A FORD Escort is believed to have been used in two crimes in Evesham and Beckford.

A dark blue Escort, registration number EJ51 SVK, pulled up outside Curry's in High Street, Evesham, at 12.30pm on Tuesday and one of two men in the car ran into the shop and stole a Dysons vacuum cleaner worth £300.

A similar car was seen on the same day near a house in Beckford which was burgled between 8am and 6.50pm.

Credit cards, cheque books and mobile phones were taken.