All news on the topic: Lancashire Police

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Coroner probing 8 deaths on same NHS ward 'dangerous' nurses drugged patients
Catherine Hudson, a senior nurse, and Charlotte Wilmot, an assistant practitioner, illegally drugged and mistreated staff for months at the stroke unit at Blackpool Victoria Hospital
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Sickening messages nurses shared about drugging patients at work
Catherine Hudson and Charlotte Wilmot talked about stealing drugs for their own use and laughed about sedating patients to make shifts at Blackpool Victoria Hospital easier
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Nurse drugged stroke victims so she could have an 'easy life' during work shifts
Catherine Hudson drugged two patients for an “easy life” during work shifts at Blackpool Victoria Hospital. Jurors at Preston Crown Court also convicted her of conspiring to administer a sedative to a third patient
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CCTV appeal after woman has tooth knocked out in single-punch restaurant attack
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES The victim in her 60s has been left needing plastic surgery with her wound still not fully healed after she was targeted in a distressing one-punch attack
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Police in murder hunt appeal for footage after woman dies of multiple injuries
Detectives are asking people who may have footage or witnessed something suspicious to come forward with information as they continue a murder probe into the death of a woman in Blackpool
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Boy, 16, dies in canal on hottest day of the year as police launch probe
The search for the 16-year-old ended last night after the boy was pulled from the Leeds-Liverpool Canal in Burnley, Lancashire and sadly pronounced dead at the scene
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Mum stabbed to death on doorstep while having a smoke in totally random attack
Anthony Stinson made rap videos about killing someone one hour before stabbing Charlotte Wilcock as her baby daughter slept at her home in Blackburn, Lancashire
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Family mourn 'amazing' girl, 6, killed in crash that also injured two teens
In an emotional tribute, Millie Gribble’s family remembered their "kind, caring, funny, clever and energetic" daughter, who would "never fail to light up a room"
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Mum's heartbreaking tribute to 'happiest' boy, 8, killed in crash outside home
'Energetic' and 'much loved' Layton Harrison died after he was hit by a black Transit van in Penwortham, Lancashire, last week while he was playing outside his home
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Police dog shot and killed after seriously injuring its own handler
A police dog became aggressive and attacked its own handler, who is now in hospital with "serious injuries" while the animal, PD Jax, was shot and killed, Lancashire Police said
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Thousands spent on court security for Nicola Bulley's inquest over TikTok fears
Lancashire County Council spent thousands planning security for Nicola Bulley's inquest in June to ensure social media sleuths wouldn't try to interrupt proceedings
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Boy, 19, stabbed to death in town had 'zest for life', heartbroken family say
Matthew Daulby, 19, "gave love so generously" and "had zest for life", said his family in a tribute after he was named by Lancashire Police as the victim of a stabbing in Ormskirk
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Schoolboy 'lucky to be alive' after being mown down by van on zebra crossing
WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGE. A photograph taken after the crash outside a college shows Talha Hussain, of Preston, Lancashire, with a severe cut on his forehead and blood trickling down his face
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Agony for Nicola Bulley's family as photos of mum used on dating website scam
Scammers used photos of Nicola Bulley to set up fake profiles in what is believed to be an online dating scam. A disgusted family friend described the scam as 'sick'
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Heartache as 'kind' mum dies in three-storey fall after e-scooter explodes
Rebecca Downes was forced to jump from a window to escape the ferocious blaze, but suffered multiple injuries in the fall. The 44-year-old's partner Patrick Ramsey, in his 50s, was also injured in the fire along with one of her daughters
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Police arrest teen after cat is hurled from ledge and into quarry in video
Police confirmed the arrest today - despite earlier stating the force was confident "no criminal offence had been committed" in the incident in Carnforth, Lancashire
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Boy filmed hurling cat off cliff into quarry 'didn't commit a crime', police say
Lancashire Police have given an update on a video that has been shared on social media showing a youth appearing to throw a cat off a cliff and into a quarry in Carnforth
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Boy 'hurls cat off quarry ledge as it plummets into water' in sick video
Lancashire Police told Mirror the force is investigating a video, circulating on social media accounts like Twitter, which shows a young man hurl a cat off an abyss at a quarry
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Burglary hotspot where residents of UK town live in constant fear of break-ins
Residents live in constant fear of burglaries in a town with the highest number of break-ins outside of major cities in the UK leading police to launch a special operation to tackle it
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'Bearded' man snatches boy, 9, in attempted abduction before child wriggles free
Police are appealing for information as they hunt a "bearded man" who grabbed a nine-year-old boy by the arm in Fleetwood, Lancashire, and tried to drag him away before the boy "was able to free himself"
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Case of Charlene Downes - feared killed and ground into kebab meat - reopened
Charlene Downes was 14 when she disappeared from her hometown of Blackpool in 2003, with prosecutors alleging she was killed by a grooming gang who used her body for kebab meat
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'Little Prince' pictured as woman charged with murder of tot and assault of girl
Nine-month-old Harlow Collinge died in March last year, leading to a lengthy police investigation before childminder Karen Foster, 61, was charged with his murder
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Motorway closed after gallons of milk spill onto carriageway after tanker crash
The M6 - the longest motorway in Britain - was shut in both directions between junction 31 for Preston, Lancashire, and junction 32 - the M55 link - following the accident
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Tragedy as 'lovely lad', 15, stabbed to death with murder probe launched
Dylan Bragger was fatally stabbed in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, in a tragedy friends and family have called a "heart-breaking death" as Lancashire Police investigate
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Nicola Bulley search expert speaks out before inquest into mum's disappearance
Peter Faulding, who was involved in the search for Nicola Bulley, said he has not had any contact with Lancashire Police or the coroner since leaving St Michael's on Wyre on February 9