POLICE today appealed for witnesses after 25 ladders were stolen from the Osney Mead Industrial Estate, Oxford.

The ladders were taken from Speedy Hire between 5pm yesterday and 7am today.

PC Matthew Kent said: "Half of the ladders are engraved with a fleet number which starts S-0H', followed by five random numbers. The rest have numbers marked on them using a marker pen.

"I appeal to anyone who may be approached by people trying to sell on these ladders to contact police immediately."

Anyone with information about the incident should contact PC Kent via the Police Enquiry Centre on 0845 8 505 505. If you don't want to speak to police and don't want to leave your name contact the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.