SEVERAL vehicles, including taxis, were broken into in Accrington while their owners were praying at mosques.

Police in the Central and Spring Hill areas have now urged residents to take care, and to report any suspicious behaviour to them.

A spokesman for police in Hyndburn said: “Two incidents occurred in Barlow Street during the early hours of July 1, and a further in the early hours of Friday in Richmond Hill Street.”

Call 101 with information.