Appeal for witnesses to robbery

POLICE are appealing for information after masked men armed with a sledgehammer and a machete robbed a Royton travel agents yesterday afternoon.

Officers were called to Co-Op Travel on Rochdale Road shortly after 1.30pm to reports of an armed robbery.

Three men wearing balaclavas, one armed with a sledgehammer and another with a machete, burst into the store and demanded money.

The offenders used the sledgehammer to access an office before stealing thousands of pounds in cash and fleeing the scene in a black Ford Focus which was later recovered.

Anyone with information should call police on 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.