TWO burglars stabbed the owner of a South Shore Hotel during a robbery of the premises.

The thieves broke into the Alex Hotel, Blackpool, at 5am on July 7 and went on to break into the bar area where they stole cash and property.

A fight broke out when they were confronted by the owner who attempted to restrain them but was stabbed.

The two men then escaped with the cash and property.

Both men are described as 25-year-old white males with local accents. One was approximately 5ft 10ins tall and wore a dark woollen hat and a dark three quarter length winter type coat.

The other was between 5ft 7 and 5ft 9ins tall and had long crew cut mousey-brown hair.

He was wearing a dark T-shirt and dark trousers or jeans.

A SCHOOLBOY knocked an 87-year-old lady to the ground and kicked her in the face at the door of her home on Baines Avenue, Blackpool.

The lady had met the youth earlier in the week when she had asked him to help find her missing dog.

The callous teenager then turned up two days later at the lady's house demanding a reward for his assistance.

When she refused he went on to attack her. He then entered the house and stole her purse.

The lady was badly hurt during the incident and was detained in hospital.

Her assailant is described as a white male, between 14 and 15 years of age and around 5ft 10ins tall.

He is of a slim stature and could have been wearing a baseball cap during the attack.

The first time the lady met him he was wearing a school uniform and coming from the direction of Collegiate High school.

A THIEF emerged from between two parked cars and snatched a bag from a lady as she walked past the Cliffs Hotel in Blackpool at 12.25am on July 7.

Considerable force was used during the robbery, snapping the bag's strap.

The thief is described as a white male with Mediterranean looks, between 18 and 20 years old and wearing a dark-coloured baseball cap and dark clothes.

A MOBILE phone was stolen from This and That Antiques shop on Rawcliffe Road, Blackpool, at 5.19pm on July 5.

The thief had entered the shop accompanied by a couple and went on to steal the phone that had been left on top of a desk.

He is described as a 6ft tall white male in his late teens.

He is of a skinny build and was wearing a blue tracksuit.