NW Daily Bulletin 10/07/24

Digital reporter Emma Downey with the headlines from across the North West on Wednesday, July 10.

Transcript

00:00Hello, I'm Emma Downie and these are your top news stories from across the North West

00:05this Wednesday.

00:06A popular bar and grill in the heart of Leyland has announced it has closed its doors for

00:10good.

00:11Fat Sam's Bar and Grill announced on Sunday it had ceased trading with immediate effect.

00:17The owners announced the sad news on their Facebook page, owing the decision to encountering

00:21hurdles over the past six years that they now unfortunately had to succumb to.

00:26Blackpool Zoo is celebrating after being named as one of TripAdvisor's top 10% of attractions

00:31worldwide after being awarded the Traveller's Choice Award.

00:35A spokesperson for the zoo said they were beyond excited with the news.

00:40A group of good sports from Lancaster School are flying out to Africa on a special three-week

00:45visit.

00:46Eighteen students and five staff from Our Lady's Catholic College will visit four partner

00:51schools in Uganda during the trip and will deliver a sports day in a style of the Spar

00:57Lancashire School games while on African soil.

01:01A Burnley dog owner has warned others to be vigilant after two of his pets died from suspected

01:06poisoning in Townley Park.

01:09Adam Brearley, who lives in Clivegar, took turns walking their family's three Springer

01:15Spaniels with his mum Pam in the fields and woods of Townley.

01:20Apparently they then discovered their youngest dog Archie had passed away at home the following

01:24morning after a walk and again two weeks later one of their other dogs, Stanley, died on

01:30his way to the vets after becoming ill.

01:33Vets originally suspected that Parvirus might have been at play but now they believe it

01:37to be some kind of poisoning, either deliberate or not.

01:41A homeless Wigan stalker who made numerous unwanted calls and turned up at his victim's

01:47home has been jailed.

01:49Forty-year-old Robert Makin pleaded guilty to harassing the woman between March 1st and

01:53June 27th this year.

01:55He was given a 14-week custodial term as the offence was committed during the operational

02:00period of unsuspended sentence and finally the weather, so let's not be throwing away

02:06our raincoats just yet as much of today and tomorrow is cloudy with some rain spills with

02:13a maximum temperature of 17 and a minimum of 10 and this can go down to tomorrow morning.

02:19Have a nice day.