Detectives are hunting armed robbers who struck at a Bradford jewellers shop as staff opened for business today.

Police cordoned off the premises of Shaandar Zewa in Barkerend after the raiders struck at 11am.

A relative of the shop owners said the robbers had been armed with guns, and had used a Ford Focus car to ram the shop when it opened.

She said "everything" had been stolen from the premises, including the safe.

It is not thought anyone was injured in the incident.

Police confirmed they were investigating reports of a robbery at a jewellers shop in Maidstone Street.