Six schoolboys made to give DNA samples over school bag theft, two men have appeared in court accused of stealing a handbag from a pub in Edinburgh, and library users are urged to secure their belongings after a handbag is stolen.

Zara Phillips’ handbag stolen, and a bag containing personal items was stolen from the boot of a car in the car park.

An 81-year-old woman has died after she was hurt in a mugging, women out for night targeted by purse thief, man arrested after ’stealing’ handbag, and a shopper’s handbag was stolen.

Times tough for theft victim in New York, police are carrying out enquiries after a handbag was stolen from a 38-year-old woman, and a bag was stolen at a carol concert.

A man charged with bag theft at casino, and a shopper was injured when her purse was stolen.

POLICE are warning shoppers in Woodbridge to be on their guard after purse dippers struck in the town, and a teen is charged with handbag theft from a car

Mum’s heartbreak as precious photos stolen, a woman alerted police after she recognized the thief who stole her $300 designer purse as she pulled up next to him at a gas station.

Shop employee held to ransom for return of stolen handbag, heroin addict given three year sentence for handbag snatching and a handbag stolen from a pensioners walking frame.

A woman’s daughter had her purse stolen, a woman has robbed hundreds of people – many of them new mothers in maternity wards – in Sydney, and French students attacked in Hereford city centre.

Handbag thieves targeted elderly, two men appeared in court over bag-snatch death and a bag-snatch victim’s son undergoing counselling.

£1,000 engagement ring and passport are stolen and a neighbourhood watch co-ordinator has warned people not to carry large amounts of money with them after the latest spate of bag-snatches.

A woman’s bag stolen in B&Q car-park and another handbag was stolen from Chinese restaurant.

A gang of smash and grab thieves on mopeds have stolen designer handbags valued at £30,000 from the Salvatore Ferragamo boutique in central London.

A 19 year old male has been arrested and charged with robbery in New Zealand, a 72-year-old woman may have been robbed after she collapsed in Swansea, and disguised bag thieves plaguing Yemeni universities.

A car window was smashed and a handbag stolen from a car, and thieves stole a woman’s handbag from a hotel.