A 93-YEAR-OLD man was pushed against the wall of his flat and robbed of £70 by a callous thief in Blackpool.

The thief approached the man from behind in the doorway of his flat in Argosy Court, Argosy Avenue, at 2.55pm on June 8 and pushed him to the wall before forcefully searching his pockets and stealing the cash.

The thief is white, 25-years-old, 6ft 2ins with a slim build and shaven head. He was wearing a brown tweed jacket and trousers.

AN elderly woman was pulled to the ground and injured as two heartless thieves tried to grab her handbag outside the Beaucliffe Hotel, Holmefield Road, Blackpool, on June 8.

The two men snatched the bag at 11.15pm but the woman refused to let go and was pulled to the floor. The strap snapped and the thieves ran off with her bag leaving her lying injured on the ground.

One man was wearing a light-coloured baseball cap, dark jacket with a white stripe and light-coloured trousers. The other was wearing light-coloured clothing.

THIEVES robbed a 70-year-old man after pretending to be working on the water system and forcing entry to his house.

The man had refused to let the men into his house on Fulwood Avenue, Blackpool, on 9.20am on June 7, but they pushed their way in and held him against a wall before searching his pockets. They refused to leave until the man broke away and ran into the streets. They then fled.

Both men were white and of broad build. One is in his late teens or early 20s, 5ft 11ins and was wearing a dark blue or black top with the hood up and jeans. The other was wearing a black top.

A SCHOOLGIRL was attacked and robbed of a gold bracelet by a group of youths -- one as young as nine -- in Stanley Park, Blackpool, on June 1 at 4.05pm.

The 15-year-old was with her friends in the park when the youths verbally abused her then punched and kneed her before stealing her bracelet.

The youths were all Asian. One was aged between 15 and 16, 5ft 6ins, thin, and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt.

A second youth was aged nine to ten-years old, 4ft 10ins, with short black hair and wearing a black top and jeans.

Three other youths were all around 16 to18-years-old, 5ft 6ins, wearing tracksuit bottoms and hooded sweatshirts. One wore a baseball cap. All had local accents.

AN elderly woman was robbed of her handbag during a stroll on Blackpool Promenade at 10.35pm on June 8.

The woman was walking with her friend when a smiling man approached them. The women thought he was going to ask the time but he suddenly snatched one of their bags, snapping the strap with the force used and ran off.

He was white, 18 to 20-years-old and 5ft 5ins to 5ft 6ins tall and was wearing a pale blue T-shirt and dark jeans.

THREE teenage girls were attacked and injured as they walked along Devonshire Road, Blackpool, by three louts in a passing car.

The girls were walking along the street at 11.30pm on June 3 when the three men stopped their car -- a maroon Ford Orion with a white stripe on the side and silver wheels, possibly a K-reg -- and attacked them before driving off shouting abuse.

The men were all white. One was in his early 20s with short brown hair and freckly complexion, wearing a green jacket.

The second had very short cropped hair and was wearing a cream Nike sweatshirt, and the third man was 6ft tall, wearing blue clothes and baseball cap.

A WOMAN had her rucksack cut from her back and stolen after being pushed by a thief while shopping in Woolworths on Bank Hey Street, Blackpool at 3.30pm on June 5.

The thief was white, between 15 and 20-years-old, 5ft 10ins tall and of slim build, wearing a dark baseball cap, black jeans and white trainers.

Anyone with information about the above can phone Crimestoppers in complete confidence on 0800 555 111.