Police in Coventry are hunting a man who attempted to rob a bank and a building society but left empty-handed.

He walked into the Nationwide Building Society in Walsgrave Road, Stoke at 3.13pm yesterday and walked up to a cashier.

He had one hand inside a bag and threatened a female customer.

The man demanded money from the cashier, but the security screen was activated and he left without anything.

He is white, 5ft 8in, slim and was wearing a navy-blue top with a hood.

A few minutes later a man answering the same descriptions walked into Lloyds TSB just yards away.

The man suggested he had a weapon in his bag and demanded money, but the cashier refused and he left again.