AN 81-year-old woman fell to the ground in Bury when a thief grabbed her bag from her shoulder.

She was walking in Sefton Street, Whitefield, on Sunday between 4.40pm and 5pm when she was grabbed from behind by a man on a bike.

He snatched the bag off her shoulder, causing her to fall. The woman suffered bruising to her legs and the thief escaped with her bag.