A teenage girl's escaped an abduction attempt in Poole.

Police say a man in a white van pulled up alongside the 16 year old on Ringwood Road at about 2.45 last Thursday afternoon and tried to force her in - but she managed to run away.

He's around 40 or 50 years old, plump with short, light grey hair and was wearing a white t-shirt with holes in and dark green plastic shoes.