Man charged over 'tongue attack'

A man has been charged over three alleged attacks on women, including one who had her tongue bitten off.

Andrew Humphries, 35, from London, was arrested in Ipswich, Suffolk, on Friday evening, after a police hunt.

He will appear before Blackpool magistrates on Monday, when the charges will be made public.

The alleged attacks took place on Friday - two in Lancashire and one in Cheshire. In one, a 26-year-old woman had part of her tongue bitten off.

They all allegedly took place in the early hours of Friday: the first in Rigby Road in the South Shore area of Blackpool; the second in Levens Road, off Central Drive, Blackpool; and the third on the M6 southbound near Knutsford at about 0445 BST.