A MAN has been charged with stealing two cars in Farnworth.

Tommy Kelbie, of Greenacres, Market Harborough, in Leicestershire, has been charged with two counts of theft of a motor vehicle, causing actual bodily harm by wanton and furious driving, driving while disqualified and having no insurance.

The 25-year-old is due to appear at Bolton Magistrates Court tomorrow.

A black BMW was stolen from Bloomfield Road last Wednesday and detectives linked this theft with that of a brown Skoda Yeti from the same road on February 7.