00:00 Hello, my name is Sian Jones and these are the latest headlines from our newsrooms across the North West.
00:06 A major road in Porton-le-Field has been closed since the early hours of the morning due to a crash.
00:12 At 1.35am today, Blackpool Police reported that their officers were currently at the scene of a road traffic collision on Blackpool Road in Porton-le-Field
00:20 and that they had closed part of the road to deal with the incident.
00:24 The closure is in place in both directions from the Castle Green light to Gray and Hayes Avenue.
00:29 A lead-in Lancashire wedding venue has been put on the market.
00:33 Ferrari's Country House Hotel and Restaurant on the outskirts of Longbridge has been listed for a guide price of £2.25m.
00:41 Agent Savills describes the property as a beautiful country manor house built in the 1830s.
00:46 In other news, the body of a man in his 50s was found at a house in Morecambe.
00:52 Police said they were called to report of a sudden death at a property on Mayfield Drive in Morecambe at around 10.30am on Tuesday 26 February.
01:01 His death is not being treated as suspicious and a fire will be prepared for the coroner.
01:06 A legendary Wigan nightclub has closed its doors but its home will be reborn.
01:12 Independence on King Street West in Wigan Town Centre was the town's dedicated indie club and live music venue and has been in operation for more than 20 years.
01:21 But it has fallen victim to changing tastes and continuing economic struggles post-Covid.
01:28 And finally, ground has been broken on a new property development that is being built on a former mill site in Burnley.
01:35 A total of 73 homes are to be erected on the site in Baden Lane which was home to Lodge Mill and has been named Weaver's Lodge as a nod to the area's history.
01:45 Built in the 1860s, the original building was used as a cotton spinning mill but was destroyed and rebuilt due to a fire decades later.
01:54 The weather now. A cold start with some hazy sunshine with outbreaks of rain spreading across the region and highs of 10 degrees.
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