A MAN is recovering in hospital after being stabbed in the stomach on Saturday night.

Police were called to Winifred Street, Ramsbottom, at 8pm, after reports that there had been a disturbance.

They found a 50-year-old man with a stab wound to his stomach, a 54-year-old man with a serious facial injury, and a 38-year-old woman with minor injuries to her face.

The two men are in hospital for treatment to their injuries, which are not life threatening.

A 38-year-old woman and two men, aged 50 and 54, were arrested on suspicion of assault and bailed pending further inquiries.