WITNESSES to an attempted robbery in Harrogate have been urged to contact police.

The incident happened just after 2pm on Friday, March 14, in King’s Road, when a man approached a 22-year-old local woman from behind and grabbed her handbag. The woman refused to let go.

The man was white, tanned, in his 20s, about 5ft 3ins tall and slim.

He was wearing a hooded top and a scarf over his face. He ran down the side of Ascot House Hotel empty-handed.