All news on the topic: Lancashire Police

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'Dangerous' man tried to kill toddler after 'sickening and repeated assault'
Lewis Prince filmed himself punching and strangling the toddler in a near-fatal attack in Blackpool last year, before trying to evade police by driving to Manchester
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Grandad's heroin-smuggling gang partied in Las Vegas while claiming benefits
Stanley Feerick was jailed this week after his drug-trafficking gang visited Las Vegas, while claiming benefits and transporting drugs across the country
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Man attacked by five dogs who 'tore his ears off' says he blames himself
Henry Sherridan from Preston said the five eight-stone dogs were 'riled up' at the time when he began shouting, and pounced on him tearing his ears off and leaving him close to death
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Woman found dead at house 'with multiple injuries' as man charged with murder
Jason Gowen, aged 26, is alleged to have murdered 37-year-old Fiona Robinson, who was found dead at an address in Chorley, Lancashire, in the early hours of Friday morning
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Police divers join search for woman, 24, last seen 5 days ago after missing work
Shannon Canning, 24, has not been seen since she left her home in Keswick Court, Lancaster, in the early hours of Friday morning before failing to show for a shift at the Tipple Bar in the city centre the next day
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Couple kept dogs in crates 'stacked on top of one another' in faeces-filled home
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Kieran Hands and April Pearce, both 32, have now been banned from keeping all animals for five years and were given a suspended prison sentence after the RSPCA investigation
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Blackpool hotel fire as inferno rips through building and sends smoke across sky
Fire services in Lancashire have swarmed the scene at Blackpool's Queens Promenade after a fire has ripped through the New Hacketts Hotel, with smoke seen rising above the town
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Dad in coma after being punched following stag do at Grand National
Lee Burns, 41, was celebrating his stag do at the Aintree Racecourse on April 15 when he came back to Poulton, Lancashire to continue his night out - he was knocked unconscious at a bar in Poulton
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Man, 20, killed as Audi smashes into tree and another fighting for his life
A 20-year-old man died and another was injured when an Audi A1 collided with a tree in Skelmersdale, West Lancashire, at around 10.45pm on Friday night
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Police swoop as seagull dies after being dragged through streets on dog lead
Police say an investigation is ongoing after the man was seen dragging a seagull through the streets with a dog lead before the bird had to be put down due to its 'very poor ill state'
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Nicola Bulley police are searching river for missing object, says ex-pathologist
Dr Richard Shepherd, a forensic pathologist who worked on high-profile cases such as Stephen Lawrence, told the Mirror why he thinks specialist divers were in the River Wyre near where Nicola Bulley was found
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Dog walker describes seeing divers searching river where Nicola Bulley was found
Maria Solarz uploaded the clip to YouTube showing the search on the River Wyre on April 4 - Nicola Bulley was last seen on January 27 walking her dog Willow
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Nicola Bulley police confirm instruction that brought them back to search river
Lancashire Police have explained why they were seen searching the River Wyre where Nicola Bulley's body was found weeks after she went missing on a dog walk in January
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Nicola Bulley police mount desperate new search to answer family's questions
Nicola Bulley's disappearance sparked a huge search which saw police and the local community comb through the area hunting for clues - now divers have been spotted in the river once more
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'Ray of sunshine' woman found dead after going for 10-minute walk
Rachel Jackson, 38, went missing from Preston, Lancashire, on Friday night. Family and friends are comforting each other after her sister confirmed the sad news she had been found dead
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Toddler dies after she's found unresponsive at home as police investigate
An 18-month-old girl has sadly died after being found unresponsive at a home, with police now beginning an investigation to determine the 'cause and the circumstances'
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Hospital worker arrested after 'staff members sexually assaulted'
A medical professional at Blackpool Victoria Hospital has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and is in custody for questioning. He has been suspended by the health trust
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Security patrols return to Nicola Bulley village as locals 'harassed' by ghouls
Spencer Sutcliffe and his security team have returned to the village of St Michael's on Wyre, where Nicola Bulley went missing on January 27, after residents complained they were being 'harassed'
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Man arrested over footage shot from inside cordon on day Nicola Bulley was found
A man, 34, from Kidderminster has been arrested on suspicion of malicious communications offences and perverting the course of justice after footage was shot from inside a police cordon on the day the body of Nicola Bulley was found
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Woman says 'life will never be same' after Blackpool fan partner dies in brawl
Tony Johnson suffered severe injuries after a mass brawl involving 15 people outside a pub in Blackpool over the weekend and tragically died in the early hours of Monday
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Man arrested on suspicion of murder after woman found dead in home
A 30-year-man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead at home on Saturday morning, when police were called to reports of a serious assault
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Blackpool fan fighting for life after attack outside pub as man arrested
A man in his 50s, named locally as a Blackpool fan, is fighting for his life in hospital following the attack at The Manchester pub following a match with Burnley
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Nicola Bulley police force blasted by watchdogs just months before she vanished
Lancashire Police was marked as needing improvement when it comes to investigating crime in a thorough and timely manner according to the latest annual inspection by HMIC
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Nicola Bulley ghouls already publishing books about mum's death as family mourns
Those already flogging books have been accused of attempting to capitalise on the death of Nicola Bulley after adverts were placed online within days of her body being identified
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Popular chip shop forced to close after cruel vandals repeatedly smash windows
Andy Shute took over chip shop Lou Lou's Plaice in Chorley, Lancashire, last May but a flurry of vandal attacks since the start of the year means he'll have to close up and lay off staff