THIEVES stole twelve bikes from the grounds of a Stockton school sometime over the weekend.

The bikes were stolen from a garage in the grounds of Bishopsgarth School on Harrowgate Lane in Stockton, sometime between Friday, January 16 and Monday 19.

Eight black and red Giant Talon mountain bikes and four white Giant Yukon mountain bikes, worth in excess of £4,000 were taken.

Anyone with information regarding the theft or anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of the bikes is asked to contact PC Andrew Evans on the non-emergency number 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800-555111.