A man suffered head injuries in a crowbar attack at his home in Dunnockshaw.
The victim answered a knock on the door of his bungalow in Burnley Road, Dunnockshaw, shortly after 10pm last night.
He was confronted by a man who burst into the house and hit him about the head. The victim suffered a cut above his eye and swelling to his head and face.
The incident is being investigated by detectives at Rawtenstall.
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