A MAN was assaulted and robbed by three youths while walking along Waterloo Road, Blackpool, at 12.50am on November 26.

The attack occurred as the man became engaged in a confrontation with three teenagers. A few moments later he was struck on the side of the head and viciously assaulted on the ground by the youths.

They then stole £45 from his pockets and ran off. The assailants are described as white males in their late teens. One was wearing a white shirt and dark trousers and the other two wore dark clothing.

An 18-year-old youth was knocked off his bike and attacked as he was cycling along Sandersons Way, Blackpool.

The assault occurred at 6.45pm on November 30 as a teenager punched him on the side of the face causing him to fall from his bike. The attacker went on to punch him several times in the head before joining a group of other youths -- one of whom stole the injured person's bike.

The attacker is described as an athletic 5ft 6in-tall white male in his mid teens. He was wearing black Rockport shoes, dark trousers, jeans or tracksuit bottoms and black cotton style gloves.

He has freckles on his face and short black hair shaved around the sides and back, with longer slightly curly growth on top.

£450 was stolen from a town centre shop in Blackpool, on December 1 at 4.50pm.

It occurred as a man and woman entered the shop on Central Drive and distracted the cashier enabling the woman to reach behind the counter and take the money from the till.

The couple were both white and between 25 and 30 years of age. The male is described as 5ft 4ins tall with a goatee beard and was wearing a brown alpine style trilby hat.

They spoke to each other in a foreign accent and the female is described as being 5ft 2ins tall and of slim build. She had short black hair and wore a baseball cap and baggy jeans.