More than 300 knives have been taken off the streets as part of Operation Sceptre, a national week-long initiative to tackle knife crime. Officers from West Division, which covers Lancaster and ...

As part of a national operation, Lancashire Police said it had made 90 arrests and conducted 331 stop and searches. Operation Sceptre saw the force work with the Lancashire Violence Reduction ...

The expansion of "Op Sceptre" will be paid for out of a £1.2m allocation from the Home Office. The cash will also pay for preventative community work with young people, and back-office support ...