Detectives are hunting robbers who forced their way into the room of a house where the occupants had barricaded themselves in.

A 48-year-old woman and her 21-year-old daughter hid in an upstairs room of the house in Cambridge Road, Birstall, after hearing the back window being smashed and alerted police by phone.

But the suspects forced entry to the room and told the victim to put down the phone before taking items and fleeing.