Crime

A restaurant put staff at risk by failing to maintain gas powered equipment, a court has heard.

Over the last two years average speed cameras have gone live in numerous locations across Lancashire, with more still to come.

A couple are facing jail after their banned pitbull-type dog mauled and severely injured a toddler in a playpark.

Drugs worth up to £6,000 were smuggled into a young offender’s institution - but the offender was foiled by a drugs dog.

Here is this week's round-up of cases at Preston’s courts.

A search has been launched to trace a man convicted of drug offences after he absconded from prison.

An appeal has been launched after a man and his five-year-old son were injured in a "terrifying" attack in Lancashire, say police.

Six people, including two pensioners, have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man's body was found in a flat.

A British man has died in Ibiza, the latest in a string of British holidaymakers' deaths this summer in the popular destination.

Ten people, including two children, are in hospital after a shooting in the Moss Side area of Manchester.

A hospital nuisance has appeared before a court.

Several men have been arrested and taken to Blackpool police cells after being spotted driving on the motorway in a car reported as being stolen.

A bus driver has been disciplined after asking a young Muslim mother to remove her face veil.

Two men who flytipped waste on a track near the River Ribble have been fined.

A 24-year-old man who killed a woman by accidentally stabbing her through the neck during sadomasochistic sex has been jailed for six years.