DETECTIVES have appealed for witnesses to a robbery in North Yorkshire.

The victim, a 50-year-old man, was walking near the roundabout at South Parade and Racecourse Lane in Northallerton at about 9.20pm on Sunday.

Police said the victim had walked with the suspect towards the railway station when he was robbed, and a 29-year-old Darlington man had been arrested in connection with the robbery, and later bailed.

Anyone with information should phone Northallerton CID on 101, email karl.middlemiss@northyorkshire.pnn.police.uk or phone Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.