A 40-year-old man has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged with indecently exposing himself on an afternoon bus from Clitheroe to Padiham.

Paul Thomas Sweeney, of St Annes Street, Padiham, is alleged to have boarded the bus in Clitheroe in a drunken state.

Pat Bramley, prosecuting, said the bus contained a number of elderly female passengers and schoolchildren.

Sweeney is alleged to have exposed himself to two elderly ladies and carried out a lewd act. Sweeney then allegedly put his arm round a third lady, exposing himself and repeating the action.