Crime

DPFCC Mike Johnson, Farmer John Longmire, Sgt Amanda McKirdy and NFU County Advisor James Airey.

Dog owners urged to keep dogs on leads after reports of worrying sheep

St Alkelda's Church in Giggleswick where food in their foodbank for the needy is being ruined on a daily basis. Picture from Google Street View.

Police seek mystery vandals ruining food daily at village foodbank

Five offenders still wanted, from top left clockwise: Richard Berresford, Michaela Glover, Damon Chadwick, Katie Ainsworth and Danyal Hussain.

Five of Lancashire’s most wanted offenders still at large

Preston Crown Court. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard

Man, 32, accused of 22-year-old's manslaughter stands trial

Police found the body of a man in his 40s at an address in Morecambe.

Body of man in his 40s found in house

The scene of a major fire in Lancaster on Sunday on the Lune Industrial Estate. Picture by Gary Watts.

Dramatic drone pictures show smoke pouring from building during major fire

Police have launched new safety operations in the run-up to Christmas.

Police issue safety advice to festive revellers

Andrew Snowden, Police and Crime Commissioner for Lancashire with police officers.

Police target four areas of county ‘blighted’ by anti-social behaviour

Officers carrying out speed checks in Lancaster.

Police clock 24 speeding drivers during spot checks

Adam Campbell, who was said to have clocked up more than 160 convictions, was given another 14 months in prison by an exasperated judge at Preston Crown Court. The 32-year-old appeared before Judge Simon Medland KC for a string of new offences including dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, assaulting two emergency workers, criminal damage, offering to supply drugs and possession of cannabis.

32-year-old 'one man crime wave' with more than 160 convictions jailed

Police are warning residents to make sure their houses are all locked up after a string of burglaries in Lancaster.

Warning after string of burglaries in city

Police are appealing for CCTV footage after lights on a Christmas tree in Milnthorpe Square were damaged. Picture from Google Street View.

Police appeal for CCTV footage after Christmas tree lights damaged

Galloway's Society for the Blind, Howick, Penwortham, Preston.

Visually impaired people will be given password by police to identify officers

Blackburn Magistrates' Court.

Man accused of assaulting nurse and paramedic at hospital

An air ambulance leaving the scene of a stabbing at a Cumbrian train station. Picture from BTP Lancashire.

Two teenagers arrested over Cumbria train station stabbing

A police officer on the beat.

Wagon driver arrested after pedestrian hit by lorry in city centre

These are eight of Lancashire’s most wanted offenders (Credit: Lancashire Police)

These are eight of Lancashire's most wanted offenders - can you help catch them?

John Tesseyman of Ingleton was jailed for 13 months after National Crime Agency officers recovered indecent images of children from his computers.

Man paid Filipino family to sexually abuse children

The back gates at Happy Mount Park, Morecambe. Photo by Shannon Pickerill.

Police appealing for CCTV footage after burglary at popular park

Hen harrier chicks in their nest.

Scale of bird of prey persecution highlighted in RSPB report

Amy Leslie and Duncan Rawlinson.

Law firm’s latest hire bolsters residential conveyancing team

Some of the knives handed in to Morecambe police as part of Operation Sceptre. Picture from Lancashire Police.

Over 250 knives recovered during week of action

An estimated £20,000 worth of seized items.

Police seize thousands of pounds worth of counterfeit products from shops

Police closed a Lancaster city centre road after an accident.

Man hit by reversing wagon in city centre

Knives seized in crackdown

Over 1,100 weapons seized and 239 arrests made in knife crime purge

Joseph Barwick.

Man wanted after wounding with intent to cause GBH

Blackburn Magistrates' Court.

Woman, 42, in court accused of threatening two people with knife

A forensic artist has created an impression of what the man potentially looked like in life. Police are appealing for anyone with information as to the man's identity to get in touch. Picture by Neil Graham.

Police still don’t know identity of mystery man after body found in bay

Nicola Bulley, a mother-of-two, accidentally drowed in the River Wyre in Lancashire on January 27.

Nicola Bulley police review: Everything you need to know

Nicola Bulley's inquest ruled her death an accident after drowning in the River Wyre

Nicola Bulley: A timeline of her disappearance and death

Manchester Crown Court image: Google

Retired chief inspector spared jail over indecent images of young boys

Bare Village Club. Photo: Google Street View

Police appeal after break-in at village hall

Lancaster Magistrates Court.

Man in court accused of raping girl under 13 and other sex crimes

Lancaster Magistrates Court.

Woman accused of ‘driving off without paying for fuel’ from garages

Preston Crown Court. Photo: Kelvin Lister-Stuttard

Teen stabbed 13-year-old boy in the back on street

A police officer on the beat.

Police appeal for information after attempted burglary at shop

Lancaster railway station.

No punishment for young man who assaulted police sergeant at railway station

The men were arrested at Lancaster railway station.

Two men fined after being found with drugs at railway station

The aftermath of the bridge collapse on farmland in Roeburndale, near Wray, on January 18 2022.

No criminal charges to be brought after bridge collapse which killed 73-year-old

Lancaster Magistrates Court.

Man guilty of football charity fraud and forgery

These are knives handed in to rural police teams in the Lancaster district as part of a knife crime operation. Picture from Lancashire Police.

Here are knives handed in to rural police as part of knife crime operation

Left: The Waco tragedy involving David Koresh and the Branch Davidian cult, and Right: Marshall Applewhite, founder of the Heaven's Gate cult led people to believe the human body was a "vehicle" to carry their soul to another dimension.

I went to see a bizarre new show about the weirdest religious cults

Police have installed knife bins in Lancaster and Morecambe. Picture from Lancashire Police.

Police install knife bins in district

Paul Stuart Harrison is wanted by police after escaping from prison.

Escaped prisoner wanted by police

Lancaster Magistrates Court.

Man in court accused of football charity fraud and forgery

Road accident.

Man hit by HGV on M6 after two accidents stop traffic