A WOMAN is in a critical condition after she was hit by a car. Police were called to the junction of Preston New Road and Shear Bank Road, Blackburn, shortly before 7pm yesterday.

Two vacant and boarded up houses once used as bedsits to accommodate hospital staff are to be turned into 13 new flats.

Police have now released an image of a man they want to speak to as part of their enquiries. The incident happened in Plevna Road, at 4.11pm on Tuesday, July 15. A police spokesperson said: “A man in ...