A 25-YEAR-OLD man appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with dangerous driving in Oswaldtwistle, on Wednesday.

Mohammed Irfan Akram, of Mulberry Walk, Blackburn, is charged with driving a VW Golf GTI dangerously in Market Street and Blackburn Road, driving while disqualified, unauthorised taking of the car, and driving without insurance. He was sent in custody to Burnley Crown Court.