A DINGHY and a digger were snatched in two incidents in Stourport.

A mini-digger worth £10,000 was taken from the former Carpets of Worth factory site in Severn Road last Monday.

The digger is an orange Hitachi EX30-2 3 tonne excavator. The lower body of the cab is purple and has Malvern Plant Hire written on its side and a large dent in the back. It was stolen between 8am and 9.30pm.

Thieves struck the next day at Stourport Yacht Club in Engine Lane, taking a dinghy worth £1,600. The boat, which has a Mercury motor and is called Bombard, happened between 11pm on Tuesday and 9pm on Wednesday.

A police spokesman said: "Both of these items would have been difficult to move and would have attracted the attention of anyone in the area at the time. We would appeal to anyone who noticed anything suspicious to get in touch."

Anyone with information relating to either incident should call Kidderminster police on 08457 444888 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.