Marc Howson, 48, subjected women and girls to a string of assaults and sexual violence.

The mum of missing Charlene Downes says she is "living in limbo" and wants justice for her daughter.

Paul Ainscough was found dead at his home in Chorley last summer.

Three men are held after two pedestrians were struck by a van in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire.

Two drivers are seriously injured, one critically, in a car crash in Longridge.

Stuart Burns, 52, was found by police responding to reports of a sudden death in Colne.

The officer forced entry into a burning flat to help save the man, Lancashire Police said.

Neil Jeffrey was heard to shout a racist slur towards Blackburn Rovers striker Makhtar Gueye, police say.