A BLACKPOOL man was attacked by three men while walking along Newton Drive, Blackpool, on January 24.

At about 10.35am three men approached him, two of them wielding knives, and stole his wallet containing £80 cash and a gent's nine carat hallmark ring with mouldings of St George's head and a dragon.

The first attacker is described as 24-25 years old, 5ft 6ins - 5ft 7ins tall, with short dark spiked hair and a red chubby face. He wore blue jeans and a thigh-length red bubble coat.

The second is in his mid twenties, 5ft 5ins - 5ft 6ins tall, of average build, with short dark hair, wearing a leather bomber jacket and black tracksuit bottoms.

The third is in his mid twenties, 5ft 5ins - 5ft 6ins tall, thinly built, with dark brown hair in a pony tail. He has a gaunt face with prominent cheekbones and was wearing a light green pullover fleece and dark tracksuit bottoms.

Police are looking for a man who indecently assaulted an 18-year-old girl as she walked along Church Road, St Annes, on January 27, at around 7.40pm. The incident could have been far worse if the girl had not fought back and escaped. The attacker was in his mid thirties, 5ft 7ins - 5ft 8ins tall, had dark shaved hair with sideburns to the bottom of the ears, and was wearing a navy jumper and black trousers.

At around 9.15pm on January 19 a 12-year-old girl was approached by a group of teenagers close to Talbot Road bus station, Blackpool. One boy asked her for money and slapped her face when she refused. He was aged 15, of slim build, wearing white Reebok trainers, a black bubble jacket, a blue Adidas sweatshirt and a white Deerstalker hat. An elderly lady was approached from behind and had her purse containing £40 stolen. The incident happened at 11am on January 24 on West Street, Blackpool. The thief was 5ft 5ins tall, in his mid to late teens, well built and wore a dark coloured baseball cap, dark top and trousers and possibly a tracksuit.

On January 20 at 9.45am a man approached a 72-year-old lady in the alleyway behind her home at Kingsway, Cleveleys, knocked her against the wall and removed her handbag containing her hearing aid worth £500. He was aged around 18 years old, 5ft 8ins tall, of slim build and wore a grey / beige hooded jacket.

A man entered the flat of a 96-year-old man in Spencer Court, Blackpool, on January 10 and stole his wallet containing £50. It happened at 4.30pm and the attacker was aged around 32 with sandy, cropped hair and was wearing a workman's yellow tabard under a duffel coat. He spoke with an Irish accent.

At around 4.40pm on January 24 a man purchased cigarettes at Kwik Save, Freeport Village, Fleetwood, by using a stolen Switch card. He was an Afro Caribbean in his mid thirties with short hair and was wearing a length black jacket, blue jogging bottoms and white Adidas trainers.

A youth stole a purse containing £70 from an 81-year-old lady at her home in Mossbourne Road, Poulton, on January 27 after saying he wanted sponsorship. He was 17 years old and wore dark clothing and a close fitting hat.

Camera equipment, jewellery and £400 cash was stolen from a house on Buttermere Avenue, Fleetwood, at around midday on January 22. The property was taken away in a blue rucksack stolen from the address. The two suspects are both male, aged around 17 years and 5ft 5ins tall. One had long blond hair and beige fleece trousers, the other had dark hair and wore a blue fleece, blue tracksuit bottoms and a blue bobble hat.