AMUSEMENT arcade staff were held up at knife point in an attempted robbery this morning.

The two men fled Golden Touch in St James’s Street, Brighton, empty handed after an alarm went off.

The staff on duty were not hurt but left shaken after the incident at 11.50am.

Both men were described as white, wore their hoods up and spoke with local accents. The first, who held a knife, was in his early 20s, wore a grey hooded top, cream-coloured trousers with black lines down both legs, black trainers and carried a black holdall. The second man was dressed all in black with a black scarf concealing his face.

Anyone who witnessed the incident should call 101 quoting 589 of 12/02.