A MAN has been charged with murder after a man was fatally stabbed during a house party.

Rodney Kay, 27, of Rose Street, Darwen, appeared at Blackburn Magistrates Court this morning.

He was charged after the death of 29-year-old Steven Taylor early on Saturday.

Mr Taylor was at a party at his home in Primrose Terrace, Darwen, when he was stabbed at around 4am.

He was taken by ambulance to the Royal Blackburn Hospital, but died at shortly before 11.30am, despite medical staff efforts to save him.

Kay was remanded in custody until November 28