Blackpool Gazette
  • 4 days ago
A round up of the top stories from across Lancashire.
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00:00Hello, my name is Luke Patrick and I am a reporter for Lancashire Post and the Blackboard Gazette.
00:06Here is a daily bulletin.
00:08Tin killed and three boys seriously injured after crashing into a farm.
00:12Tina just died and three other boys were seriously injured after a Vauxhall Corsa crashed into a farm building last night.
00:18Emergency services were called to the scene in Auguston near Owenskirk shortly after 9pm.
00:24Lancashire Police said the Corsa was travelling north on Firtree Lane when it veered off the road and smashed into a farm building.
00:31One of the passengers, a 17-year-old male, suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital but sadly died a short time later.
00:39Three of the teenagers or boys were taken to hospital with serious injuries.
00:43Lancashire Police are appealing for witnesses who witnessed the crash or the Corsa travelling in the area that evening.
00:51Penrhytham Priory School pays tribute to former pupil 18 killed in Preston motorcycle crash.
00:58Patrick Sawicki, 18, died at the scene near the city's docks at Navigation Way after his motorcycle reportedly hit a lamp post at 3.48pm on Sunday.
01:09Today, his former secondary school in Penrhytham paid tribute with the academy's headteacher, Matt Easton,
01:14remembering Patrick as a quiet, hard-working, kind and gentle soul.
01:18Patrick, known by his former surname Brian during his school years, left the academy in 2022 and is fondly remembered by his teachers.
01:26A man in his 50s killed in Leyland House Fire as Lancashire Probe caused a tragic blaze.
01:32Emergency services rushed to Riversedge Road off Slater Lane after the fire broke out at a semi-detached home at around 7.45am.
01:41Fire crews extinguished the blaze but he was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.
01:45Lancashire Police said a joint investigation is underway with the fire service to establish the cause of the fatal fire.
01:52I've lost 20 stone with Slimming World Blackpool after I was suffering a heart attack and it has changed my life.
01:58A father who tipped the scales at a whopping 35 stone has lost more than half his body weight after being taken out in front of his daughter.
02:06Kenny Higgins is 48 and has turned his life around after he nearly had a heart attack at a supermarket in front of his 6-year-old daughter.
02:14At the time Mr Higgins weighed 35 stone but after the health scare he has turned his life around with the help of Slimming World
02:20and through walking and significantly improving his diet he has been able to lose over 20 stone and turn his life around.
02:26Mr Higgins said my daughter who was 6 at the time was in the shop with me and I was at my biggest I was 35 stone
02:33I nearly had a heart attack in front of her and they had to take her into a different aisle.
02:37I realised it was not fair on my daughter and it wasn't fair on my friends who were already upset that I was killing myself basically.