A 20-year-old man took his dad's car to run his friends for a late-night takeaway.

Blackburn magistrates heard that Salman Iqbal Master attracted the attention of the police as he drove through the town centre without lights.

Master, of London Walk, Blackburn, pleaded guilty to taking a car without consent and driving other than in accordance with a licence and without insurance. He was fined £350 with £65 costs and banned from driving for six months.