter Michelle Blade with today's top north west news headlines and weather

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

00:04 region. A Heysham residential home has been placed

00:10 into special measures after inspectors found two areas of its care to be inadequate. Fern

00:16 Cross residential home in Crossdale Avenue was inspected by the Care Quality Commission

00:22 (CQC) in December. Lancashire Police are hunting a gunman after

00:28 a shooting in Skirmersdale near Peel Road Business Park.

00:33 A manhunt for the gunman is underway this morning, say Lancashire Police. A man was

00:37 taken to hospital after the shooting last night.

00:42 A Bispin funeral director has appeared in court charged with sexual assault.

00:47 David Potts, a funeral director at Leighton Funeral Directors, was charged with two counts

00:52 of sexual assault against a man. The 56-year-old of Devonshire Road, Bispin,

00:59 pleaded not guilty when he appeared at Blackburn Magistrates on Tuesday. He is next due to

01:05 appear at Preston Crown Court on 3 October. Police arrested a 29-year-old man on suspicion

01:12 of rape in Burnley. Over the weekend and on Wednesday, the police asked for the public's

01:18 help identifying the man they wanted to speak to in connection with the rape of a 17-year-old

01:23 girl. Two new Asda convenience stores will be opening

01:28 in Wigan at the end of the month. They are in Ormskirk Road, Pemberton and at Almondbrook

01:34 Road in Standish and are due to open on February 28.

01:39 The supermarket giant is massively expanding its network of Asda Express convenience stores

01:45 with a total of 470 opening nationally before the end of March.

01:51 As for the weather, over the weekend, on Saturday there are some brighter spells to start the

01:56 weekend though showers at times too. Sunday to Tuesday will be a mixture of some brighter

02:02 and drier intervals with the risk of showers or longer spells of rain.

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