AN investigation has been launched after a break-in at a music studio.

Around £800 worth of guitars and a flat-screen television were taken from the Cathedral Studio and Rehearsal Room in Railway Road, Blackburn.

Crime Scene Investigators were at the scene on Tuesday morning after the incident which happened sometime between 11pm on Sunday night and 7.20pm on Monday night.

A police spokeswoman said: "Offenders have approached the premises during a period of darkness and forced the lock on the front door.

"They forced entry to the first floor which is a music studio and taken three guitars and a TV."

Items taken include a Fender base guitar, a Yamaha pacifica left-handed black electric guitar and a M Witkowski Polish custom made guitar and a Toshiba 32inch flat screen TV.