SECURICOR are offering a £5,000 reward form information leading to the arrest and conviction of gang members who attacked two security men as they delivered cash to a local shop.

The men were both injured as they fought with two masked robbers at Healds Day and Nite, Burnley Road, Padiham.

Two robbers also suffered injuries in the fight. One is believed to have suffered "substantial" injuries when one of the guards hit him on the arm with a piece of shelving.

The other was "given a whack" in the face and is likely to have facial bruising.

The robbers who spoke with Manchester accents got away with £76,000.

The guards were attacked as they went to fill up the ATM machine and were praised by police for putting up "substantial" resistance

Police have made inquiries at hospitals in the Greater Manchester area and have carried out house to house inquiries in the Padiham area.

The getaway car has been identified as a dark blue Nissan Primera stolen from Chorley on April 5. The W-registered car had been fitted with T-registration plates.

The car was seen parked all day on Wednesday in Partridge Hill near to the junction with Cobden Street.

It was later found abandoned a short distance away in an industrial complex between Grove Lane Street and Partridge Hill. The front passenger door was left open and police believe the robbers switched to another vehicle.

A detailed forensic examination of the Primera was taking place today. Two men were also seen taking photographs of the Securicor men was they were making a delivery at the Abbey National Bank about 20 minutes before the Healds raid.

One of the attackers is white, 5ft 8ins tall, stocky with a black moustache.

He was wearing an unusual green balaclava with holes for the eyes and mouth and with a green bobble on top.

He was also wearing a very distinctive grey and silver shellsuit and black gloves.

The second man is also white, 6ft tall, slimmer and was wearing a black balaclava mask, black coat, dark trousers and grey trainers.

Contact Burnley CID on 01282 472144 or ring Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.