POLICE in Blackpool have received 50 calls after BBC One's Crimewatch highlighted an appeal to trace three men in connection with the rape of a teenager.

Hana Zana Sahli and Karim Faraidon Nzar, both aged 25, and Taha Abdullah, 26, left the resort soon after the attack in May, Lancashire Police said.

The 15-year-old victim had gone into a fast food shop on Blackpool Promenade on May 17.

Three men then drove her to an address where she was locked in a room and attacked by several men.

An appeal on BBC One's Crimewatch programme on Wednesday has already yielded more than 50 calls, a Lancashire Police spokesman told BBC Lancashire