A17-year-old youth was attacked for his mobile phone at Spen Corner, Blackpool.

As he walked down the road near the junction of Waterloo Road and Hawes Side Lane a thief got out of the rear of a red van and demanded the mobile phone. When the boy refused he was punched to the floor and then handed over his phone.

The thief made off in the van down Ansdell Road. He is described as white, between 17 and 19 years of age, 5ft 7ins tall, of slim build with a local accent and wearing a blue or white baseball cap and a white tracksuit top, navy blue and white tracksuit bottoms with three white stripes down the side and trainers. The van was registered DF 380 SM.

The phone was a black Panasonic GD35. The incident occurred at 3.20am on October 18.

Two cowardly thieves attacked a 61-year-old man from behind as he walked home along Claremont Road, Blackpool. He was knocked to the floor and the duo, both white males aged 20 to 25, took his black leather wallet containing money and photographs. They made off over Claremont Park.

The robbery was on October 17 at 9.15pm.

Three teenagers stole a mountain bike from an 11-year-old boy on Devonshire Road, Bispham.

One grabbed the handles of the bike and swung it around forcing the boy to the ground before riding off. The other two told the boy they would try to get the bike back but they made off without returning.

The bike was a blue and silver Rhino Insanity with Y-frame suspension. The first youth was an afro-caribbean, aged 16, 5ft 5ins tall, who wore a beige hooded top and dark blue tracksuit. The second was a white 16-year-old male, 5ft 1in tall with a black hooded top. The gang was completed by a 14-year-old white male.

The incident was on October 10 at 3.20pm.

CRIMESTOPPERS can be contacted confidentially on 0800 555 111.