Crime

Businesses in Blackpool are seeing a spike in counterfeit bank notes.

A North West crime gang has been jailed for a total of 185 years after they ran a reign of terror dealing drugs and threatening people with guns.

A Polish couple who were unlawfully detained by the Home Office for more than five months have been awarded nearly £90,000 in damages by the High Court.

The date of the inquest into the death of a much-loved Blackpool builder has been announced.

Here are the latest cases from Blackpool Magistrates' Court.

A dad accused of involvement in dealing class A drugs in Blackpool has told jurors a consignment of cocaine was delivered to him "by mistake".

A former police constable who worked as a young persons' officer has admitted making indecent images of a teenage girl.

Here are the latest cases from Blackpool Magistrates' Court.

Two police officers sabotaged a string of child sex abuse investigations out of a combination of "cynical disdain" for accusers and laziness, a court has heard.

A toddler was crushed to death by a car seat after his mother "screamed" at him and "dragged" him around the shops, a court has heard.

Two men are facing being deported to Albania and another is on the run after a drugs factory was discovered in Blackpool.

A civil servant on a fast track to the top risked her career by defrauding her department of more than £40,000.

Here are the latest cases from Blackpool Magistrates' Court.

A stray dog is recovering after being found bleeding from the head and with a blade in his neck.

A 22-year-old man who drove with his hands tied together "for a laugh" has been banned from driving, police said.

Spells and curses aimed at police officers and a social worker were discovered at the home of a mother accused of the female genital mutilation (FGM) of her three-year-old girl, a court has heard.