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Hunt for sledgehammer raiders

Barclays Bank, Aylsham
Raiders struck at the Barclays Bank in Aylsham Credit: ITV Anglia

Detectives are still hunting for armed robbers who carried out a raid on a Barclays bank in Norfolk.

A group of three or four men, one armed with a sledgehammer forced their way into the branch in Hungate Street in Aylsham and assaulted a member of staff.

Police have said the gang escaped empty-handed.

Detectives are investigating whether a car found burned out near the bank is connected to the robbery.

Barclays Bank, Aylsham
The gang escaped empty-handed Credit: ITV Anglia

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Rare first edition to be sold

A rare first edition of an political masterpiece could fetch around £30,000 when it is auctioned in Norfolk later today.

The 372-year-old copy of The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli was discovered beneath a pile of old books at a residential home in the county.

The 300-page-book is to be sold at Keys Fine Art Auctioneers in Aylsham, near Norwich. It is expected to fetch around £30,000

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