A 57-YEAR-OLD man from Northumberland has been remanded in police custody following an alleged attack on a woman in Morecambe in the early hours of Sunday.

Ronald Scott, of Newsham Road, Blyth, was committed for trial at Preston Crown Court on May 19 charged with assaulting a female at the Headway Hotel.

Mike Mellun, prosecuting, said police described the alleged assault as horrendous'.

Scott is accused of stamping on the woman, breaking her leg, said Mr Mellun.

Police believe she also suffered broken bones in her arm and face in the incident.

Scott, who also faces three motoring charges, did not apply for bail during the hearing at Lancaster Magistrates Court on Monday.

County brought to book

THE battle to save three village libraries from the chop was expected to receive another boost today (Wednesday).

Lancaster city councillors were to ask the county council to withdraw plans to shut Caton, Slyne-with-Hest and Warton libraries.

The city council is unhappy that the communities affected were not informed or consulted on the proposals.

Members are expected to tell the county council that the library service is vital' to the villages.

Hundreds of letters and messages calling on Lancashire county council to scrap its plans to close Caton library are also being sent to the county council leader Cllr Hazel Harding.