Police are warning the elderly to be on their guard after bogus plumbers targeted pensioners in Bradford.

The callous conmen struck at the homes of two elderly women in Wibsey.

The men claimed they needed to check their homes for damage or gas leaks. The residents later found their handbags had been stolen.

One suspect is described as a light-skinned, possibly Asian, man who spoke good English and was polite, in his mid-30s, about 5ft 10in, of medium build, with short black hair, and wearing a navy blue jumper and navy blue trousers, and holding a black clipboard.

A second suspect is a white man, in his 30s, about 5ft 5in tall, with black hair, and wearing a blue hoodie and blue tracksuit bottoms.