| One of the men was arrested but the other escaped and a holdall containing a shotgun, knife and a grey balaclava worn by the knifeman was discovered. |
| Police believe a wall of silence is protecting a knifeman who stabbed a teenager in the face during a seven-a-side football match. |
| The knifeman claimed throughout that he also had a firearm and brandished a weapon at police from under a blanket. |
| British Telecom has apologised after a petrol station worker being held by a knifeman couldn't raise the alarm because the phonelines were broken. |
| The knifeman struck as the woman was unloading her silver BMW estate car on a side street off Chorley New Road on Thursday at about 8.45 am. |
| The knifeman is described as white, in his early 20s, tall, lanky and was wearing a white or cream coat. |
