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South Wales Police in Swansea are appealing for information following a robbery which occurred at Alexander's Hairdressers Mayhill Road, Mayhill at about 3pm on Wednesday 28th July.

A 21 year old female member of staff was tending to a customer when the male suspect walked into the shop.

Police were called at approx. 20.05hrs on Monday 26 July re: the incident in Dysons Road N18.

A man aged 43 years was found collapsed outside a house, having been stabbed.

He was taken to Royal London Hospital but was confirmed dead shortly after arrival.

A post-mortem will be scheduled in due course.

Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a taxi driver was robbed at knifepoint by three youths near Wythall.

It happened after the taxi driver was ordered to stop in The Fordrough, off Trueman's Heath Lane, shortly after picking up the males a few miles away in Halifax Road, Shirley, at about 10pm on Wednesday, July 21.

At about 11.50pm on Monday 27 July 2010, two men smashed their way into the Santander bank on Market Place, Atherton, where security staff were filling cash machines.

The pair, who were armed with axes, threatened two men and demanded cash.

At this time a passing police officer drove past the bank and was approached by a third man who was armed with a pickaxe.

Police in Scarborough are seeking information following an attempted robbery which occurred in the Raincliffe Woods area of the town on Thursday 15 July 2010.

The attempted robbery occurred between 11.30am and 12noon when a 60-year-old man using crutches was approached by a man who threatened him with a knife and demanded that he hand over his wallet.

Police in Rugby investigating a serious assault in Rugby on an 18 year old woman on Thursday 22 July, are appealing for help to trace two witnesses.

The assault took place at around 9.15pm on Thursday 22 July in Edward Street, Rugby, near to the Territorial Army Centre, when a male carrying a garden instrument namely a scythe, attacked the woman, causing her serious injury.

Police investigating a robbery of a 26-year old man in Highfields are appealing for witnesses to come forward.

The incident took place at approximately 7.30pm on Thursday July 22 in Leicester Street, Highfields.

The victim was walking along the street when three men approached him and asked for his phone.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a plucky 64-year-old Pelsall shopkeeper sustained stab and slash wounds to his head, shoulder and hand when he tried to prevent two callous offenders from robbing his store.

The incident occurred at about 7:30am on Saturday 24 July at Londis Stores and Newsagents in Norton Road, Pelsall.

A man is seriously injured in hospital after he was stabbed 12 times in Stockport.

At 1:30am on Monday 26 July 2010, police received reports of an assault at a house on Astbury Crescent.

Officers attended and discovered a 21-year-old man with several stab wounds to his body.

He was taken to hospital where he is currently receiving treatment for 12 stab wounds.

Four teenagers were threatened by a man with what is believed to have been a knife as they camped on land in Keresley End, Coventry in the early hours of yesterday morning, Sunday July 25.

The incident happened at about 02.15hrs on a grassed area in Somers Road.

At around 4:35am on Sunday 25 July 2010, police received reports of a man with stab injuries at a house on Wilbraham Road.

Officers attended and found a 27-year-old man with stab wounds to the chest.

The man died in an ambulance while on route to Hope hospital.

A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is currently in police custody.

Police have released an image of a man they want to trace in connection with a robbery at a shop in Loughborough.

The incident happened at around 10.45am on Thursday, July 15 at an off licence in Station Street.

A man entered the shop and threatened the 30-year-old victim with a knife.

No-one was injured in the incident.

A quantity of cigarettes were taken.

At around 8:30pm on Friday 23 July 2010, police received reports of a large disturbance on Sandringham Street, Gorton.

Officers attended and found a 37-year-old man had suffered stab wounds to the chest.

He was taken to Manchester Royal Infirmary where he later died.

Police in Preston are appealing for witnesses after a man was seriously assaulted in the city.

Around 6.30pm yesterday (Tuesday 20 July 2010) the 37 year old, who is from Preston, was attacked by three people on Plungington Road, near to the Spar shop.

This robbery took place at about 5.35pm on Sunday 18 July at Ladbrokes bookmakers in Market Street, Gainsborough.

Two men entered the premises via the public rear entrance (they did not force entry).

They were brandishing a knife and possibly a screwdriver.

They escaped with an amount of cash.