award offer A REWARD is being offered following an armed robbery in Radcliffe.

A cash in transit van pulled up outside Black Lane Post Office, on Ainsworth Road, in Radcliffe at 11.35am on Wednesday and

two men wearing balaclavas approached a 49-year-old security guard.

One was armed with a metal bar and the second carried a machete type weapon. The pair subjected the guard to a violent attack before escaping with a quantity of cash.

The men made off in a blue Honda Civic, registration L31 VCC, driven by a third masked man, which had been stolen overnight from the Swinton area.

The offenders then drove down Ainsworth Road to Alma Street, where they changed vehicles to a red Saab saloon, which has a false registration of R288 ARJ. This car was recovered a short time later in Hambridge Close, Cheetham Hill.

Anyone with information can call 0161 856 8240 or contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.