Four community groups from Preston have been awarded a share of over £25,000 through Lancashire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Clive Grunshaw’s Community Action Fund. CAF funding has been distributed to […]

Lancashire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Clive Grunshaw, has secured over £700,000 of extra funding to tackle thefts and burglary in problem hotspots in the county. The announcement from the Home […]

Lancashire Constabulary Chief Constable Andy Rhodes has announced his intention to retire next year, with Police and Crime Commissioner Clive Grunshaw praising his dedication to policing in Lancashire over three […]

Three men aged 35, 46 and 47 from Preston have been arrested in a major drugs investigation to tackle county lines dealing. On February 25 officers, alongside police from Merseyside, […]

Lancashire Police are asking for help to track down a stolen motorcycle from the Lea area. A motorcycle was stolen last Tuesday night (6 May) from Gilhouse Avenue, Lea in […]

A man has been jailed for 19 years for the sexual abuse of young girls dating back more than 30 years. Vincent Whittingham, (pictured above), 69, of Stydd Lane in […]

A Preston man has been jailed following a police operation to target drug crime in the city. John Cross, 42, of Pope Lane, Ribbleton, appeared at Preston Crown Court last […]

Overall crime in Lancashire is falling, according to Home Office figures released yesterday. The findings show a 4.8 percent reduction in overall crime from July 2010 to June 2011, which […]