Police need help in tracking a man who threatened shop staff with a hypodermic syringe when they accused him of theft.

The man behind one of the two windows we are opening today went into Boots in Longwell Green and made the threats.

He was suspected of stealing items from the shelves, although no evidence of any theft was ever found.

The incident happened at about 11.30am on November 14.

As the Evening Post doesn't print an edition on a Sunday, we are also opening a second window today.

Police need help in tracing two conmen suspected of taking almost £200 from a cashier by tricking her.

The pair went into the Beefeater pub in Emerson's Green and asked for change for £200-worth of £20 notes.

As she handed money out, the pair quickly changed their mind and confused the cashier, leaving before she realised she'd handed the pair almost £200 from the till.

The incident happened at about 11.15pm on October 15.

Do you recognise any of them?

This year, the Evening Post is running a twist on the festive tradition – a Badvent calendar. But there won't be a chocolate in sight.

Instead, each day we will reveal a wanted criminal on the run from police and call on readers to help bring them to book.

We hope the campaign will help make the streets of Bristol and the surrounding area a safer place.

Last week, readers helped identify one of the wanted men who stole £70 of meat from Tesco Express in Kingswood. He is currently in prison, doing time for another crime.

We also asked readers if they knew another man – he's wanted in connection with an attack on a 23-year-old man, who suffered a broken jaw.

The victim was standing outside Tesco in East Walk, Yate, in the early hours of the morning when he was attacked.

Police also need information on a woman wanted in connection with a fraud at Wilkinson's in Kings Chase Shopping Centre, Kingswood.

And on Friday, we showed you a picture of a man wanted for stealing a crate of lager from the Somerfield store in Downend.

We are urging readers to contact Crimestoppers, anonymously if they don't want to be identified, with any information about the people we reveal each day.

A name and their current address is all the police need to move the investigation forward.

Detective Chief Inspector Stephen Tunks said: "The crimes featured in this Evening Post campaign may not always seem like the crime of the century, but often those responsible are habitually committing crime and having a huge impact on shops and neighbourhoods."