THIEVES have stolen around £1,000 worth of play equipment from the garden of a Thurrock nursery.

The equipment was stolen from the garden of Little Angels Nursery at St Francis Church Hall in Somerset Road, Linford, between Tuesday October 7 at 6pm and Wednesday the next day at 7.30am.

Police believe the thieves may have used a transit flat backed truck to load the equipment and that they may intend to sell the equipment in a paper or at a boot sale.

Police would now like to speak to anyone who may have seen anything suspicious. Any information can be passed to PC James Mint at Tilbury Police Station on 0300 333 4444.