The police say they don't know yet whether 2 armed raids in Bournemouth and Poole yesterday are linked...

Both robberies - at a jewellers in Bournemouth town centre - and a shop in Merley were carried out by 3 men wearing balaclavas.

Cash was taken during the first raid at Merley Food Market at 6am - and jewellery and watches stolen from Charles Fox jewellers in the Bournemouth Arcade around 2 in the afternoon