A man who escaped his prison transport van this week has been arrested, police have confirmed. Jamie Cooper, 33, had been on the run since escaping from a GEOAmey transport […]

New footage has been released of an escaped prisoner walking through Preston. The footage, shared by Lancashire Constabulary, shows escaped prisoner Jamie Cooper walking through Preston on Wednesday morning (19 […]

An attempt to topple the Lancashire County Council cabinet member responsible for special needs services for children has failed. The opposition Labour group on the authority forced an extraordinary meeting […]

A new image has been released of an escaped prisoner who has now been on the run for almost 48 hours. Jamie Cooper, 33, escaped his prison transport on the […]

A prisoner remains at large after overpowering his escort officers and escaping on the M55 close to Preston. Jamie Cooper, 33, was being taken from Lancaster Magistrates’ Court via the […]

All 15 Lancashire council leaders have agreed to put their names to a letter setting out their initial thoughts about what should happen to local government in the county after […]

A letter due to be sent to the government from Lancashire this week setting out how to slash the number of councils in the county will not contain any suggestions […]

A police search is underway after an ‘extremely rare’ instance of a man escaping from a prison van on the motorway. Police received reports at 8.54am this morning (19 March) […]