A 25-year-old man has been charged following a robbery at the HSBC bank in Accrington.

The cash in transit robbery occured at around 11am on Friday, January 28 when a female employee of G4S security was making a delivery at the bank on Blackburn Road.

Lance Hamer of Stanley Street, Oswaldtwistle has been charged with robbery and appeared before Blackburn Magistrates Court on Saturday, February 19.