A pizza delivery man was attacked and had his van stolen when he took food to a Keresley house at the weekend.

The 23-year-old Perfect Pizza employee went to a house in Cross Street at 12.30am on Saturday with a pizza.

He gave the food to a man at the house but two other men appeared and assaulted him.

They drove off in his Fiat Punto van, which has a huge orange telephone on the roof. The victim needed nine stitches to his inner lip.

The van was found later that morning in the car park of the Colliery Club in Keresley.