A 17-year-old girl was threatened with a knife in a daylight robbery in Riddlesden.

The teeanger was walking along Grange Road, near the junction with Bradford Road, when she was approached by a man.

The man threatened her with a knife, before fleeing with her handbag, which contained money and personal belongings. The handbag was later recovered.

The suspect is described as aged 19-20, approximately 5ft 9ins tall and of slim build.

He was Asian and wearing a navy blue baseball cap with a white logo on the front, a long-sleeved zip-up dark top, dark jeans and a light coloured scarf covering part of his face.

Witnesses to the robbery, on Thursday at 4.40pm, should contact Airedale and North Bradford CID on 101.