DETECTIVES want information about a gang of four teenagers who broke into two houses in Burnley on Sunday afternoon.

They forced a window at a house in Brooklands Road but left empty-handed after setting off the alarm when trying to get out through the cellar door.

Then they broke into a house in Todmorden Road and stole a Psion palm top computer worth £500.

The youths were aged 15-17 and about 5ft 8ins tall, and three were wearing blue and white striped tops.

One had a plaster cast covering a hand.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Burnley CID on 01282 425001 or tell Crimestoppers in confidence on 0800 555111.