Fourteen people have been taken to hospital after a car ploughed into a group of people outside a nightclub.

Officers are hunting the motorist and his passenger who deliberately mounted the pavement in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, in a stolen Saab.

The incident happened at 2.10am on Sunday morning outside the Dali Bar on Packer Street, police said.

It is thought the men in the car had earlier been refused entry into the bar.

Seven men and seven women needed treatment for their injuries, none of which are believed to be life threatening.

The stolen car was later found on Albert Royds Street, around two hours later.

Detective Inspector Darren Meeks from Greater Manchester Police said the actions of the motorist were "incomprehensibly dangerous and reckless".

He added: "Fourteen people were injured as a result of this driver's actions, some of them seriously and we are doing all we can to identify who is responsible.

"I want to reassure members of the public that we are following some excellent lines of inquiry and would urge the two men in the car to hand themselves in before we come knocking at your door."