POLICE are appealing for information on a series of vehicle thefts and burglaries in Wear Valley over the weekend.

A child's quad bike was taken from the garden of a home in Canterbury Crescent, Willington, overnight on Friday.

On Friday night a Ford Sierra estate car was stolen from Brooklands.

Meanwhile, a Ford Transit van was stolen from Gent Road, both in Bishop Auckland. An Ifor Williams trailer was unhooked from a vehicle parked outside a home in Hallimond Road, in Escomb, and towed away at about lunchtime on Friday.

Through the night on Saturday a Ford Fiesta car was stolen from Teesdale Walk, Bishop Auckland, and a second was taken from The Nursery, in West Auckland.

On Sunday night, a Suzuki Samurai 4x4 was stolen from Walker Drive, in Bishop Auckland, and a house in Emerson Street, Crook, was broken into and a Suzuki quad bike and £30 cash were taken.

Other burglaries include the theft of mobile telephones from a home in Hood Street, St John's Chapel, on Friday night, and a house in Proudfoot Drive, Bishop Auckland, at about 8.30pm on Saturday night.

Anyone with information about any of these incidents is asked to call Bishop Auckland police station on (01388) 603566.