A man was charged with child abduction after a car was pulled over by police in Blackpool.

Police recently stopped a car which had a defective light and no MOT on Clifton Drive.

As officers went to speak to the driver, concerns were raised about the welfare of a young teenage girl who was a passenger in the vehicle.

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The driver of the car - a 33-year-old man from Stoke-on-Trent - was arrested at the scene.

Ben Bryan, of Bank Road, Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent, was later charged with child abduction and grooming following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service.

He was remanded into custody and will appear at Lancaster Magistrates Court in due course.

Man charged with child abduction and grooming after car with no MOT pulled over in Blackpool