Police have charged a teenager following an incident in Morecambe last weekend in which a man was stabbed.

Emergency services were called to Kensington Road at 6.45pm on Saturday August 31 and a man in his 50s was found to have suffered stab injuries.

A 17-year-old boy from Billinge, Wigan, was arrested on Sunday following enquiries.

Following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service, the boy was charged with attempted murder, robbery, and possession of a bladed article in a public place.

He appeared before Lancaster Magistrates Court on Tuesday and was remanded in youth detention to appear at Preston Youth Court on September 10.

Teenager, 17, charged with attempted murder and robbery after stabbing in Morecambe