POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a green Land Rover Defender was stolen from outside a farm shop.

The vehicle was parked outside the Piercebridge Organic Farm Shop & Café, on The Green in Piercebridge, near Darlington, on December 30 and was stolen between 6.30pm and 10.30pm.

Durham Police are appealing for any sightings of the vehicle after this time or any vehicles parked near to the Farmway shop entrance, A67 or in Piercebridge itself which looked out of place around these times.

Anybody with information should contact 101.