A 27-YEAR-OLD woman has appeared before Blackburn magistrates charged in connection with an incident in which her mother received a stab wound to her rib area.

Carla Jane Ball, of no fixed address, was sent on bail to Burnley Crown Court charged with assaulting Angela Ball causing her actual bodily harm.

Conditions of bail include residence at an address in Great Harwood, not to enter Oswaldtwistle and not to have contact with her mother.