THIEVES stole five chickens from a coop in Cotswold Road, Malvern, between 11.30pm on Sunday, May 24 and 10.10pm the next day.

Police said it was unlikely a fox had taken the chickens as other items in the area had been moved and appealed to anyone with information or has been offered chickens for sale to contact them on 101 quoting incident 0675-s-250515.