A FLEETWOOD man was seriously injured after being stabbed in the chest.

The 45-year-old man was attacked in an alleyway on the port's West View Estate at around 11.20pm on Monday.

The man, who has not been named, managed to reach the house of a friend on Rede Avenue, who called an ambulance.

The man was taken to Blackpool Victoria Hospital where he had emergency surgery for internal injuries. His condition was described as serious.

Police said that the injured man had named a suspect and they were trying to trace him this week.