POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an attempted bank raid in Watchet.

Officers were called at 8am last Friday morning when people noticed the front door of the Lloyds branch had been damaged.

The would-be raider failed to get into the bank and Avon and Somerset Constabulary is keen to speak to anyone who saw or heard anything around 5am in the vicinity of the bank.

Anyone with information should contact Minehead police on the non-emergency 101 number and quote reference number 023300/14.