Updates on Friday 20 January
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Lucy Martin
BBC Weather
Cloud will move northwards this evening, leaving most places with clear skies.
Temperatures will drop quickly, leaving a cold and frosty night. Lows of 1C.
BBC Sport
Wigan Athletic midfielder Sanmi Odelusi has joined League Two side Blackpool on loan after the termination of his season-long loan spell with Rochdale.
Image source, Mark ThompsonThe 23-year-old, who joined Wigan in July 2015 from Bolton, played 19 times for Rochdale and will stay at Blackpool for the remainder of the campaign.
Odelusi said: "I want to help the team progress up the league.
"This is a new part of my career now that I'm heading into and hopefully going to be a good part of my career."
A brewery is set to move to new premises in Salmesbury after more than 200 years in Blackburn.
Image source, GoogleThwaites have been granted planning permission for a new £8m headquarters and stables at a site at Sykes Holt on the A59.
The firm has been in Blackburn town centre since 1807.
Fleetwood have completed the signing of Markus Schwabl from German side VfR Aalen.
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The 26-year-old midfielder has agreed a two-and-a-half-year deal, becoming Town's second signing this week after Wes Burns' arrival from Bristol City yesterday.
Schwabl will go straight into the squad for tomorrow's game against Coventry City.
The centrepiece of a £3.5m revamp of Bamber Bridge's main street has been unveiled.
The metal tree has been installed in Station Road, with the redevelopment also including paved areas, gardens and seating.
The names of local people past and present are featured on name plaques around the walls of newly-created grassed areas.
It will remain dry and cloudy for most areas this afternoon, although there will be some sunny spells in southern parts of the region.
Temperatures dropping to around 5C by late afternoon.
A public consultation is being held in Thornton to ask local residents for their views on improving facilities around King George's playing field.
The consultation at Marsh Mill is being held after Wyre Borough Council received £50,000 towards improvements from a local house building firm.
A selection of ideas will be presented to the public in the spring.
The event runs until 16:00 with further opportunities to submit ideas in the coming weeks.
Quote MessageIt's a great chance for local people to get involved and tell us what they want to happen to the fields, going forward.
Mark Fenton, Wyre Borough Council's landscape architect
Tim Padfield
Assistant editor, BBC Radio Lancashire
The owner of Morecambe Football Club is listed as having resigned as a director of G50 Holdings - the company which bought the majority shareholding in the League Two club in September.
The Morecambe board is still trying to deal with serious financial problems which have emerged since Diego Lemos took over.
The government's Companies House website, where business details are published, lists Mr Lemos as resigning last week.
The website now shows Graham Burnard, whose occupation is listed as a tax consultant with an address in Durham, as their only active director.
Mr Lemos, who has not been seen at the Globe Arena since November, is still listed as an active director of the football club.
The Shrimps are currently operating under a transfer embargo.
Emergency powers were used to close a Blackpool takeaway after a dead rat was found in the cellar., external
BBC Travel
The Grane Road in Haslingden is partially blocked in both directions around the Calf Hey Road junction, because of an overturned car.
Two women have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man believed to have been living inside a coach was found dead.
Image source, GoogleThe man, in his 70s, was found at an industrial site in Cross Fold, Blackburn at about 19:00 on Wednesday.
A post-mortem examination to establish the cause of death is due to take place later.
Two women, aged 32 and 34 and from Blackburn, were arrested on Thursday evening, Lancashire Police said.
A local resident said:
Quote MessageIt’s just how he decided to live. I believe he’d been there a long time.
Quote MessageHe used to come in now and again but he wasn’t a regular. People only know what’s been in the papers but they’re very shocked.
BBC Sport
Cambridge United sign defender Scott Wharton on loan from Blackburn Rovers until the end of the season.
Image source, Rex FeaturesThe 19-year-old has played four times for Rovers' first team, after making his debut in August against Burton.
A man has been charged with attempted murder after a police officer was slashed with a knife during a routine vehicle check.
Image source, MELISSA CAVANAGHThe officer was attacked after stopping a Peugeot van in Westmorland Avenue, Cleveleys on 2 November last year, Lancashire Constabulary said.
He suffered injuries to his torso and face.
William Ashton, 39, formerly of Briarwood Drive, Blackpool, is due to appear before Blackpool Magistrates' Court.
He has also been charged with two counts of possession of an offensive weapon and affray.
A pregnant woman who was taken to hospital with an abscess on her left leg died when it turned septic,, external an inquest heard.
A man who is believed to have been living inside a vehicle at an industrial unit has been found dead.
Image source, GoogleThe man, in his 70s, is understood to have been living in a minibus or coach at the site in Cross Fold, Blackburn.
He was found dead after police were called amid concerns for his welfare at about 19:00 on Wednesday.
The man has not yet been formally identified, Lancashire Police said, with his death being treated as "unexplained".
A post-mortem examination to establish the cause of death is due to take place later.
A man has been charged with the attempted murder of a police officer in Cleveleys.
Image source, Melissa CavanaghAn officer was slashed with a knife after stopping a vehicle in Westmorland Avenue, Cleveleys, on 2 November.
The officer has fully recovered after suffering injuries to his abdomen and face. He is expected to return to work soon.
William Ashton, 39, has also been charged with two counts of possession of an offensive weapon and affray. He is due appear before Blackpool Magistrates’ Court later.
