Crime

A 74-year-old man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after knocking down a woman in a Preston Morrisons' car park has been bailed pending further inquiries.

Twenty-five people have been spoken to in an overnight road check as detectives continue to investigate the murder of a retired lecturer shot with a crossbow bolt.

A murder investigation has been launched after a 50-year-old man was found dead in a property in Preston.

A banned driver who crashed a van into a house killing a 90-year-old woman inside has been jailed for four years.

Thousands of crimes were committed by previous offenders in Preston last year.

A former driving instructor has been jailed for 18 years after raping a 14-year-old girl and sexually assaulting a number of his pupils.

"Our family has been left feeling completely lost."

A woman was squirted with a syringe containing a burning yellow pepper substance.