THREE children's mountain bikes - two blue screamer bikes worth £50 each and a pink girl's bike - were stolen from an outbuilding at Lee Road, Bacup between 7pm on December 4 and 11am on December 7.

And in another crime in the Valley, A Samsung LCD TV, serial number LE37S86BDX37 and a Dell laptop worth £1,000, were stolen from a house on Haslingden Road, Rawtenstall between 10.15am on December 8 and 10am on December 10. Thieves forced open the kitchen window.