Police say they have found a body in the search for wanted man John Cowley.

Officers from Lancashire Police found a body in a lake off Moody Lane, Mawdesley this morning, a spokesman said.

Formal identification is yet to take place, but it is believed to be that of the 63 year old. Police had been looking for him in connection with an attempted murder.

Police were called by the Ambulance Service at  5.45pm on Wednesday to reports a woman had been stabbed.

Officers attended an address on Moody Lane and a 50-year-old woman was found with several wounds to her abdomen area. She was taken to hospital by air ambulance where she was treated for serious injuries. She has since been discharged.