The current deputy chief of Lancashire Police is to become the new head police officer for the county. Sacha Hatchett has been announced as the new Chief Constable. She will […]

£22,752 criminal’s cash to fight crime has been awarded to projects across Preston. Andrew Snowden, Lancashire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, has awarded another £77k to projects taking the fight to […]

A police operation to reduce hare coarsing in and around Preston has been hailed a success. Lancashire Police say their South Rural Task Force has reduced reports of the illegal […]

Police have revealed the impact of their crackdown on anti-social behaviour in Preston city centre and Leyland. More than 800 additional policing hours have been poured into Operation Centurion patrols […]

Funding for the additional patrols - secured by Lancashire's police and crime commissioner - has seen additional policing hours poured into the city centre to combat issues with anti-social behaviour.

A Ribbleton councillor has told of a terrifying incident where she was threatened by a gang of youths with a knife. Councillor Pat Varty spoke of her experience during a […]

Lancashire’s Police and Crime Commissioner says he wants to understand how TikTokers “pushing conspiracy theories” wrested the narrative surrounding the disappearance of Nicola Bulley away from the detectives leading the […]

To mark the start of the final year of his current term in office, the Local Democracy Reporting Service sat down with the county’s Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner, Andrew […]