A TAXI driver was stabbed three times and robbed of £50 in an attack in West Bradford early today.

Insp Stephen Haworth, of Blackburn police, said the driver from Swift Cars, Clitheroe, picked up two men from outside the White Lion pub, Clitheroe, at 12.35am. He drove them to Grindleton Road, West Bradford, where the men robbed him and stabbed him in the elbow, finger and stomach before running off.

The men are both white, in their late teens or early twenties, and are about 5ft 6in tall. One had cropped blond hair.

Anyone with information about the incident can contact Blackburn police on 01254 51212.