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00:00Hello, my name is Luke Patrick and I'm a reporter for the Lancashire Post and the Blackpool Gazette.
00:05Here is a daily bulletin.
00:07Well, Lancashire police officers were searching Fleetwood Cemetery with torches at 1am.
00:12Officers were seen searching Fleetwood Cemetery in the early hours of the morning.
00:18Police officers with torches responded to a concern for welfare report in Fleetwood Cemetery Beach Road at 1am on Monday, January 20th.
00:28Lancashire police said the search was in response to a concern for welfare report and the incident was resolved safely.
00:34No other details were provided by the force.
00:39Lancashire sex offender on the run could be sleeping rough in town centres.
00:46A convicted paedophile is on the run and might be sleeping rough in town centres, warned police.
00:53Officers are searching for 26-year-old offender Adam Garner-Jones who is wanted after failing to comply with his sex offender notification requirements.
01:03His last known address is Colne Road, Burnley but Lancashire police said he is likely sleeping rough either in the Burnley area or elsewhere in Lancashire.
01:14Update on Blackpool's empty Odeon Cinema as hopes are revived to bring new leisure use to the site.
01:23Hopes of converting Blackpool's former Odeon Cinema into a family entertainment centre appear to have been revived with the owners now seeing it a leisure operator for the site.
01:34The cinema on Bloomfield Central, formerly Festival Leisure Park, on Rugby Road closed in June 2023 when its lease came to an end and has been empty ever since, with the movie screens now stripped down.
01:46Preston Brace or Stringer Capital, now operating as Aimland Ltd, had planning permission for the building to be used for leisure which could include activities such as bowling, trampolining, crazy golf, arcade games, climbing walls or indoor sports such as paddle tennis or five-a-side football.
02:04There was a proposal to the sideline when subsequent plans emerged for the building to be used for self-storage but that idea was vetoed by the council which refused to grant planning permission.
02:16Preston Restaurant, nominated in the prestigious British Kebab Awards 2025, described as our chance to recognise and champion the efforts of local kebab takeaways and restaurants across the nation, the British Kebab Awards are a celebration of not only one of the most popular modern cuisines in the country but also the flourishing local takeaway and restaurant sector.
02:37This year, Preston Restaurant Greek Cuisine has been nominated in the Best Greek Restaurant and or Takeaway category, famous across the city for its sumptuous food, creamy tzatziki and most importantly, delicious kebab. Greek Cuisine has established itself as one of Preston's go-to spots.