Police alert over spike in thefts of diesel and heating oil in Shropshire

Bishop's Castle and Rural Safer Neighbourhood Team say tractors in Lydham and Snailbeach have had fuel syphoned from their tanks and a property near Linley had roughly 700 litres of kerosene stolen from the oil tank.

The force says 150 litres of diesel were syphoned from tractor at Snailbeach overnight on September 11 and 12.

They say the kerosene theft from an oil tank outside of property in Linley occurred between August 24 and September 7.