Digital reporter Emma Downey with today's top north west news headlines and weather
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00:00 Hello, I'm Emma Downey and these are your news stories from across the North West this Wednesday morning.
00:05 A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a woman was found seriously injured in Preston.
00:11 Police and ambulance crews were called to Plungington Road shortly before 11pm on Monday
00:16 after the woman, aged in her 50s, was found with serious head injuries.
00:20 She was taken to hospital where she continues to receive treatment.
00:24 Police have said her condition was serious but not life-threatening.
00:27 A man, aged in his 40s, has since been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remains in custody.
00:34 Neglected buildings along Blackpool Promenade are a score on the resorts a leading councillor has warned.
00:40 Councillor Paul Gally, leader of the Conservative group on Blackpool Council,
00:45 is calling for action after finding 10% of seafront buildings between Stargate and Bishpam are abandoned or empty.
00:53 More than 1,000 selection boxes were handed out to children during Briarcliffe's 4th annual Santa Trail.
01:01 Father Christmas and his Coca-Cola truck were joined by Mrs Claus, the Grinch, Olaf, Anna and Elsa
01:08 for an afternoon of festive fun that started at the Cree of Invercargill and took in a number of stops around Horsesky.
01:16 The trail, along with the number of selection boxes donated, has grown each year with money collected on the day given to Pendle Hospice.
01:24 A Moorkham barman was subjected to a terrifying 75-minute ordeal at the hands of two drunken thugs, a court in Preston was told.
01:32 Cousins Gerard Rogerson and Gerard Rann attacked the member of staff behind the bar of the deserted Joiner's Arms pub
01:42 in what a judge described as a 'horrible incident'.
01:45 The barman, Joe Hartley, was repeatedly punched and kicked and threatened. He would be stabbed.
01:50 Rogerson forced him to open the till, which he cleaned out of 400lb of the tekkins.
01:57 Then he grabbed him around the throat, leaving him unable to breathe for up to 10 seconds.
02:02 A new 10-year strategy was launched to prevent and reduce serious violence in the Wigan and Greater Manchester.
02:10 The Greater than Violence strategy aims to work to improve lives by preventing violence,
02:15 supporting victims, families and communities affected, and providing positive opportunities to those at risk of becoming victims, witnesses or perpetrators.
02:25 The strategy was launched at an event in Trafford by the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham,
02:30 along with others, including Deputy Mayor Kate Green and Greater Manchester Police Assistant Chief Constable Colin McFarlane.
02:39 And finally, the weather. Although starting off a little cloudy and with rain,
02:44 going into the afternoon will be more brisk with a lighter feel, a warmer feel with a maximum temperature of 11.
02:52 Going into this evening, the temperature will drop to around 5 degrees, with much the same tomorrow morning.
02:59 Have a good day.